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+44 Dave
March 27th, 2007, 19:22
Its good to hear something out of Audi nower and then rather than just speculating.
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/secret_new_car.php?sid=609&page=1
What do you think ?
Dave

rubyblack
March 27th, 2007, 21:22
Its good to hear something out of Audi nower and then rather than just speculating.
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/secret_new_car.php?sid=609&page=1
What do you think ?
Dave

Jury is still out for me Dave.....:addict:

Dave

Erik
March 28th, 2007, 12:23
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/images/article_images/AudiRS5_1_560px.jpg
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/images/article_images/AudiRS5_2_560px.jpg
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/images/article_images/AudiRS5_3_560px.jpg

Lateknight
March 28th, 2007, 15:45
CAR do say they are not sure if this is the new RS5. (or development mule of.)
It will have to look a bit more spicier than the standard S5.

Its definitely coming though. When? ...No idea!:confused:

I am sure it will have the 4.2 V8 from the RS4. I'm not a believer in the idea some people have touted that it will have a 430/440ps version of that engine.

All the ingredients are there for the best car Audi will have ever produced. (possibly discounting the R8 of course)

......................
Erik,
When is the S5 (RS5) going to get its own section, and smiley flags ? :)
-also the R8 smilies while your at it :D

Cargo8
March 28th, 2007, 15:56
hmm....i feel like thats not actually an rs5 mule. i was excited to see the shots, but it looks like an s5. are we sure that its not a lately discovered spy shot from ages ago? (like directly pre-release). i could deal with lack of rs5 bumpers and grillz this early, but the quad exhaust gives it away. they would have put the rs-exhaust on it i think.... else they're legitimately taking an s5 and converting it to an rs5 for they're 1st one.... ????

AndyBG
March 28th, 2007, 17:14
Maybe they are testing RS 5s engine in S5, after all its 4.2 in both of them....

roadrunner
March 28th, 2007, 18:21
I like their effort to "disguise" this one with a trailer hitch :harass:

greetings
seb.

Leadfoot
March 28th, 2007, 19:08
CAR do say they are not sure if this is the new RS5. (or development mule of.)
It will have to look a bit more spicier than the standard S5.

Its definitely coming though. When? ...No idea!:confused:

I am sure it will have the 4.2 V8 from the RS4. I'm not a believer in the idea some people have touted that it will have a 430/440ps version of that engine.

All the ingredients are there for the best car Audi will have ever produced. (possibly discounting the R8 of course)

Well Lateknight we are in agreement that it will be running the RS4 engine. This leads me to believe that it will be introduced a lot sooner than previously, quite possibly Late 2008. My reasoning for this is that the basic structure is there in the form of the S5, engine, transmission etc, as for the power output trust me it will be improved over the soon to end production RS4, 440hp is the minimum as it will be getting ValveLift, this is going to be introduction into all Audi engines in the future.

Other options on the cards are Magnetic Ride, Ceramic brakes and DSG 7Speed though it is unsure as to whether any of them will be standard.

There is talk that the S5 will so get a power hike at the time of the RS5, how much is again unsure but one could except something in the range of 15~20hp putting it to 370~375hp and with a torque increased is might once again be the direct rival to the M3 but if nothing else it would help distance itself from the 335i.

QuattroFun
March 28th, 2007, 19:23
Well, 440bhp for the RS5 is really too low if the RS6 really gets 580bhp and bearing in mind that AMG:s squeezes out from the 6.2L V8.

Leadfoot
March 28th, 2007, 20:09
Well, 440bhp for the RS5 is really too low if the RS6 really gets 580bhp and bearing in mind that AMG:s squeezes out from the 6.2L V8.

You are correct but only if the RS5's weight stays close to that of the S5. If Audi can shave an extra 80kgs off the weight that would put it's weight at 1550kgs or in other words a full 100kgs less than the RS4. This combined with the extra 20+hp would quite possibly drop it's acceleration time to 160km/h by as much as one full second or should I say something in the range of 9.8~10.3seconds. Mighty impressive wouldn't you say.

This is on par with the R8 if only up to this speed, we all know that the R8 would start to pull away there after. But I would doubt the M3 will be any quicker if at all.

Cargo8
April 2nd, 2007, 04:59
artist rendering aka sex:

http://blog.worldcarfans.com/blog/8070329.004/8070329.004.1M.jpg

Slayaah
April 2nd, 2007, 17:09
I really like the S5 model, so a Rs5 would be very nice. I really would have bought that car, if it had turbos. I'm not a fan of smallblock high revving V8s

PeterJohn
April 2nd, 2007, 18:07
are we sure that its not a lately discovered spy shot from ages ago? (like directly pre-release).

With no camouflage? Probably not.

pollastre
April 3rd, 2007, 01:20
That last PS image starts making sense for me. At last that RS-style honeycomb grill put in the face of the machine... just cool.

regarding engine, I understand those people which just fall in love with the V10, but IMHO logic dictates that a somewhat-boosted version of RS4's 4.2V8 will be under the hood. What's more, to my eyes the V10 is sort of overkill for this car.

RS6 with V10? ok, go on, and don't forget to go over the '2 ton' mark , should you want to... but a V10 on the RS5 ? I just do not see it.


Besides my own thoughts, some careful thinking about current state of things should be exercised. Let's take for example a theoretical RS5 4.2FSI 450hp. And people still keeps yelling about "lack of ooomph" !!!

"Just 'cause" Mercedes-Benz put out there a crazy coupe-disguished truck called CL63, now everybody feels that anything below 500hp would be a shame for the upcoming RS5.

Boy, are we strange beings!

I would never, ever, take a CL63 over a RS4. And that's four doors and "only" 420hp. C'mon, raw HP output is not the whole story. Try to corner a CL63 as hard as you would do with a RS4. Not to mention the sound. Neither the N/A engine getting past 8k RPM (turbos? not for a sportscar thanks!). Nor the looks. Etc etc etc.

Oh, I nearly forgot about that utterly irritating tradition with Merchs, where you have to shallow a stupid automatic gearbox, no matter whether you want it or not: take it or leave the merch at the dealer.

Torque alone? oh, sure, go on with the CL63. Or buy a real truck, and you'll have lots of torque. Guaranteed.

Put in this way, give me a 450hp two-door RS5, anytime, anywhere. V8 "only" ? Sure, no problem.

My only whish is that Audi would sell the RS5 before summer'08.
Other than that, it will be a killer.

l'pollastrê

metal-levon
April 3rd, 2007, 07:48
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/Metalevon/rs5.jpg

The RS6
April 3rd, 2007, 10:23
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/Metalevon/rs5.jpg

Nice idea, but I think we'll get a chromed grill on the RS5, can u chrome it?

markwm
April 3rd, 2007, 10:49
RS cars have mesh grilles, not chrome. S cars have chrome.

Damienr8
April 3rd, 2007, 17:16
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f266/Metalevon/rs5.jpg

Nice, but looks too tame. I wanna see RS4 style mirrors, the front aluminum diffuser and Full LED lights like the option in the R8. LOL heheh :trash: I can only wish

metal-levon
April 3rd, 2007, 18:45
Nice, but looks too tame. I wanna see RS4 style mirrors, the front aluminum diffuser and Full LED lights like the option in the R8. LOL heheh :trash: I can only wish
i may oblige those wishes soon when i do my next photoshop...the previous one was done semi quickly.

Mori
April 4th, 2007, 02:37
Wish I could do stuff like that - even semi-long-ly. ;)