The 2013 Audi RS 5 makes its U.S. debut this week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. A classically elegant coupe with unbridled power, the Audi RS 5 features a high-revving 4.2-liter V8 with 450 horsepower and a seven-speed S tronic transmission with launch control program. An innovative crown-gear center differential in the quattro drivetrain transmits power to all four wheels, providing exceptional traction and grip for increased performance. Continue reading ’2013 Audi RS 5 makes debut at NAIAS Detroit’
Video after the jump!YouTube member and petrol head NM2255 spotted this badly damaged 2011 Audi RS5. The accident occurred on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza during a private trackday, but is unknown what exactly happened. Somehow the vehicle crashed and suffered major damage at the front, rear and left-hand side. Continue reading ‘Crashed Audi RS5 at Monza’
Gallery after the jump!The Audi RS 5 has won the “SportsCar 2010” award in the “Production Coupes” category. The Audi R8 GT and the Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI took second place in their classes, while the Audi S3 Sportback and Audi RS 6 Avant came in third. Continue reading ‘Audi RS 5 Coupe is SportsCar 2010′
Over 80+ pictures now in the galleryA classically elegant coupe with a breathtakingly powerful engine: Audi is introducing the RS 5 Coupé. The high-revving 4.2-liter V8 pumps out a hefty 331 kW (450 hp), yet uses fuel extremely efficiently. Like all of the high- performance models from Audi, the RS 5 Coupé delivers its power to the road via all four wheels. A new evolutionary stage of quattro permanent all- wheel drive is also debuting here. (continue reading…)
Quattro-lovers, rejoice: it seems Audi’s awesome RS5 may be headed stateside after all.
We loved Audi’s RS5 the first time we laid eyes upon it at the Geneva motor show — and how could we not? The engineers in Ingolstadt managed to pack the already shapely coupe with an even more potent form of the S5′s 4.2-liter V-8, which throws down 450 horsepower at a screaming 8250 rpm. Couple that with Audi’s legendary all-wheel-drive system, plus its new torque-vectoring rear-differential, and…well, how could we not be tempted? (continue reading…)
