wonderbot
03-12-2008, 01:21 PM
Filed under: Concept Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/), Convertibles (http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/), Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/category/audi/)
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We reported exactly one year ago today that an Audi A5 convertible was in the works (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/12/audi-a5-drop-top-in-the-works/). Word's out now that the upcoming drop-top will be manufactured in Neckarsulm, a city in northern Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The Audi RS 4 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/19/audi-rs4-not-being-cancelled/) will be the new A5 vert's assembly line buddy at this plant.
The new topless Audi will most likely be fitted with the 3.2-liter FSI V6, which will square up the car nicely with the BMW 328i convertible (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/23/bmw-makes-the-3-series-convertible-official/). However, when the rumored 354-hp V8 S5 convertible shows up, it will go head-to-head with the twin-turbo six-cylinder 300-hp BMW 335i convertible (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/26/in-the-autoblog-garage-bmw-335i-convertible/). Unlike the Bimmers with their folding hardtops, the Audi convertibles will have electric soft-tops to save weight (and cost, no doubt). The A5 convertible isn't expected to debut until January 2009 at the Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/DetroitAutoShow/), and we've already got our hotel rooms booked (just kidding, we're so not that organized).
[Source: Automobilwoche (http://www.automobilwoche.de/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/DPA/803080317/1005/REPOSITORY) via eGMCarTech (http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/03/11/audi-a5-convertible-coming-in-2009-to-be-built-in-neckarsulm/)]
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We reported exactly one year ago today that an Audi A5 convertible was in the works (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/12/audi-a5-drop-top-in-the-works/). Word's out now that the upcoming drop-top will be manufactured in Neckarsulm, a city in northern Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The Audi RS 4 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/19/audi-rs4-not-being-cancelled/) will be the new A5 vert's assembly line buddy at this plant.
The new topless Audi will most likely be fitted with the 3.2-liter FSI V6, which will square up the car nicely with the BMW 328i convertible (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/23/bmw-makes-the-3-series-convertible-official/). However, when the rumored 354-hp V8 S5 convertible shows up, it will go head-to-head with the twin-turbo six-cylinder 300-hp BMW 335i convertible (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/26/in-the-autoblog-garage-bmw-335i-convertible/). Unlike the Bimmers with their folding hardtops, the Audi convertibles will have electric soft-tops to save weight (and cost, no doubt). The A5 convertible isn't expected to debut until January 2009 at the Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/DetroitAutoShow/), and we've already got our hotel rooms booked (just kidding, we're so not that organized).
[Source: Automobilwoche (http://www.automobilwoche.de/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/DPA/803080317/1005/REPOSITORY) via eGMCarTech (http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/03/11/audi-a5-convertible-coming-in-2009-to-be-built-in-neckarsulm/)]
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