Audi RS5 Thread (Spy pics & info)

[NarutoRamen]

Originally Posted by bmer

This is going to be one mean machine!

I hope so!

[CarGuy]

[Sunny]

Definitely sounds like a NA V8.

[NarutoRamen]

^^Yep.

[Centurion]

What do you guys think, 4.8l with an output of 450-460hp?

[The Artist]

500+^

RS6 has 580 RS4 had 420 so yeah around 500 i think.. and i hope so cause this car will be extremely expensive..

[PanterroR]

Audi will fit a refettled naturally aspirated 4.2-litre V8 to its secret new RS5, CAR can confirm. We had previously reported the RS5 would use a twin-turbo iteration of this engine, but a senior source has told us it will not feature forced induction.

We’re told it’s the same high-revving engine that powered the outgoing RS4, albeit spruced up with the latest Ingolstadt know-how. Our previous disclosures are however still accurate, pointing to outputs around 450bhp and 332lb ft, 0-62mph in four-point-something seconds and the possibility of some weight-saving applications to trim a few kilos.


Source: Audi RS5 engine confirmed, plus RS5 cabrio | Automotive & Motoring News | Car Magazine Online

[NarutoRamen]

^^I think I'll still agree with Artist on this. I think it will be closer to the 500hp number. I'm guessing somewhere between 450-500hp. May be the magic number will be 480.

[Sunny]

It will really interesting how much power will they give this car. If they give it the same 420HP in RS4 (assuming ~4.2l NA engine), it will struggle against M3/C63. If they give it 480HP, it does make the R8 V8 version look a bit underpowered. It is already not much faster than a M3 and actually slower than 911S with PDK. A 480HP RS5 with DCT would destroy it. They could update the V8 in the R8 too but that would make the R8 V10 version look even more pointless.

[Centurion]

Originally Posted by Sunny

It will really interesting how much power will they give this car. If they give it the same 420HP in RS4 (assuming ~4.2l NA engine), it will struggle against M3/C63. If they give it 480HP, it does make the R8 V8 version look a bit underpowered. It is already not much faster than a M3 and actually slower than 911S with PDK. A 480HP RS5 with DCT would destroy it. They could update the V8 in the R8 too but that would make the R8 V10 version look even more pointless.

It's a little bit of a mess isn't it? But Audi have to move on and in that process slay the R8 V8 which is almost a 3 year old car now, and the focus is on the V10 version. So the timing is al right as the RS5 can impossibly upstage the R8 V10. Performance wise the RS5 should perfectly slot in between the E92 M3 and the next generation. What ever engine powering the car will be the same one under the hood of the new RS4 which should take the stage sometime late next year. 480hp is a healthy number, 100hp shy of the V10TT power house in the RS6. And the car wouldn't appear ancient against the next M3.