What is the deal with the Audi fish-mouth grille?
And you have to agree that grill makes it unique. Ugly to some people, but you cannot say it looks like anything else. Good for marketing overall. First generation (1991-1994) Audi was re-configuring its lineup during the early 1990s, and introduced the S4 in 1991 as the performance version of the re-styled 100 sedan. Despite sharing its basic structure with the 100, the S4 effectively took the place of the 200 Turbo-Quattro sedan, which had been discontinued the year before. The S4 was sold worldwide with a turbocharged version of Audi’s 2.2 L (2226 cc), 20-valve inline-5 engine developing 230 PS (227 hp/169 kW) and 350 N·m (258 ft·lbf) of torque. A 280 PS (276 hp/206 kW) 4.2 V8 became available to European customers as an option. Quattro all-wheel-drive and a manual transmission (six-speed in Europe, five-speed in North America) were standard equipment. After Audi dropped the 100 nameplate and re-badged the car as A6 in 1994, the S4 became the S6, although the only real changes to th
As a teaser of future launches, Audi has released several sketches of upcoming models, including the A5 Cabrio and fastback, the A7 Coupe, and the next-generation Audi A8. The most likely to be launched first is the A5 Cabrio, which will feature a soft-top and be almost identical in design to the Coupe version. The sketches also reveal the new A5 sportback, with a low roofline which makes the car more like a sedan than a sportback hatch that is the emblem of classic Audi design. Audi will also be offering ‘S’-trim, performance versions of each A5 range model, although Audi has not said if it will offer any RS models in the A5 product line. Audi is also moving more in the direction of the coupe designs of its fellow German rivals, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, with the new A7, which will be a 4-door coupe expected for release in 2010. The A7 line will feature a 204 hp 2.8 liter engine, a supercharged 300 hp 3.0 liter, and a 394 hp 4.2 liter V8. An RS model is also expected, which Audi has anno
