Remember the Audi Nuvolari show car? That 2003 concept was design chief Walter de'Silva's first project at Audi; as we now see, it was also a faithful predictor of the new Audi A5, the brand's first full-size coupe since the Audi Coupe Quattro disappeared from the American market in the early 1990s.

Audi’s 4.2-liter FSI V8 will be the standard engine. Rated at 350 horsepower in the current A6 sedan, the A5’s version should have at least that much power if not more. Three different transmissions will be offered — manual, automatic and DSG — and all of them will send power through Audi’s Quattro all-wheel-drive system