After the great RS3, Audi fans has been waiting for the upcoming Audi S1 and Audi RS1. Happily one Audi fan has managed to take a few photos of the 2012 Audi S1 near quattro GmbH headquarters in Neckarsulm Germany. Sadly as seen from the Audi S1 photos bellow, the S1 will not come with quattro four-wheel driver or this particular model was not equipment with it. However the 2013 Audi RS1 will almost certainly feature  quattro.

2011 Audi S1 engines

Sadly there is no official information from Audi about the engines of the small ” angry bug killer” but we can expect either pumped up 1.4TFSI engine from the current A1 or 1.8TFSI from the 2011 Audi A3. Either way one thing is for sure, the Fiat 500 Abarth will see the four rings in its rear view mirror really soon.

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Audi S1 Photos

Not many changes for the 2012 Audi S5. For the new S5 spotted on the ring, Audi has fitted a new LED taillight and some minor changes for around the headlights.

The biggest change is in the engine department. The normally aspirated 4.2 V8 is replaced by a smaller 3.0 V6 with a supercharger. The power is down from 350HP to 333HP, but combined with the new eight speed automatic transmission, the fuel consumption is much lower.

The wait is finally over. Here you can see all-new 2012 Audi A6 pics and full specifications.

Ahead of schedule you can see at this 1st morning of December the new Audi A6 for 2012.

Leaked or in other words, hacked from an unprotected print magazine’s web site, we were able to  find those photos ahead of the official premier of the all new 2012 Audi A6.

The silhouette of the newest Audi A6 is rather similar to the current generation A6, but the 2012 A6 model features an very similar lines to the future Audi A7.

2012 Audi A6 Specifications

Well as you can espect the 2012 Audi specs are identical to the current 2011 Audi A6, at least when it comes to the petrol engines, but in the diesel department, thins are looking good but not great.

First is the petrol 2.8 FSI engine with 208 HP followed by a 3.0 TFSI with 300 HP, they are the same as seen in the current 2011 Audi A6.  The very popular 2.0-liter fount in the four-cylinder diesel TDI will provide 163 HP or 177 HP, compared to the current 2.0TDI which produces only 140ps. Good improvement but again, not great.  Both Mercedes and BMW offer a twin turbo 4 cylinder diesel engines producing more than 200ps.

The 3.0 TDI also gives a choice of 204 HP or 245 HP, which is only 5ps more than the current 3,0TDI.
And I think this is not enough, compared to the BMW 535d with 299ps, there is more that we can ask.
So as for the 2012 Audi A6 specs, well nothing spectacular about them. Good engines with let say 15% improvement compared to the current 2011 Audi A6.

We will wait until official details are released tomorrow.  In the meantime you can look also the steeled official 2012 Audi A6 photos.

2012 Audi A6 photos