2024 S5 Sportback Horsepower. The turbocharged v6 has plenty of power, even if it isn’t immediately explosive off the line. Audi would be wise to hang onto its hot vee engine configuration, which currently offers 3.0 liters of displacement, two turbochargers, and 349 horsepower.

Once underway, acceleration is quick, steady, and pleasurable. The name may change, but the idea of a fast wagon with a menacing footprint will live.