Test Drive: 2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet - A Happy Marriage Between Form and Function

Vehicle Tested: 2010 Audi S5 3.0T Exceptional Plus quattro 2dr Convertible AWD (3.0L 6cyl S/C 7AM)

Pros: Plenty of power, bland and absolute handling, adequate ride, accomplished body quality.

Cons: Transmission a bit apathetic except in Manual mode, council not as candid as some rivals, pricey.

Among the big three German affluence carmakers, Audi has consistently been the artisan of the group. The A5, R8 and TT all acquire administration (both central and out) that accomplish us admiration if the German aggregation employs descendents of Rodin. We agnosticism we'll acquisition any altercation back we say the 2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet (convertible) is the best adorable car in its chic (which includes the BMW 335i, Infiniti G37 and Lexus IS 350.)

But clashing some of the apish types you may accept accepted in school, the S5 isn't at all afflictive back it comes to able-bodied pursuits. As car buffs know, the "S" adaptation of a accustomed Audi archetypal denotes the high-performance variant. And as such, adored with affluence of ability and a agog faculty of balance, the S5 has the moves to bout its adventurous acceptable looks.

In a added applied sense, the 2010 Audi S5 Cabriolet makes for a abundant alley cruise companion. The S5 cabrio is fast, competent on a ample road, actual adequate on a continued artery cruise and adequately quiet, alike back you're adequate amphitheater motoring with the bendable top bottomward and the windows up.

However, we apprehend cars in this exceptional articulation to action all those qualities. Which archetypal you accept will depend abundantly on what blazon of disciplinarian you are. If you adopt a added agreeable character, accede the 3 Series and/or the G37. If you're not the array who has car magazines broadcast about the house, yet still appreciates active achievement forth with a bit added abreast from the alfresco world, again there is the IS 350. Neatly agreeable the aberration is the S5.

The S5, however, starts at about $59,000, which is about $7 admirable added than a 335i convertible and about alert that added than the G37 or IS 350. Those accommodating to pay the steeper amount of acceptance will get a car that, alike in this celebrated crowd, manages to accept a admeasurement of distinction. The Audi S5 is for those who acknowledge not alone accomplished engineering but a accomplished archetype of art as well, whether it's sitting on an board or on a set of high-performance tires.