Autocar - First for car news and reviews

Our spy photographers have captured the revised S5 being put through its paces at the Nurburgring, ahead of its launch next year.

Looks have received subtle revisions over the current car, but we know that under its bonnet the new S5 gets Audi’s new supercharged 3.0-litre V6 engine in place of the current model’s 4.2-litre V8.

The new motor made its debut in the recently-revealed S4, and although its 329bhp is slightly down on old V8’s 339bhp, it has more mid-range torque and a br...Read the full article

I know this is great for fuel economy and so on, but can't help thinking a little character is being eroded from these cars at the moment.  Let's hope they engineer a modicum of snarl into the exhaust note.

I'm a bit suspicious of some of Audi's performance claims of late. The current S5 has 349 BHP and yet Audi claims the new one is quicker to 62mph?

Take the A5 3.0 TDI performance claim -0-62mph 5.9 seconds? -any mag ever match this time -6.4 is the best i've seen? Come on Audi bolt another turbo to the 3.0TDI then we'll get under 6 seconds although it may embarrass the new S5 through the gears then.