Friday, September 10, 2010

Black and White and Red all Over: HS Motorsport Tunes Audi S5 to 375HP

Was Senner's velvety A5 Cabrio not powerful enough for you? HS Motorsport, located near BMW's home turf of Munich, has decided to help out consumers by amping-up the S5 Cabrio into a 375-horsepower 'vert. Power output aside, this white cabrio looks like a dog on the side of the road next to Senner's metallic brown goodness.

Though the S5 is a naturally handsome beast, HS Motorsport unfortunately decided to pass on any external modifications and concentrate on computer-tuning the car's supercharged 333-horspower V6. Wearing a Cargraphic exhaust setup and probably a new air filter, the car now puts down that aforementioned 375-horsepower and 525 Nm / 387 lb-ft of torque (stock: 440 Nm / 324 lb-ft).

Underneath the car is a Bilstein coilover kit, and a Brembo 380-mm, 6-piston front brake system is also available.

Other than a boosted top speed - now 290 km/h - and the higher output, there isn't much happening here. A poppin' red top, white car, and black 21-inch Cargraphic rims do not a show car make.

Besides, how and when did "tuning" (meaning a professional tuner, not your neighbor with a tuning hobby) become a process of just collecting a bunch of random name-brand off-the-shelf parts and putting them on a car? If that's the case, everyone should just go down to the chamber of commerce, register a company name, and call themselves tuners.

If a tuner is putting out a show car, I want it to be memorable. I don't need transparent hoods and Lamborghini doors, but at least do something a little different. Show me a show car with show.

By Phil Alex


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