2018 Audi RS5 review — Auto Car
The second-generation Audi RS5 muscle coupe loses the sonorous old V8 in favour of a torquier turbo six. It’s fast, grippy and loaded with tech, though driving purists may long for more character
Audi’s answer to the BMW M4 and Mercedes-AMG C63 S has just arrived. It’s the new 2018 Audi RS5 coupe, and beneath the evolutionary skin is an almost entirely new car.
The second iteration of the hardtop RS5 sits on Audi’s new MLBevo architecture, which helps cut weight and add stiffness. All up, the car is a significant 60kg lighter than before – significant given it’s AWD.
It’s also sporting lines developed by newish design boss Marc Lichte, inspired by the Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO.
But the major change is to the engine, which is now a 2.9-litre twin-turbocharged V6 unit related to the S5’s 3.0 TFSI.
The heartbreaking part is the death of the raucous naturally aspirated 4.2-litre V8 that powered the outgoing model (and the B8 RS4 Avant), which had an aggro exhaust note and a capacity to rev out past 8000rpm that made it something special.
When the M3/M4 returned to an inline six, it felt like it was just returning to the halcyon days of the E46, but the Audi losing its eight feels somehow more dramatic – even if it does cut fuel use to 8.8L/100km and get the CO2 emissions below the 200g/km barrier.
The good news is that this 31kg lighter new unit makes the same 331kW of power as the V8 did, but from 2500rpm earlier and across a broader part of the rev band. It also offers a massive 170Nm more torque – total output now being 600Nm between 1900 and 5000rpm.
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