the R8 has those ancillary blades because it's a mid-engine car, but Audi acquainted they still charge a abode for a set of golf clubs, so they diffuse the berth so the clubs can be stowed abaft the seats. Meaning that the anatomy has a accomplished lot of added breadth in the middle. Rather than go all BMW and alpha disturbing the hell out of the metal, they slapped on some pieces and alleged it a day, arch to a attending that some adulation and others loathe.
Now, the A5/S5 is a alluringly admirable car. From every angle, the acutely minimalist architecture gets bigger and better. Especially aback you run your eyes beyond the breadth of its ascent and falling centermost band that runs from the advanced fenders accomplished the doors alone to abolish in the appendage lamp. Just about pitch-perfect. Truly, one of the bigger designs this decade. German tuner Hofele Architecture allegedly had but one simple mission: how to abort it!
The after-effects are self-evident. All those bodies that are accusatory and accusatory that their Audi A5 3.2s don't attending annihilation like a R8 V10 can now cease their protests. All two of them. Also, and we apperceive this doesn't charge advertence but actuality goes: why would you go through the agitation of mutating your car to the nth amount but again leave on the "A5" and "3.2" badges?
Most bodies who apperceive Audis (i.e. the actual bodies that ability accept an alfresco adventitious of actuality afflicted by this) would accede that A5 and 3.2 stands for the automaker's affliction engine/transmission combination, the slow-revving 3.2-liter V6 that's already been alone from the new A4 and the backward six-speed Tiptronic box that brand to be in sixth accessory by 39 mph. So, besides raw, clinking affected aspect of the anatomy kit (nice affected cloister pipes) why on apple bother? Especially as the brand on the aback says A5 and the one in the grille says S5. That's a articulate question, because we all apperceive there's answer/point. One added thing: the R8 Spyder doesn't alike accept ancillary blades. And the camber on the rear wheel's messed up.