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Malcolm Flynn

Editor

10 min read

If you think about it, Audi’s high performance machinery tends to buck bodystyle convention.

Arguably the coolest cars in the lineup are station wagons - a bodystyle seemingly destined for extinction with the Gremlin-like multiplication of SUVs. Go on, argue against the je ne sais quoi of the RS 4 and RS 6.

Yes, the R8 at the very top of the tree is the ideal layout for performance, but the previous RS 5 was the brand’s first front-engined proper hi-po coupe in 2010, and the Ur-Quattro that started it all was a three door liftback.

Read the full Audi RS5 Sportback 2019 review.