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Boxberg, Germany - Several months ago, Audi AG Board member Michael Dick made headlines by suggesting that the next generation of Audi S5 and S4 would likely feature an aluminum Audi Space Frame (ASF) and be powered by four-cylinder turbocharged engines. This comment to a French car magazine made the rounds of blogs and magazine websites in rapid fashion. No surprise – Dick is head of Audi development and, if there is something new in the pipeline, his hands would definitely have touched such a vehicle.
Fast forward a few months. I’m standing on a broad swathe of tarmac somewhere near Boxberg Germany and enjoying the warm September sunlight. The day is perfect and not just because we’re currently in the middle of a vast automotive test facility owned and operated by Bosch. In the last five minutes, I’ve seen test mules for the next generation Audi A8, BMW 5 Series and a Land Rover Defender bodied who-knows-what that may or may not be a Spyker Peking to Paris underneath. Considering the environment, this day could be memorable enough on its own, but it’s about to get even better. As part of a conference on lightweight production I’m about to touch a vehicle very much like the future S-car Michael Dick mentioned to some French journalist over croissants.
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