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Old 06-01-2007, 06:51 AM
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Early road test by Road and Track on the A5 in their July edition
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Default its on their website, also.
<ul><li><a href="http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=6&amp;article_id=5348">http ://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=6&amp;article_id=5348</a</li></ul>
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yep - that's it -of note is the "Weighing 275 lb. less than the S4"
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w00t. that plus the extra torque and handling improvements should make it quite quick
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I wonder if Audi is being more conservative on their quoted 0-60 times
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yeah, i would expect a 0-60 in the 4.8 range
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That would make me change my mind from a RS
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Default Doesn't 0-62 in 5.1s already put it at around 0-60 in around 4.9s?
Not sure is straight conversion is the most accurate way to do that.
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true. which may mean a good driver can do it in 4.6s!
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and with a better (?) CoD, better fuel economy... ?!?
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