Audi RS5 2018 Video Review

Name: Audi RS5 2018 Video Review
Uploaded: 2018-09-25T14:48:17+10:00
Description: This car has big shoes to fill. It’s Audi’s second-gen RS 5 Coupe, the Bavarian maker’s mid-size performance flagship, sitting above the S5, and on paper it’s a clear step ahead of the old model.

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EXPERT RATING

8.6

James Cleary

Deputy Editor

14 Dec 2017

12 min read

James Cleary

Deputy Editor

14 Dec 2017

12 min read

This car has some seriously big shoes to fill - think Ian Thorpe size, but bigger. It’s Audi’s new, second-generation RS 5 Coupe, the Bavarian maker’s mid-size performance flagship, sitting above the S5, and on paper it’s a clear step ahead of the model it replaces.

It’s powered by a 2.9-litre, twin-turbo V6 pumping out enough kilowatts to power a small town, and features a new eight-speed Tiptronic auto, sending drive to all four wheels via Audi’s latest generation quattro system.

Sitting on the VW Group’s MLBevo platform, it’s around 60kg lighter, and more fuel-efficient, yet able to blast from 0-100km/h in less than four seconds.

The thing is, the last RS 5 had something this new rocket ship doesn’t; a superbly sonorous, 4.2-litre, naturally aspirated V8 sitting in its nose.

Read the full Audi RS 5 2018 review.