2023 Audi RS5 Competition! Updated to an Emotional V6 Sports Coupé

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Welcome back to RBR, I’m your super powered host Raz, and for the full drive of the new #AudiSport #RS5 Competition version of the RS5 Coupe! This is the Sportier #Audi RS5 we’ve been pining for, it takes the basis of the standard car, and makes a host of tweaks to create a more emotional and dynamic car. Including manually adjustable suspension, and a more exciting soundtrack.
I’ll walk you through the evolution of the RS5 so far, and then we’ll take a look under the skin of what they’ve changed in the Competition version including all the unique design elements inside and out, and then drive it both on road and on Ascari race track here in Spain! So let’s check out the RS5 Competition!
Unlike BMW M with the 2 4 and 8 coupes, or AMG with C E and S - the RS5 sits as Audi’s only performance 2 door coupe. So it’s always had to fulfil a number of roles beyond just grand touring or out and out performance. You can track this back to the first one, with the 4.2 FSI V8 with 450BHP in the B8. It should have had all the brutality the RS4 of the time had, but somehow the drivetrain was more relaxed in the RS5, as Chris Harris said in Evolution mag “it is exceptionally refined with a chassis that wants you to relax”.
The B9 was a similar story. 60kg lighter than predecessor, it was powerful with 450HP from The hot V set up up twin turbo V6, which is more refined in it’s delivery than all the rivals, and paired to compliant suspension, the Quattro and best in class interior - made for a superb grand tourer, rather than out and out brute force.
It was never emotionally engaging in terms of sound, nor massively so dynamically speaking when it came to steering and handling.
The RS5 Competition, seeks to give the Audi Sport customer what they’ve been missing - a more hardcore track focused RS coupe!
The engine is unchanged, the only thing not tweaked at all - so still the
2.9l V6 bi turbo with the Hot V set up producing: 450PS, 600NM. However we have an improved 0-60 of 3.8 seconds, 0.2 faster than the normal one.
A lot of this is thanks to the 8 speed tiptronic, which has whole new software to make it much more emotional and shift faster in Dynamic Mode especially. Further optimised it also the Quattro sport differential - still 85% to the rear but more aggressive in delivery. Paired with the Unique 20” Competition Wheels which are much lighter, and stickier p zero corsa tyres, we have a faster car out the blocks!
The biggest change is in suspension, with the RS sport suspension pro - stiffer spring rates all around and full manual adjustment for Rebound, damper rate and ride height of 10-20mm less than the normal car. We also gain new Sport anti roll bar on rear and front which are much stiffer, and dynamic steering with specific tuning and a fixed ratio of 13/1.
Braking has also been adjusted in a big way to allow for braking 2 meters shorter - something that took awhile for me to get used to! And finally, the sweetest part: Exhaust System changes - 8kg less sound deadening, and modification to flaps makes this a joy to drive slow as well.
But will the changes be enough to make the RS5 stand out vs accomplished competition? (No pun intended) Let’s find out today!!
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