Everyone, and I do mean everyone, has expectations for one thing or another. Your favourite dish, your best store, your neighbour and your car, or your future car.
Expectations are based on established or preconceived facts. You read that Punta Cana has the best beaches in the World, that's what you hope to see when you get there. When I ordered my Form Contour Pouch Trunks with shaping waistband, I expected to lose 1 to 2 inches around my waist. When I was given the opportunity to drive the new Audi RS5, I anticipated that it would blow my mind...
RS
In Audi's product folio, RS is tops. Remember, the letters stand for RennSport, which literally translates as "racing sport". To put it into perspective, Audi's “S” is what “M” is to BMW and what “AMG” is to Mercedes-Benz. Therefore, there is no equivalent to RS with other makes. Me thinks you're starting to get the hype surrounding this car.
A few years ago, I got to spend two dementedly memorable weeks with an RS4 in the dead of winter. Bar-none, the best two weeks of juggling traction and the absence of grip, ever. Massive power and a soundtrack to die for came from the normally-aspirated 420hp 4.2L V8 and the all serious business and empowering 6-speed manual gearbox. Seriously, this is one of my Top 10 favourite cars that I have driven over the last 12 years. Expectations you say?
RS5
Built on the same DNA as the RS4 and based on a platform that has made the Audi A5 one of the most recognizable and desirable coupes in the World, the RS5 pushes the car's potential to the absolute limit. Look at the thing and drink in all the insanity before you in the gallery.
The single frame radiator grille, framed in gloss-anthracite and aluminum, has never looked more in its place. The oversized bumpers, with mountainous front air intakes, the flared wheel arches and hot 19” 5-spoke Aero alloy wheels (I will admit that the winter tires do not act favourably upon the car's stance) all clearly divulge that this is no regular car.
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| One way or another, I expected the World from this car and it was delivered to me on a silver platter. (Photo: Mathieu St-Pierre/Auto123.com) |
Expectations are based on established or preconceived facts. You read that Punta Cana has the best beaches in the World, that's what you hope to see when you get there. When I ordered my Form Contour Pouch Trunks with shaping waistband, I expected to lose 1 to 2 inches around my waist. When I was given the opportunity to drive the new Audi RS5, I anticipated that it would blow my mind...
RS
In Audi's product folio, RS is tops. Remember, the letters stand for RennSport, which literally translates as "racing sport". To put it into perspective, Audi's “S” is what “M” is to BMW and what “AMG” is to Mercedes-Benz. Therefore, there is no equivalent to RS with other makes. Me thinks you're starting to get the hype surrounding this car.
A few years ago, I got to spend two dementedly memorable weeks with an RS4 in the dead of winter. Bar-none, the best two weeks of juggling traction and the absence of grip, ever. Massive power and a soundtrack to die for came from the normally-aspirated 420hp 4.2L V8 and the all serious business and empowering 6-speed manual gearbox. Seriously, this is one of my Top 10 favourite cars that I have driven over the last 12 years. Expectations you say?
RS5
Built on the same DNA as the RS4 and based on a platform that has made the Audi A5 one of the most recognizable and desirable coupes in the World, the RS5 pushes the car's potential to the absolute limit. Look at the thing and drink in all the insanity before you in the gallery.
The single frame radiator grille, framed in gloss-anthracite and aluminum, has never looked more in its place. The oversized bumpers, with mountainous front air intakes, the flared wheel arches and hot 19” 5-spoke Aero alloy wheels (I will admit that the winter tires do not act favourably upon the car's stance) all clearly divulge that this is no regular car.
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| Built on the same DNA as the RS4 and based on a platform that has made the Audi A5, the RS5 pushes the car's potential to the absolute limit. (Photo: Mathieu St-Pierre/Auto123.com) |