Audi A5 Cabrio to Debut at Paris Motor Show

Or so the rumor goes

Artist impression: Audi A5 Cabrio
Artist impression: Audi A5 Cabrio

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Comments (23)

 BabyMilo BabyMilo
ooo... i dont know about this one audi. the coupe a5/s5 is cool but im not sure about this one
April 24, 2008 9:27 am
 Dorkington Dorkington
"The 4.63 meter long convertible will be using a canvas top, unlike its smaller A3 Cabrio stable mate". Remove "un-" from the sentence above and you will have: "The 4.63 meter long convertible will be using a canvas top, like its smaller A3 Cabrio stable mate". Violà, now the sentence is true!
April 24, 2008 9:41 am
 afterace2 afterace2
or they meant it will be using a retractable hard top unlike the A3??
April 24, 2008 11:36 am
 Bristol411S3 Bristol411S3
The point is that the A3 DOESN'T have a restractable hard top though. It is canvas.
April 24, 2008 12:08 pm
 afterace2 afterace2
that's what I wrote :)
April 24, 2008 12:22 pm
 frankwcf frankwcf
thanks for the correction.
April 25, 2008 9:32 am
 wisp wisp
Nay - i'd take the coupe any time any day over this cabrio. This is not lekker.
April 24, 2008 10:33 am
 pscs pscs
you are South African, so am I. anyway, Why doesn't audi make hard tops instead of canvas? They look so ugly when the roof is up.
April 24, 2008 1:04 pm
 Speedoholic Speedoholic
What's up with the Audi attack? they launched Q5, then the S3 sportback, after that the A3 facelift and now the A5 Cabrio.
April 24, 2008 3:25 pm
 michelin901 michelin901
dyin to compete with bmw n merc wat else.
April 24, 2008 4:00 pm
 kevoluetion kevoluetion
And it won
April 26, 2008 10:20 am
 X5M X5M
They are just copying the merc and bimmer!!!!!!!
April 24, 2008 4:02 pm
 kevoluetion kevoluetion
How? With the opera house inspired LED lights? which part looks like a BMW or a merc? Yes i see they all have 4 wheels. BTW who made the first hard top contractible roof?
April 26, 2008 10:15 am
 ck314 ck314
It must be a soft top: it's in Audi's cabriolet tradition, it's classier, plus a retractable hardtop would ruin the exterior design due to lack of space, even a 3-piece one, because this is a rather big 4 seater convertible. BMW's smaller 3-series cabrio looks awkward with the roof up.
April 24, 2008 8:20 pm
 catchmyshadow catchmyshadow
agreed, a soft top is by far classier for a 4 seat- convertible, provide more space and the quality is superb nowadays, i like that tradition. hard tops are only useful for 2 seat convertibles, like the the SL, Peugeot 207 etc. imho.
April 24, 2008 10:37 pm
 kevoluetion kevoluetion
And the Peugeot 207 looks butt ugly. Hard top only suits certain cars.
April 26, 2008 10:17 am
 wisp wisp
Pcsc howzit, glad to know you r S African. The bottom line is that the S5 Coupe looks so good and giving it a canvas top makes it look somewhat dilute and not as appealing as it's sibling. A hardtop could have narrowed that margin. Hard top's the answer.
April 25, 2008 4:29 am
 Roger Roger
Hard tops leak... and are heavier. Plus if you have a cabriolet then you want a cabriolet.
April 25, 2008 6:38 am
 The_woo_factor The_woo_factor
I actually prefer soft over hard tops. Check out the old BMW 3 series rag top compared to the new 3 series convertible. I think the old one looks much better! Audi A5/S5 coupe looks RED HOT! Audi RS5 convertible? Cant wait!!!!!
April 26, 2008 9:02 am
 kevoluetion kevoluetion
I like what Mr Snrub said
April 26, 2008 10:32 am
 peterjames7 peterjames7
nice!!! very nice!!
April 27, 2008 1:09 pm
 SDman SDman
canvas top is so yesterday.. audi don have a hard top convertable yet.. merc is amongst the earliest to offer.. now bimmer has entered the fray.. audi should too
April 28, 2008 10:04 am
 st_efano st_efano
yeah, I prefer hard top. It just look better
June 11, 2008 4:25 pm