Audi RS5

The folks over at ABT Sportsline have turned their attention to Audi Sport's RS5 Coupé, giving the performance vehicle a bit more oomph as well as a few alterations to the rear styling.ABT has applied its Power S performance boost upgrade to the RS5's 2,9-litre V6, comprising a new engine control ...

At CAR magazine, we take every new vehicle we feature to our test strip to gather data for our in-depth road tests. Sometimes, we see some pretty impressive results – this year, for example, a midsize family crossover achieved an average braking time on par with that of a supercar. Colour us impressed.Below ...

The Audi RS5 Coupé has been tearing up the tarmac for some time (having already featured in a three-way battle), but the performance arm of the Ingolstadt-based automaker has now taken the wraps off the Sportback version, essentially adding a pair of doors.Making its debut at the New York International ...

In this week's episode, featuring CAR's Ian McLaren, Nicol Louw, Sudhir Matai and Nikesh Kooverjee, we discuss the new Ford Ranger Raptor, the 10 best-selling passenger cars in SA for October and the new BMW M3 CS. We also get behind the wheel of the Audi RS5 and TT RS, Porsche Cayenne S and Lamborghini ...

CAPE TOWN – The previous iteration of the RS5 was known and loved for its high-revving 4,2-litre, naturally aspirated V8. This placed the vehicle on another level compared to the V6 supercharged S5 of the time. But the new RS5 employs a 2,9-litre, twin-turbo V6 ... and the question is, does it still deserve the ...

The new Audi RS5 Coupé has officially arrived in South Africa, sporting a fresh 2,9-litre twin-turn V6 and the Ingolstadt-based automaker’s trademark quattro system.The all-wheel-drive coupé makes 331 kW and 600 N.m, with the latter representing a whopping 170 N.m increase on the output of the outgoing ...

Audi Sport has taken the wraps off new Carbon Edition versions of its RS4 Avant and RS5 Coupé, each boasting lashings of carbon-fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP).The Ingolstadt automaker describes the new variants as “special editions”, but points out that they “will not be production limited”. ...

The Audi RS5 was recently released to European markets with a local reveal here in SA to take place in the coming months. Despite its relatively young lifespan the latest coupe by Audi Sport has already been fiddled with by ABT.Thanks to the ABT Power control unit which manipulates the ECU, the Audi-specialist ...

Audi Sport's technical chief says that the new RS5 Coupé is actually faster to 100 km/h than the Ingolstadt automaker's official claim.Stephan Reil, head of technical development, told CarAdvice that the second-generation RS5's listed 0-100 km/h time of 3,9 seconds was "conservative"."I've been in this ...