Audi S5 test drive since 2007

Summer for five

Having stuck an intermediate series 5 into a dense lineup, Audi once again opened something new in customers. And they, led by series S, began to buy it diligently. Therefore, the decision to saw off the roof from a dynamically developing subclass did not surprise anyone. The first rays of the sun, together with the first journalists, penetrated the A5/S5 Soft-Top Soft-Top Soft-Top salon in Monte Carlo.
The new generation of convertibles was filled with all the Up-to-Date bells out of the company. Victories over harmful emissions reached heights, but this, as usual, does not excite the domestic consumer. Therefore, let's talk about any space.
For example, an energy recovery system. Instead of a spare, in the trunk of some versions, an additional battery is installed under the floor, accumulating energy during braking and then helping the generator on the way. And the car can also advise through the display on the instrument panel when it is worth switching the gear. She is even able to assess the efficiency of the chosen driving style. In general, if there is no one to chat on the way with, you can argue with a computer in high colors.
The MMI optional system also absorbed all the modern developments of the company. Navigation, the ability to connect iPod and other digital media, a memory card slot - any whim for your money. Until the breathtaking acoustics from Bang & Olufsen. But not for everyone, the machine is only a sound system. You also have to ride it, and here the manufacturer itself painstakingly worked on the repertoire. The family was equipped with an impressive set of engines from which gasoline 2.0, 3.0 and 3.2 plus a three -liter turbodiesel will be available in Russia. All this splendor will be associated with a manual six -speed a box or robot of Multitronic (two-liter engines), as well as the S-Tronic robot (all-wheel drive versions). The optional Sportpaket Plus option will add to this suspension control system and numerous interior details.
It becomes clear why buyers of the S5 version will pay an extra 20 thousand euros - everything is already included here: a chrome radiator grille, a sports body kit, more elegant wheels, QUATTRO and compulsory 3.0 TFSI.
To go down the zigzag from the mountain to the casino, to rumble with the engine in the famous tunnel under the pedestrian embankment, to catch the eyes of the still dressed, but quite in a summer-minded girls-in general, for its premiere, Audi prepared the Grand Prix Monte Carlo script. And here, no matter how the opposite was proved to us for a friendly mug of beer in Cheburechnaya Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikonnen and old Kulthard, it is easy to notice the advantages of a four -seater convertible over an extremely selfish formula. An attempt to jump on the non -existent back seat of the F1 car - this pirouette will not be performed even by Sochi hunters for rapidly dying oligarchs. The new Open-tops from Audi with a place in the cabin are all right, and in order to sit in the back seat, it is absolutely not necessary to be a representative of a rare breed of short-legged anorexics.
Let us return to Russia: the car may well extend our short summer. Firstly, in the headrests of the front seats, a neck blowing system has been implemented, which makes climate control with an open top almost perfect. Secondly, the roof folds on speeds up to 50 km/h, which allows us to respond to our excessively continental weather with greater comfort than the systems of most competing, bad cars.
 
Audi S5 TFSI Quattroctavia 1.8 TSI Cabriolet
V8 engine
The engine volume is 2995 cubic meters. CM
Maximum power 333 hp
Acceleration to 100 km/h 5.6 s
Maximum speed 250 km/h
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 5.1
Fuel consumption in a mixed cycle of 9.7 l/100 km
The drive is complete
Price in Germany from 61,400 euros

Text: Vasily Reznichenko
Photo: Audi
 

Source: "Autopilot"