Some of you might already know this but the weight balance of the new A5 is 55%/45% front to rear which is actually for the A5 fwd model and not the quattro S5, this is a huge improvement over the out-going A4 which was 61%/39%.

As yet there is no official figures for the S5, but basing the same improvements that the RS4 had on the standard model, the S5 and RS5 will have a weight balance in the range of 53~52% at the front axle and 47~48% at the rear. These figures are as good if not better than the current M5 which because of the engine can't meet BMW's holy grail of 50/50. So if you combine this with the fact that the steering system is much better than that of the RS4 and the controlled power that is Quattro one can expect the new S5 to be something very special indeed, not only to us Audi nuts but just might be able to pull the BMW guys out of their beloved Ms and sample something new.