When the Audi S5 hit the market in December of 2007, the car was a revelation. The voluptuous coupe was the first two-door grand-tourer from Audi to be sold in America since 1991, and the �91 Coupe quattro wasn�t terribly high-performance.
With striking design, a burly, 354-hp FSI V8 and an excellent new chassis, the S5 has more going for it than likely any Audi coupe prior � a fitting rival to serious competitors like the BMW 3 Series Coupe or Mercedes-Benz CLK.
The S5 may represent the best hand Audi has yet to play in this segment, but it�s hard to compete with an icon and that�s just what originated this space for Audi. The coupe�s spiritual successor must assuredly be the original quattro (a.k.a. Ur-quattro) � the boxy �80s fastback that set the rallying world on its glutes when it roared onto the scene at the beginning of the Reagan era to the soundtrack of a warbling five-cylinder turbocharged engine and, we must assume, AC/DC�s Back in Black over the state-of-the-art cassette player with Dolby noise reduction.
So does the S5 compare to the icon � the car that started it all by pairing all-wheel drive with performance and putting Audi back on the map after decades of post-World War II brand re-invention? We decided to take a closer look at both cars recently, pairing the latest S5 with one very pristine 1985 example owned by Marc Nguyen, a major force behind the Audi Club�s Potomac Chapter and a DC local who now shares his home town with Audi of America.
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