2018 Audi A5, S5 First Drive: The All-Day, Everyday Coupe - Motor Trend
Strange choice considering the new A5 is arguably even more stylish than the last, but regardless of whether you like the harder creases and sweeping lines more than the old car, the science says it is far more aerodynamic. The new A5 and S5 are as much as 130 pounds lighter than the previous model and it’s immediately apparent on the road. This car, thanks in part to a torque-vectoring Sport Differential in back, turns in with authority and doesn’t suffer from the understeer associated with the previous car. It is worth pointing out that with the abilities of even the A5, performance limits were never really approached during our drive on public roads, but it was still possible to feel both the Sport Diff and Quattro all-wheel-drive systems working... Propelling the 2018 A5 2. 0T from corner to corner is an updated 2. 0-liter turbo-four, now producing 252 hp. In the S5, the new single-turbo 3. 0-liter V-6 makes a conservative 354 hp, Audi says. The S5’s new turbocharged six has replaced the old supercharged six, which in turn had replaced a. Source: www.motortrend.com
