Leadfoot
May 22nd, 2009, 11:23
As most are aware it's Audi centenery this year and one model that was due to be shown was the S5 Lightweight that some might had heard of but I will recap just in case.
The S5 Lightweight was a modern take on the original Audi Quattro Sport. This car was to be based on the S5 but with it's front and rear section replaced with alloy plus a revised interior with smaller air-com pump, etc to reduce the weight to a target 1400kgs (240kgs less than the S5). This car is believe to be getting a revised suspension, S/Tronic and SportsDiff plus an even more rear biased quattro system. It's believed that two engines are being considered with both pushing out a similar figure to today RS4 (420hp), one is a V6 Bi-turbo and the other is an uprated version of the TT/RS (this is my favourite for the job).
According to Autocar the launch has been delayed in order to get the target weight down so it's looking more likely that Autumn 2010 will be it first showing as a concept with a launch date into production of 2012.
The S5 Lightweight was a modern take on the original Audi Quattro Sport. This car was to be based on the S5 but with it's front and rear section replaced with alloy plus a revised interior with smaller air-com pump, etc to reduce the weight to a target 1400kgs (240kgs less than the S5). This car is believe to be getting a revised suspension, S/Tronic and SportsDiff plus an even more rear biased quattro system. It's believed that two engines are being considered with both pushing out a similar figure to today RS4 (420hp), one is a V6 Bi-turbo and the other is an uprated version of the TT/RS (this is my favourite for the job).
According to Autocar the launch has been delayed in order to get the target weight down so it's looking more likely that Autumn 2010 will be it first showing as a concept with a launch date into production of 2012.