The intense engineering focus on noise, vibration and harshness, and reducing friction and mass, seems evident with every spin of the crankshaft.
The new S4 sprints 0-60 mph in 4.9 seconds. The old V-8 did it in 5.3 seconds. With a towering specific output of 111 hp/L, the 3.0L TFSI strikes like an archer’s arrow.