An eight-speed tiptronic transmission tuned for sportiness transmits the engine’s output to the quattro permanent all-wheel drive system that, in normal driving operation, distributes 40% of the power to the front axle and the rest to the rear. It is equipped with a 2.9-liter, twin-turbo V6 TFSI engine producing 450 hp and 600 Nm, allowing it to sprint from zero to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds. Its dynamics are honed from extensive testing at the Nurburgring.Īudi Sport tests and fine-tunes every new RS model at the famed Nurburgring track in Germany, with each high-performance vehicle undergoing at least 8,000 kilometers of evaluation and development work. The characteristics of the dampers, which range from a comfortably luxurious ride to sporty dynamics, can be switched using Audi drive select.ĥ. This highly responsive system constantly counteracts the pitch and roll movements of the vehicle’s body to bind the car to the road, especially during hard cornering, resulting in agile handling.
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The new Audi RS 5 Coupe rides on the RS sport suspension plus featuring Dynamic Ride Control, which consists of steel springs and three-way adjustable dampers. Its suspension is tuned for sportiness and comfort. Audi drive select controls the engine and transmission management, steering boost, suspension settings, the quattro differential, the sound emitted by the RS sport exhaust system, and even the automatic air-conditioning.Ĥ. These RS modes can be individually configured, saved, and then selected directly via the RS Mode button on the steering wheel. Its driving character can change via the RS Mode button on the steering wheel.īesides the comfort, auto, and dynamic drive modes available through the Audi drive select, the new Audi RS 5 Coupe also has RS1 and RS2 modes.
Timing for lap sessions and acceleration runs can be activated via a button on the steering wheel.ģ. Shown on the 12.3-inch Audi virtual cockpit are special RS displays for information about tire pressure, torque output, engine oil temperature, boost pressure, and g-forces generated. The model’s futuristic interior design is focused on the new 10.1-inch MMI touch display that provides acoustic feedback, and which has menu that is as simple and intuitive to access as a smartphone’s. Its RS performance functions are accessed by touch controls. Bringing the design to modern times are its RS-specific darkened Matrix LED headlights, pentagonal side air inlets, and the RS exhaust system finished off by large, black tailpipes.Ģ. Placed above its signature RS Singleframe grille are implied air vents that call to mind those on the Ur Quattro. Like the original-or “Ur”-Quattro of 1984, the RS 5 Coupe has perfectly balanced proportions defined by a long hood, short deck and muscular fenders marked by a pronounced wavy shoulder line. With a classic two-door shape, the new RS 5 Coupe remains true to its genetics not only in performance, but also in styling.
Its design is inspired by the iconic Audi “Ur” Quattro.
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