Audi RS 5 Is Back On Top With New Generation Specification
MILTON KEYNES, UNITED KINGDOM – Feb 21, 2012: The Audi RS badge returns, reinvigorated, to its rightful place at the head of the A5 Coup range this week in the new generation RS 5, combining new styling, mechanical and specification revisions with characteristically extreme performance from a high-revving 450PS V8. The more imposing, more efficient and more extensively equipped new incarnation of the acclaimed sports car can be ordered now at an OTR price of 58,725, and will reach its first British customers in April.
Styling updates are not surprisingly the first to make an impact in the new RS 5. They include a slight revision to the single frame grille design, sharper and more pronounced bonnet contours, new ‘solid band’ wraparound LED daytime running lights and LED rear lights, new look front and rear bumpers and a new ’10-spoke’ design for the 19-inch alloy wheels.
Inside, the most noticeable enhancements are likely to be the addition of Bluetooth mobile phone preparation, cruise control, DVD-based satellite navigation and Audi Music Interface iPod connection to the standard equipment list for this updated model. The cruise control system can also now be upgraded at extra cost to the adaptive system with braking guard, which uses radar sensors to control distance from traffic in front of the car between 19mph and 155mph, and can also initiate partial braking or full deceleration if its sensors detect an impending collision.
Daytona 500: FORD SWEEPS DAYTONA 500 FRONT ROW FOR SEVENTH TIME
Edwards and Biffle Give Ford Sweep in Daytona 500 Qualifying
Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle will be on the front row for the 54th running of the Daytona 500. This marks the first Daytona 500 pole for Edwards and the 12th overall for Ford Racing. It’s the second Daytona 500 pole for car owner Jack Roush (Greg Biffle in 2004) and the first time he has swept the front row. This is also the third time in the last 12 years that Ford Racing teammates have been on the front row. In 2000, Robert Yates Racing teammates Dale Jarrett (1st) and Ricky Rudd (2nd) achieved the feat, and in 2007 it was RYR teammates David Gilliland (1st) and Rudd. The last driver to win the Daytona 500 from the pole is Dale Jarrett (2000).
JACK ROUSH, Car Owner, Roush Fenway Racing – “We did great today. Doug Yates and the guys in the engine shop did a nice job. Robbie Reiser and the folks in the chassis and body shop built nice cars and the teams prepared them well. We worked all winter getting ready for this. It’s just the beginning. We hope we can put it together for the Twin 150s and for the 500 next Sunday.” YOU HAVE A WEEK TO CELEBRATE THIS. “Yeah, it surely is. We’d like to have won a championship at Homestead. We missed that last year, but at least we’ve got a week to celebrate this pole.”
The grille and front bumper have been redesigned with a more aggressive layout – and there has been similar work done on the rear.
A steel bumper replaced the previous plastic bumpers and a rev counter was added. “The 4 169 cc capacity engine ensures that the unit is able to operate at
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