Thanks for nothing Audi - this is the car I've been waiting for, what a disappointment. Way to go treting US buyers as second class.

Full article:

MONACO -- As Audi expands its A5 and S5 family of vehicles, it's shrinking their engines.
The new S5 Cabriolet, which reaches U.S. dealerships this fall, will be offered with a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, among other powertrain configurations. Also, the A5 coupe will get the same four-cylinder engine starting with the 2010 model, which goes on sale this summer.
"It's a strategy of downsizing that we're applying across the portfolio," Carter Balkcom, A5 product manager for Audi of America, said here yesterday at a press launch for the A5/S5 cabriolets, ahead of the Geneva auto show.
The A5 coupe now is available in the United States only with a 3.2-liter V-6 with direct injection. Its more powerful sibling, the S5 coupe, comes standard with a 4.2-liter V-8
But Audi will drop the V-8 from the S5 coupe at the end of the 2010 model year. Replacing it will be the same 3.0-liter supercharged V-6 that comes standard in the new S5 Cabriolet.
In both the coupe and cabriolet models, the S5 will be mated with Audi's new S tronic seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The S5 coupe also will continue to be available with a manual transmission.
"The idea is to get the same performance as the V-8 offers but be able to do it with a more efficient powertrain," Balkcom said.
For example, he said, the "engineering objective" for the S5 coupe is to achieve the same 0-to-60-mph time with the 3.0-liter V-6 as with the 4.2-liter V-8. According to Audi, the supercharged V-6 delivers 333 hp and 325 pounds-feet of torque, compared with 354 hp and 325 pounds-feet with the V-8.
Audi isn't abandoning the V-8 altogether, Balkcom said. "But in a lot of our higher-volume applications, you're going to see that we will possibly be swapping V-8s for supercharged V-6s or other technologies in the future."

 

where does it say that?

 

They didn't say anything regarding the transmission the 2.0T A5

 

options should open up more for 2011 model or facelift?

 

The S5 Cab will come with the 3.0T, not the 2.0T.

The text you posted mentions nothing about the transmission options for the A5 2.0T. It states only that the S5 Cab and Coupe will offer the S-tronic transmission and the S5 Coupe will also offer the 6spd manual.

 

It doesn't.

 

If you read the (original) autonews article they mention the manual option will disappear from A5 with 2010 model. The S5 V8 also will 'disappear' and be replaced with equivalent V6 but the manual six speed will still be available on S5.

However looking at the updated text I don't see that line anymore although they do say the S5 will still be available with manual transmission which hints that manual will be dropped for other A5 models. But not 100% clear.