Are these Audi’s coolest RS models?
They are the beefed up versions of some of Audi’s favourite cars. But which are the best models RS has produced? Here, we take a look at our favourites.
Over the years, the performance branch of Audi – RS – has produced some iconic, hugely capable road cars.
Benefiting from years of experience generated in rallies, they’ve all provided plenty of performance with all-weather capability.
Audi recently released its latest instalment of the RS bloodline – the RS4 Avant – sparking cries as to which model from history is the best. Here are our top five…
RS2 Avant
A direct ancestor of the current RS4 Avant, the RS2 showed what Audi could do with a conventional estate car – the RS2 had an ungoverned top speed of 163mph – while maintaining a real level of practicality too.
RS6 Avant (C7)
With the trend towards downsizing apparent in performance cars, it’s unlikely that the next-generation RS6 will have the same engine, which is why this edition needs celebrating all the more.
RS4 Avant (B7)
There were a few complaints – the fuel tank was tiny, for instance – but the overall impressions of the RS4 Avant were impressively positive.
RS6 Saloon (C6)
Capable of hitting 60mph in under five seconds and able to quickly trouble its 155mph limiter, the RS6 Saloon looked, in truth, a little like a taxi – although true car aficionados knew about its underlying supercar performance.
TTRS
Though not as practical as some of its estate or saloon stablemates, the TTRS makes up for it with invigorating performance and a turbocharged five-cylinder engine with plenty of character.
