Volkswagen Group chief designer Walter de’Silva asserts that his Audi A5 design is the best he’s ever done, after some of our own observations, we can’t help but agree. From the first moment you see the car, you notice how beautiful it is, but it can’t be fully appreciated until you take it out on the road. It’s only then that you get a feel for the full quality of the design.

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Ever want to feel unique? Something out of the ordinary? Don’t want to pay for an S4 or an S5, yet still want the attention?

German tuner ABT has aftermarket solutions for tuning the new 2009 Audi A4’s and A5’s.

The A4 tuner kit includes the following:

Front bumper spoiler

Rear bumper spoiler

Side skirts

For either the sedan or Avant
Consumer price MSRP is set at € 4900 in Europe

The lowering kit is an extra € 752,

The A5 tuner kit includes the following:

Front bumper spoiler

Rear bumper spoiler

Side skirts
Consumer price MSRP is set at € 4950 in Europe

The lowering kit is an extra € 820,

It will be interesting to see how the German tuner companies will deal with the fact that the German government has effectively banned chip tuning. I guess there will be a lot more body modifications and suspension kits being sold.

Hopefully ABT does not end up like Greddy…