Skip to main content

Audi S5

Build & Price Compare

Facelifted 2012 Audi RS5 breaks out before Frankfurt debut

A light nip and tuck is often all that a stylish sports car needs as it gets older. The Audi RS5 isn't even old yet, but it's gone in to have some work done anyway. With a refreshed face, the RS5 has emerged on the internet ahead of its global debut at this week's 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. The handsome coupe is propelled by way of a 450-horsepower, 4.2-litre V8 engine that revs to over 8,000 rpm. As before, forward momentum is pushed out through the Quattro all-wheel-drive system, and helps the RS5 run from 0-100 kilometres per hour in 4.6 seconds. Updated for the coming model year, ... Read More

  • 0
    Audi S5
    Quick Spin: 2013 Audi S5 Coupe     1353603420

    It's hard to believe, but 2013 marks the sixth model year for the Audi S5 (it launched as a 2008 model). I've loved this coupe since the day it debuted, but if I'm honest, the thing that really made the S5 special at launch was the awesome 4.2-litre naturally aspirated V8 found underhood. You know, the one from the old RS4. And the R8. Audi started ...

  • 0
    Audi S5
    Review: 2013 Audi RS5     1330707420

    Tweaked RS5 On Ice Is More Thirst Quenching Than Before We've admittedly had our share of issues with the approach Audi takes with its RS cars. In theory, "RS" represents the German tradition of heavy-breathing RennSport driving – essentially for cars that can really race. What we have found most often, however, is that the RS more readily ...