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Company Audi has partially declassified A5 Sportback

Audi A5 Sportback

On Wednesday company Audi has extended the first official photo-tizer and some information on the new model — A5 Sportback which representatives of DM name "a five-door coupe".

The car will appear in the European market on sale in September of current year and becomes the third updating in the "fifth" family, having joined to a coupe and a cabriolet.

Originally for model A5 Sportback it will be offered two petrol engines — a two-litre turbo-motor by power of 211 h.p. and 265-strong "six" in volume of 3,2 litres which becomes accessible to the car together with firm system of a full drive quattro. In a ruler of diesel engines there will be units in volume 2,0, 2,7 and 3,0 litres power 170 (350 Nm), 190 (400 Nm) and 240 (500 Nm) h.p. accordingly.

According to representatives Audi, after a while after the beginning of sales of "a five-door coupe" in scale there will be versions with less powerful motors. Which — it is not specified, however, under assumptions of some foreign editions, in a ruler the company will add 1,8 and 2,0-litre petrol engines TFSI power of 160 and 180 h.p. accordingly.

In Germany the prices on Audi A5 Sportback will begin from 36 thousand euro (for the version with a two-litre diesel engine and six-step "mechanics"). More accessible updatings of the car will appear in the middle of 2010.

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Monday, August 17, 2009