Audi has adopted BMW's strategy of using smaller engines to reduce weight and drastically improve balance. We will see Audi employ this exact strategy in the new upcoming B8 S4.
The current Audi S4 is powered by a 4.2 liter V8 producing 340 horsepower at 7,000 rpm. The future B8 S4 will be powered by a supercharged V6 producing 286 horsepower at just 4,850 rpm and 310 lb/ft. of torque up form the current model's 302.
We might even see the supercharged V6 engine in the new A8 and Q7.
What this means to you: Audi is no longer going to produce heavier engines with more horsepower and torque that throws off the car's balance. Instead Audi will adopt the new lightewight engine philosophy of BMW to improve acceleration, fuel efficienecy and balance.
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