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New niche of Audi klaxon: what happens when you combine the brutally rapid Quattro drivetrain of the RS5 Coupe and RS4 Avant with the five-door, A5 Sportback bodystyle? The answer is heading to the 2018 New York motor show. Yep, it"s time to welcome the first ever Audi RS5 Sportback. This is pretty much the closest you"ll get to a new RS4 Saloon, if you"re feeling nostalgic. If you"re less sentimental, this is basically an easy bit of box-ticking from Audi Sport. The logic (not that logic bothers many German car companies) goes thus: Audi"s got the handsome Sportback body, that"s lower and svelter than the RS4 Avant"s boxy booty, and Audi Sport"s itching to deploy its 2.9-litre, 444bhp, bi-turbo V6. The very engine that"s ready-bolted to an eight-speed automatic gearbox and all-wheel drive with an adaptive rear diff and 40:60 rear-biased torque split. Simply add 20-inch wheels, oval tailpipes, some RS motifs, and voila. A new model.
Date written: 27 Mar 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11316
New niche of Audi klaxon: what happens when you combine the brutally rapid Quattro drivetrain of the RS5 Coupe and RS4 Avant with the five-door, A5 Sportback bodystyle? The answer is heading to the 2018 New York motor show. Yep, it"s time to welcome the first ever Audi RS5 Sportback. This is pretty much the closest you"ll get to a new RS4 Saloon, if you"re feeling nostalgic. If you"re less sentimental, this is basically an easy bit of box-ticking from Audi Sport. The logic (not that logic bothers many German car companies) goes thus: Audi"s got the handsome Sportback body, that"s lower and svelter than the RS4 Avant"s boxy booty, and Audi Sport"s itching to deploy its 2.9-litre, 444bhp, bi-turbo V6. The very engine that"s ready-bolted to an eight-speed automatic gearbox and all-wheel drive with an adaptive rear diff and 40:60 rear-biased torque split. Simply add 20-inch wheels, oval tailpipes, some RS motifs, and voila. A new model.
Date written: 27 Mar 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11316
