As an effort to continue improving their product line, Audi has put a new 1.8 TFSI engine for the two cars - the A4 and the A5. Mated with the A4’s manual, it can dish out a decent 120hp. But with the A5’s multitronic tranny, it generates as much as 170hp.

The A4’s offerings round up to make the car a decent sedan, particularly efficient at that. Combined with a turbo and direct injection, a manual six-speed and front wheel drive, the A4 with the 1.8 TFSI can go from 0 to 62 in 10.5 seconds and can run up to speeds of 129 mph. As for fuel efficiency, it can go up to 33.13 mpg.

The A5 with the 1.8 TFSI gets some high-revs and can sprint from 0 to 62 in 8.6 seconds and can reach 135 mph. With the variable automatic multitronic tranny, it offers driving ease with a relatively low fuel consumption getting around 32-ish mpg.

With these upgrades, Audi creates good choices for consumers in terms of badge and performance. The A4 and the A5 ship out at €25,900 and €34,900 MSRPs respectively. But for those prices? Hmm… Seems like a bit too stiff for the common driver.

We’ve had some first looks at the Audi A5 earlier this year. It’s quite impressive what Audi has done. The coupe styling made the A5 a lot more sleek and athletic.

The A5 won’t be rolled out in the market until this fall but Audi has some big plans with A5, producing a top-down cabrio. The cabrio will also get the same specs as it’s coupe twin. Both will get a Audi’s 3.2-liter FSI V6 capable of 262 horsepower and 243 pound-feet of torque.

The US market is said to get only the gasoline engine. Europe’s got both the diesel and gasoline variants.

Source: Edmunds Inside Line