German Car Zone

(Scans and info from Ajzahn)



Nurburgring: 8.26 min

Always a lot of traction and the brakes stand it as well,
only the high weight hampers it.

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Hockenheim:
1:18.8 mins with the standard Dunliop tyres
1:17.2 mins with the optional Michelin Pilot Sport tyres

+1.6 secs. due to less understeer and more grip o fthe Michelin tyres

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0-200-0 km/h in 24.3 secs.
0-200 km/h in 19.1 secs.
200-0 km/h in 5.2 secs.
with Michelin tyres

Due to the enourmous torque of the powerful V8 engine and the traction and grip offerd by the adaptive 4WD and Michelin tyres,
the clutch is suffering and suffers from glitch while there is no fading even after several tries of braking hard.

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Aerodynamic balance:
54 kg uplift in front at 200 km/h
34 kg uplift in rear at 200 km/h
Cd = 0.31

The aerodynamic fine tuning shows some result in ther low wind noise but the whole setup is not the one of a sports car as it produces no downforce at all.

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Max. lateral acceleration: 1.2g

Again the Michelin tyres offer more grip, the max. lateral acceleration with the standard Dunlop tyres was just about 1.1g

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Specs:

0-100 km/h: 5.2 secs.

0-200 km/h: 19.1 secs.

Vmax limited to 250 km/h

18 m slalom: 67.5 km/h
36 m slalom: 128 km/h
110 m evasion test: 135 km/h

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36 m slalom at 128 km/h

Shows some tricky handling as there is some tendency to understeer, not very easy to contriol w/o the ESP. It takes a bit experienced driver to control the rear with the throttle and to make it turning more easily.

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110 m evasion test: 135 km/h

Same here, some tendenny to understeer but with the throttle the rear can be controlled and help to make it turning in. At least it is very stable at high speeds.

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Wet handling track in 1:29.8 mins

Here the quattro drive shows its true potential, feels very safe and stable, just some tendieny to understeer and oversteer to be easily controlled with the throttle.
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Verdict: 55 out 80 pts.

The new Audi S5 is no racer, more a moderator between both worlds, the world of an elegant, powerful and comfortable grand tourer and the world of more powerful sports cars, the door to that door is opened widely by the powerful 4.2-litres V8 engine which is nearly the same as in the R8 super sportscar, gives the driver the chance even to lap the Nordschleife in time. With the traction of the technically advanced quattro drive, it turns out as a verstaile and powwrful daily driver, a bit mire sporty than an elegant GT.

This car is pretty flexible...

80-120 km/h in 4th gear:
4,7 s - Audi S5
4,7 s - Porsche 997 GT3
4,7 s - BMW M3 V8
4,8 s - Audi RS4

80-140 km/h in 5th gear:
8,6 s - BMW M3 V8
8,9 s - Audi S5
9,4 s - Audi RS4
9,5 s - Porsche 997 GT3

80-160 km/h in 6th gear:
14,7 s - BMW M3 V8
15,4 s - Audi S5
15,8 s - Porsche 997 GT3
16,6 s - Audi RS4