The new Audi RS5 tested at the Nürburgring, with a new turbo V6?

Everything points to the most powerful version of the A5 using the same engine as the Porsche Panamera 4S: a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6.

Following the recent launches of the Audi A5 and S5, the latest to be spotted testing at the Nürburgring has been the RS5. The current model uses a naturally aspirated V8 producing 450 CV, but due to emissions regulations it doesn’t seem that Audi will follow the same path with the new RS5. Everything points to the new engine being very similar to the one used in the Porsche Panamera 4S: a 2.9-litre turbo V6 which, in that application, produces 440 CV, and which in the Audi could see its output slightly increased to approach the figures reached by its main rival, the BMW M4 (444 CV).

As you can see in the following video, despite the change of engine, the sound of this supposed V6 has nothing to envy from the old V8:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji7-Oqy_JsU

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