Update: Images removed at the request of Audi
Audi is gearing up to debut the all-new RS5 Avant soon. The carmaker has just dropped a teaser video on social media ahead of the unveiling. But we already have the first images with us.
The new Audi RS5 will be available in both Avant and sedan body styles. The car looks uber sporty with the Singleframe grille upfront and muscular wheel arches. There are massive vents on the front bumper and an aggressive rear diffuser with twin oval exhausts, just as you would expect from an RS model. The car has sleek LED headlights with pixel LED DRLs and slim taillights around the rear connected by a light bar.
Inside, the new RS5 comes with a massive central touchscreen and a digital cockpit. It has a sporty steering wheel wrapped in Alcantara and body-hugging bucket seats with RS logos.
Under the bonnet will be a plug-in hybrid powertrain, featuring a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 generating a combined output of 639 hp. It will be capable of accelerating from 0-62 mph in around 3.4 seconds and is expected to have an electric range of 50 miles.
We’ve learned through sources that the order books for the new-gen Audi RS5 will open around mid-March, with first customer deliveries expected in June.
The new RS5 looks great but I am not sure about the RS6. Overall, I hate the steering wheel, the badges and the Audi rings in the front. Why not the old RS-badges and rings and the old steering wheel that you can find in previous RS and S-line models. I also think the RS models should be about driving a car (the experience of driving a V6, V8 with a lot of power) not a spaceship with a lot of big screens that compete about your attention. Tesla is doing that boring business better than anyone ells so please leave that arena. But the exterior design looks really nice, and I suppose it will look a lot better IRL. The more center mounted exhaust pipes look “potent”, I like it. I am also looking forward to seeing it in different colors (mmm Nardo grey or maybe quantum).
So confused, I thought the odd numbered cars for Audi were always “coupes” or at least “4 door coupes”. Now they are making an RS5 Avant? So does that make this a shooting break because the RS5 is a “coupe”
Please stop assuming that the American market wants that 4-door sport back crap. Give us the coupe dammit!