Car Tech - 2013 Audi RS5

How do you say "Ay, Caramba!" in German?

[markw]

Brian Cooley does exceptional reviews. Informative, to the point, humorous and complete. After any of his reviews I know a car’s strengths and weaknesses and if I might be interested or not. Most other reviewers provide a kind of “vanilla” commentary, some are just empty opinion.

[emantabrizi]

This car is perfection...especially in that color.

[mrblackbond]

Why is everyone making a comment about the Prius passing Brian? Brian’s clearly not “on it”.... he’s just cruising along. Probably at the speed limit whereas the Prius was clearly speeding.

[weirdshibainu]

Brian thanks for the great review. I don't know why so many here hate this car. It's beautiful, luxurious, teched, awd, v8...

[borntorun]

This is about as close you can get to an "Everyday Exotic" as you can get ( along with the AMG variants from Mercedes of course ) without breaking the Bank. I can vouch from personal experience that Bang & Olufsen Audio system is absolutely KILLER !!

[paolo]

If you were to hold the steering wheel properly, you would find the paddles are located just where they need to be

[TheCanadianCyclist]

love how the plastic engine cover was loose....lol

[davidzeitler]

All moveable spoilers are designed to automatically deploy at the optimal downforce range (where it won't slow down the acceleration off the line, but will take advantage of the down-force needed to keep the wheels on the ground and make the torque more useable).

[HalfBreedMix]

I think you answered your own question; you mentioned autocross and track-days, so you actually had to turn the wheel a good amount while shifting. Column mounted paddles are for those who only need to shift while lane changing or going completely straight (which means the left & right hands stay on their own sides of the column). I do believe there are some cars that have paddles which shift both up or down depending on if you push or pull on them; I suppose these could be on the column

[bneyens]

I just raced a new RS5 around a track. It only had 2300 miles on it. It was very nice!

[IAmAPhan]

I love this car. Great review, Brian. You're one of my favorite car/tech reviewer on Cnet, next to Dong Ngo.

[borntorun]

Ahhhh... I miss those gorgeous San Francisco Bay Area back roads especially now that I live in flat-Nebraska lol

[divejumpshooter]

Absolutely love me 2014 rs5- One thing it seems like different reviews give different 0-60 times- I have seen 3.9 through 4.5 I think 4.5 is the right number.

[anthonycoffey]

A "mouse" motor was a small block, "rats" were big blocks...

[arams]

dont you just love how cnet's idea of responding to an unhappy viewer base is disabling comments?

[djtripd]

I have to admit that since the 2013 Audi S5 dual clutch received the crown gear center differential and torque vectoring system the gap between the S5 and RS5 is pretty small. When you look at the numbers, $20K for an extra 120HP, slightly larger rims and a few body style changes is a bit much. Not that I'm complaining since I just bought a 2013 Audi S5 and was really please I got the crown gear and torque vectoring at no cost.

[stevengensert]

actually the torque is quite normal for a naturally aspirated engine - given the displacement. the reason why the differnce between torque and horsepower seems so big is that it is a really high revving motor, redlines at just under 8500 if I remember correctly! so this car is not about cruising with low revs but thrashing it because that's where all the fun is

[TonyTube]

As a guy with a little experience with autocrossing and track days with various cars over the years, I'm not sure I agree with Brian Cooley's long-time preference of having paddle shifters on the column vs. on the steering wheel. I've found it quite useful to have them move around on the wheel so they're always in position where my hands are positioned. I can't imagine them being any other way actually.

[patrickmichaellangan]

Especially ads that are 30 seconds long with NO option to skip!

[mosakoe_]

I was in switzerland (arosa)
And omg everywhere nice cars on (autobahn ) i saw rs6 rs5 and s63 amg so beautifuk cars everywhere ;) loved it and the best was rs5 sound was impressive but the sound from c63 was like it wants to eat you