It drives great...but this interior // 2025 Audi A5 Liftback Review

First Start of an Audi A5 V8: Mechanic Insights

Andrew on Instagram: "Audi’s last naturally aspirated A5 arrived in facelift form. B8.5 RS5 kept the 4.2-litre V8 since the S5 went down to a V6, around 444 hp, high-revving and sharp in a way the later turbo era never replicated. Quattro traction made it brutally effective, but the engine was and isn't always the centrepiece of the car: linear, responsive, and defined by its sound rather than boost. However its downside is the really bad understeer since so much weight just sits on the front wh