POWER 331kW @ 5700-6700rpm
TORQUE 600Nm @ 1900-5000rpm
0-100KM/H 3.9sec (claimed)
WEIGHT 1695kg • PRICE $153,9004.0 Rating
LIKE: Effortless performance; accessibility; practicality; luxurious
DISLIKE: Adaptive dampers optional; cabin is too similar to cheaper S5
IT SEEMS EVERYONE bangs on about a particular sports car’s back catalogue and how the current one just doesn’t live up to the name. In the case of the RS5, the moaning is centred around the lack of a rumbling V8 and the Volkswagen empire’s often-maligned twin-clutch transmission.
In that order, Audi replaced the V8 with a Porsche co-developed 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 with way more power and torque and paired it with ZF’s sublime eight-speed automatic transmission. The first time we drove this car, which happened to be around The Bend Motorsport Park near Adelaide, it was clear the right choices had been made. But that was the track. The road beckoned.
Some months later and one exhilarating day out in a part of the world best known as None of Your Business, the good news was confirmed. But with one caveat – you really wanted the quattro sport differential. It didn’t transform the car, but it gave it more of an edge.
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Ged Bulmer
THE ACCOMPANYING YARN WAS A RIB TICKLER, BUT THE SUITS AT PORSCHE DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY
Dylan Campbell
WE WERE LIVING THE DREAM. WE ALL WANTED TO WORK FOR MOTOR AS TEENAGERS
HONDA NSX
Honda's alloy missile - a friendly firecracker
TESLA MODEL S
Looking back on the automobile's iPhone moment | TESLA AIMS TO ELEVATE THE ELECTRIC CAR FROM INTRIGUING CURIOUSITY TO A VIABLE MEANS OF EVERYDAY TRANSPORT
PORSCHE 959
Weissach rethinks the supercar
PCOTY LEGENDS - 1996-2022
HOW THE ANNUAL QUEST FOR AUSTRALIA'S BEST PERFORMANCE CARS HAS DELIVERED A ROLL CALL OF EXCELLENCE
THE UNDEFEATED
HONDA'S FK8 CIVIC TYPE R IS OUR LINEAL CHAMP, WINNING EVERY MOTOR COMPARISON AS WELL AS BOTH PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR AND BANG FOR YOUR BUCKS. WE PAY OUR RESPECTS WITH A FINAL DRIVE IN THE END-OF-THE-LINE LE SPECIAL
THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE
IN A CULTURE OVERFLOWING WITH POSERS AND TRY-HARDS, WE FIND A HAVEN FOR THOSE THAT LOVE DRIVING ABOVE ALL ELSE
OPEN WIDE, SAY R
VOLKSWAGEN'S GOLF R LANDS IN AUSTRALIA AND IT ALREADY HAS THE SWAGGER OF A GIANTKILLER ABOUT IT. WE LINE UP SOME ASYMMETRIC ALTERNATIVES TO SEE IF THE GOLF HAS THEIR RESPECTIVE TALENTS COVERED
SING FOR YOUR DINNER
As the motoring world undergoes seismic shifts in focus, Rob Dickinson's vision for Singer remains clear
