Editor
Editor
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.