As per the title, is there any word from Audi when this will be an option?
As per the title, is there any word from Audi when this will be an option?
Tiptronic...right now
http://www.audi.co.uk/audi/uk/en2/ne...fications.html
When the S4 is to get the S/Tronic at launch near the end of the year I can't understand why Audi decided to bring out an auto in the S5, it didn't and doesn't make sense.
Well not to me.
Search and you will find the truth.
In some countries, there is no longer a market 4 a manual gearbox. Go 2 any European car dealership in Aus & u will find that everything is auto.
This trend is spreading worldwide, a few more years & the only place u will c a manual gearbox is in a Museum.
Tiptronic is out now, R-tronic is put in 10 cars and being tested as we speak
I was informed that Audi can't build enough cars PERIOD. The Q5 is delayed according to my dealer and he believes the S4 will also be delayed until Jan '09.
The R/Tronic will make it into the S5, along with the rest of the A4 and A5 models but in the S5 Audi seem to have taken a step away from the usual standing for this type of car and are themselves classing it more as a GT and less a true sports coupe. That is the reason for the engine split between S4 and S5 (3.0SC vs 4.2v8) and the gearbox split (7sp DSG vs Automatic).
I wonder are Audi waiting for Torque Vectoring to be introduced before changing the status of the S5?
Search and you will find the truth.
Exact thing I read... S5 has position in so called ''GT'' segment, and S5 buyers don't demand something fast as S-tronic, Tiptronic is just enough for them...