2009 Audi RS5 on October 2008 CAR Magazine Cover?

450bhp claimed. Is it the real deal? Find out this week!
by Thami Masemola
August 25, 2008 8:00 PM
Filed Under: Audi, German, Leaks, Rumours

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.

Source: CAR magazine
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fake fake fake ;)

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by FP23 | August 25, 2008 8:04 PM
sadly not true. absolutely fake

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by kimbo | August 25, 2008 8:54 PM
I heard they were going to 3.2 V6 that is supercharged for the next RS 4 because of gas price & emissons however that also might only be the S4 & S5 I'm not sure

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by Omegaone | August 25, 2008 9:07 PM
It's fake, if it was a real RS5 the front scoops on the bumper would not be fake and covered, they would be functional cooling the big brakes and intercoolers.

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by radmeister | August 25, 2008 9:15 PM
ofcourse thats fake but it doesnt mean this car can not be here in 2009

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by burana800 | August 25, 2008 9:17 PM
Nice looking cars (fake or true), but my favorite in this class is CLK 63 AMG Black Series. When they complete the RS5 it will be interesting comparison.

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by 3Iceman | August 25, 2008 9:21 PM
Black Series is a fantastic car and its price is also fantastic comparing to RS5. They are no match for each other, Black Series is a completely different beast.

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by danat86 | August 25, 2008 10:33 PM
I saw this on the CAR website a couple of days ago, and I am just curious as to why everyone is so convinced that it is fake. My reason is that is some RS5 testing pictures that I saw, the front air intakes were a completely different shape, larger and more aggressive like those that we saw on the TTRS prototype

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by RS5 | August 25, 2008 9:50 PM
I agree with you, I have seen the prototype and this car does look very much like the real think. Also, when a photoshopped car is pictured on an angle you can usually see some distortion because its too hard to perfectly replicate the real thing, this looks authentic. Otherwise they have a photoshop expert at their disposal, but either way, the car looks stunning.

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by xenomorph | August 26, 2008 1:14 PM
I saw this on the CAR website a couple of days ago, and I am just curious as to why everyone is so convinced that it is fake. My reason is that in some RS5 testing pictures that I saw, the front air intakes were a completely different shape, larger and more aggressive like those that we saw on the TTRS prototype

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by RS5 | August 25, 2008 9:50 PM
sorry for the double post

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by RS5 | August 25, 2008 9:51 PM
I don't know if it's true, but these are the hottest cars I've ever seen.

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by Speedoholic | August 25, 2008 10:52 PM
What's the hype about this car, by th way,those front airdams are fugly, let alone the boring ugly front grill and head lights. what's a sports car without RWD and good handling dynamics. yes the RS5 may have power but it is not smooth power that's enjoyable, it is just a rush of power without perfect control... pity and that's why it is never like a BMW. but then again, who expects a VW to be.

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by GPKH | August 25, 2008 11:29 PM
rubbish. these cars aren`t considered for the track, they are used on a daily basis in all weather conditions and therefore an RS5 is the better package. also it`s not all about rear or 4wheel, it´s also about where the engine is. A mid-engine R8 or rear-engine 997-4S is superior to any BMW in handling and performance and they have an all wheel basis.

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by catchmyshadow | August 25, 2008 11:54 PM
He sounds like he thinks he has actually driven the car. He probably just doesn't want to accept the inevitable, which is that the RS5 will almost undoubtably be better than the M3. However, the M3 is still a great car and people who spend all their time frothing at the mouth over which is better really are pathetic. Its like arguingover a saphire and a ruby; why would you try to argue which is better when either of them would be excellent to own?

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by xenomorph | August 26, 2008 1:28 PM
Fake for several reasons:

A) Car Magazine always credits pictures as "photos" not "images" as they are here, last time they tagged them as images was when they ran their prediction of what the next M3 would look like.

B) The images are partly credited to "Motor Forecast", an agency who Car Magazine have used in the past for photoshop jobs of what future cars will look like.

C) I have the issue in question (I get them early as a subscriber) and in the shots the RS5 does look blatantly shopped and, although I haven't read the article properly, after skim reading it they don't seem to actually mention what the RS5 is like to drive hinting they haven't actually driven it.

D) Just a small point but that's not the proper format for a German number plate, there should be a gap between the letters and numbers whereas in the image the RS5's plate is "R S50".

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by timjohnson | August 25, 2008 11:58 PM
FAKE. . .iv got the issue as well and the images are photoshopped, or theyve got a camera capable of bending light as one of images the wheel arches and wheel blur into each other. no talk of it being driven, and on a more common sense approach, if would audi really let some two bob magazine get an exclusive of their new Halo car before they put out even a press release??? . . . seriously

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by davidkoulakis | August 26, 2008 3:08 AM
"Turbocharged". @450 bhp. They did not give details as to how many cylinders of the engine, so I guess it's safe to assume that the upcoming engine that will reside within the new RS5 could possibly be a V6. Which leads me to further assumption that the future RS4 will possess a force induced V6 as well. Hmmmm.... This is all a bit cloudy at the moment. Because I remember reading something on this very same site that the upcoming RS4 will remain a V8. I also read(also on this very same site) that beacuse of high fuel cost, a forced induced powerplant (supercharged V6 to be exact)would have been Audi's alternitive for the RS4 Hmmm... One can only sit and wait at this moment.

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by tootall | August 26, 2008 3:41 AM
Seen a Audi A5 for the first time a few weeks back and its a stunner. Would have one over an M3 anyday and i'm a BMW fan.

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by BOOGIE_WOOGIE | August 26, 2008 5:21 AM
Who gives if its fake. The fact of the matter is it will look exactly like the one pictured, if not very similar.

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by 122 | August 26, 2008 10:29 AM
CAR did the same when the new M3 came out, with a re-hashed 335i. The M3 turned out to look nothing like what they rendered

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by v1p3r | August 26, 2008 11:01 AM
personally, logic dictates me that this is a fake. I will not enumerate the reasons, but that's my personal opinion anyway. the mention that I *would* like to make though is that I really hope the RS 5 will look "meaner" when it goes out. I mean, I know it's maybe hard, as the A/S 5 already look aggressive, but come on.. for an RS model I want more !

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by loki | August 28, 2008 2:21 AM
It's obviously a fake but still looks epic.

CAR also faked the new M3... pics here: http://www.bmw-forums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?tid=250&pid=330#pid330

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by MattGogi | August 29, 2008 9:58 PM
It is a fake, look at this:

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/upload/10387/images/AudiRS5SpyPhoto2.jpg

Different reg numbers ;)

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by MattGogi | August 29, 2008 10:09 PM

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