A5/S5/RS5 2027 RS 5 Avant Sedan and Avant

[Big Sam]

I dont understand..the normal audi a5 or s5 has 60l tank not 48

A "normal" A5 doesn't have to accommodate a 25.9 kWh battery that sits over the rear axle and uses space that would otherwise be used for the fuel tank.

 

[Design FIRST]

I returned from Neckarsulm, you can make a drive on the highway these things until 25th. This car eat everything, air, road, you feel it so glued to the street, but you feel its weight when you have to take a medium to slow speed corners. The high speed corners are a bless
This is heavy and more powerful than the last rs4 that i drove decades ago, around 420hp. But also because this wants to be also a daily driver car they put so little extra downforce compared to that 420bhp that the extra weight is a bit welcomed. Just my feelings, but too much power for me

Better than the chronically congested Autobahn A6 heading north towards Mannheim, the rural roads of the Kraichgau just north of Neckarsulm would also be great for checking out the new RS5. I've always loved that particular region.

 

[empower77]

Honestly, at this point in time I’d prefer a high po EV to one of these compromises. At 5000 + lbs, why not a comparable taycan/ etron?

 

[Jonathan19]

Info : The media is currently testing the new RS5, and the reviews video will be released next month.

 

[Design FIRST]

... why not a comparable taycan/ etron?

And pre-owned examples are an absolute steal. Magnificent automobiles for the prices currently being asked. Especially pretaining to the etron GT's.

 

[Jonathan19]

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[Gor134]

Knockout styling tbh. I love the muscular fenders so much and the 6-spoke wheels are gorgeous.

I'll take one without the PHEV, Audiusa. Thanks.

 

[Centurion]

This is very good regarding handling. Agile and with little understeer.

What I find, regardless, though, is that if understeer thinks about settling in, more throttle and more steering don’t see the nose pushed ever wider. Instead that rear motor cranks in the inside wheel, overspeeds the outside wheel and pushes the rear of the car outwards, tightening the line. Yes, of course that mullers the tyres, but it’s a hoot.

Even on the road, that rear axle makes itself very obvious, acting like active rear-steer would to nudge the car’s line into the corner, thereby reducing the amount of steering lock one needs, and making the car feel more agile than it would. And because an electric motor can braking a wheel more quickly than an active steer can adjust its angle, the system has clocked on, done its work and clocked off in a flash as you turn in. You know it’s doing it, but by the time you’re conscious of it, it’s all but over, leaving a car that feels naturally perky.

There are a few different ways to disguise a car’s mass, but I don’t think I’ve discovered one that makes a car of this size and weight feel quite so alert as it does.

Audi RS5 driven: new 630bhp PHEV defies 2370kg weight to become a true M3 killer | Autocar

RS4 replacement is a 2.4-tonne plug-in hybrid, yet the engineers promise it’s much more fun to drive

www.autocar.co.uk

 

[Rolf]

The reviews have been very positive and the RS5 is one of the best drivers Audis in quite some time. Despite the high weight the car is very agile, with a drifting mode allowing nice movement of the rear end and oversteer galore.

 

[Centurion]

I think other manufacturers will put an electric motor in diffs of hybrid performance cars.

However, nothing says green-washing as much a rear diff that shreds rear tyres like Parmesan anytime you apply more than 25% throttle out of a tight-ish bend.