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Audi RS6 vs BMW M5

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Audi RS6
Audi RS6

2024 price

BMW M5
BMW M5

$259,900 - $263,900

2025 price

Summary

2024 Audi RS6
2025 BMW M5
Safety Rating

Engine Type

BI Turbo V8, 4.4L
Fuel Type
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Premium Unleaded/Electric
Fuel Efficiency
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10.3L/100km (combined)
Seating
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5
Dislikes
  • It's a quarter of a million bucks
  • The RS e-tron GT costs the same and is faster
  • I wasn't allowed to keep it

  • Awkward boot
  • Brake and steering feel
  • Low on hooliganism
2024 Audi RS6 Summary

STOP! Don’t buy the performance SUV you were looking at! There’s a better way.

It’s the car we’re looking at for this review, Audi’s latest RS6 Performance. Freshly updated for the 2024 model year, this is the ultimate wagon, and possibly, the ultimate car which many overlook.

Is there a catch? And what has Audi changed for the 2024 model year? Read on to find out.

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2025 BMW M5 Summary

Balancing luxury car comfort, hot hatch agility and supercar speed is no easy task, yet that is what made the six previous generations of BMW's M5 so iconic. 

In seventh-generation ‘G90’ guise, the M5 has another skeleton in the cupboard: the toughest emissions regulations that Europe, and now Australia, have ever seen.

A twin-turbo V8 was untenable and going battery electric was not an option. Plug-in hybrid was the only answer. For the new M5, BMW combined a revised 4.4-litre ‘S68’ bent eight with a punchy electric motor for 535kW and 1000Nm

Problem is, the G90 is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest BMW M cars of all time, especially in CS trim. And thanks to a circa-600kg weight hike to nearly 2500kg, the new M5's 0-100km/h claim is actually slower than the old 'F90' M5. 

Doesn’t exactly sound like a big leap forward, does it?

A drive through the Central West of NSW and around the iconic Mount Panorama racing circuit gave us answers to two questions. Does the M5 work on Australia roads, and does BMW M's latest super-sedan represent progress?

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