So have they done it? Has CAR UK caught the fish of the year so far by outscooping every other wheels mag on the planet and getting their sweaty hands on the Audi RS5? It would certainly seem that way, judging from their upcoming October 2008 issue (on sale this week) which features the BMW M3 pitted against an Audi RS5. Those close to the situation confirm that this is the real deal, a real example of the RS5 which is due out mid-2009. We are natural sceptics, so we'll have to read the story ourselves first, so a couple of days to go...CAR says RS5 spits out 450 bhp from a turbocharged engine, which if true could pave the way for a turbocharged 2010 RS4.

From the pics we can see honeycomb mash grille galore, an Audi RS trait, silver side mirrors, along with the LED lights so made famous by the R8 and adopted by the new A4/ A5 ranges, and R8-style air ducts with no fog lamps. What this means for us mere mortals firstly, is that we can’t wait to read that issue of CAR, and secondly that Paris 2008 is the ultimate destination for the RS5 reveal.

 

I'm a subscriber - I'll tell you what it says when it gets here. I got the latest issue of "evo" today...

 

Here is one WCF caught on US soil

 

The RS5 will kick some @$$!! the S5 looks and performs well.. i really can't wait to see how the RS5 performs..

 

Me either I think Audi will get it right with the RS5 it'll be king of the hill well I mean it'll best the M3 and C63

 

looks good, let's see if it performs. hopefully the quattro will have a heavy rearward bias (like 80/20)

 

I'm looking forward to the S5

 

At the risk of sounding like Captain Obvious, you know the S5 is out, right?

As for the RS5, there is a lot of debate about the powertrain. Some say a further tuned version of the current R8/RS4 engine to 450hp, some say 500hp turbo V8, some say a twin-turbo version of the FSI V6 coming in the supercharged S4. I am really curious since I own an RS4 and an RS5 would be very appealing.

 

I'm surprised a Magazine broke the story like that. Does that happen?

 

Good looking car, I still want one!