Happy 100th Birthday Audi!
Live from INGOLSTADT, (try saying that 3 times fast) Germany — Audi celebrates its 100th anniversary with art, music, futbol, and the appearance of 2010′s A5 Sportback. Sadly, the German automaker asserted that the car is “not approved for U.S. launch.”
According to Edmund’s Inside Line: The world premiere of the unnamed Audi model is designed to be the centerpiece of an elaborate four-day celebration highlighted by such events as an appearance by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the unveiling of a giant Audi TT sculpture here that the automaker said serves as a “new landmark.”
The four-passenger Audi A5 Sportback will roll into European dealerships in September, starting at the U.S. equivalent of $47,441. “A further, specially priced model to follow in 2010 will make the A5 Sportback the entry-level model in the A5 model series,” Audi said in a statement. The automaker describes the Sportback as a blend of “the best of various vehicle genres,” including a coupe, a sedan and a station wagon.
Audi said it will initially offer three turbocharged gasoline and three turbocharged TDI engines on the Sportback “with three more engines to follow by mid-2010.” They include a 180-horsepower 2.0-liter TFSI engine and a 265-hp 3.2-liter V6. Diesel offerings include a 170-hp 2.0 TDI and a 190-hp 2.7-liter TDI. Depending on the engine, the transmission choices include manual, Multitronic or seven-speed S tronic.
Options include Audi drive select dynamic control system, adaptive shock absorber control, dynamic steering and a sport differential.
Source: edmunds Inside Line
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