Sport Auto Comparison Test: M3 vs. Audi RS5 review

[Zafiro]

Sport Auto Comparison Test: M3 vs. Audi RS5 review -





South, this test deserve its own thread

 

[south]

Thanks Andreas, I couldn't decide whether to post this in a new thread or not.

Here's the performance data:




Best regards,
south

 

[Sunny]

wow, lol, sorry for the thrash talk - but after all that build up, the RS5 got freaking owned.

And to add insult to injury, "Sport Auto even liked the ride in the M3 (EDC) more than Audi's adaptive suspension. On top, the M3 testcar was roughly 10k € cheaper."

So in jist, if you want to spend 10k more on a slower car that is less fun and less comfortable, Audi has you covered.

And here comes footie with excuses...

 

[Poverty]

rs5 like I knew it would be, when I heard what engine it would have, is a let down.

 

[Tarek]

That's what happens with 220kg more.

 

[Poverty]

That's what happens with 220kg more.

220KG more and power sapping quattro drivetrain. Stupid engine choice in such a heavy car. Should have stuck in a 450hp turbo engine with 450lbft of torque to match.

 

[Poverty]

Performance figures of 360hp cupra, shows why I think so lowly of these overweight german GTs.

--------------- Best results --------------- 360hp cupra
Time 18:55 Date 18/06/2010

Speed(mph) Time(s)
0-60 05.0
0-100 10.4
30-50 01.7
50-70 01.9

 

[bum-man]

RS5+ please...Anyways performance is negligible between the two so the looker of the bunch for me.

 

[Sunny]

RS5+ please...Anyways performance is negligible between the two so the looker of the bunch for me.

Prefer RS5's looks for all you want, but the difference in performance is far from negligible. Half a sec at 200kmph is huge - almost 100 feet. So is a sec around a short track like that - for comparison, it is more than the difference between Hamilton's Mclaren in pole and Adrian Sutil's Force India in the ninth or tenth at Montreal GP qualifying. And all this for a not so insignificant amount of more money.

 

[Sunny]

 

[Centurion]

Very much expected. The RS5 is a locomotive while the M3 is a speed boat. Status unchanged -- M3 still reign.

 

[NarutoRamen]

Well, that sucks for Audi fanboys. I know they'll still prefer the RS5, but you have to admit, all that time testing just to get their ass kicked.

 

[PanterroR]

Nice, nice, nice... Kudos to M division!

Audi's weight distribution is horrible... Still, RS5 is an awesome car, no doubt, but apparently not good as M...

 

[LaArtist]

Wow..Ok to hell with the M3 its to good..everyone knows it.. no need to mention..

But audi??
Took you a couple of years to make this thing, and you charge an OUTRAGEOUS price..
And you had all the time to benchmark it against the M3 and THIS is what you come up with?
The M3 wich has been around for like 3 years and cost LESS than the RS4 ( dont even need to mention the RS5)..

Well job NOT well done imo..
Especially when you advertise yourself as a threath to BMW..

Im sorry even though it looks a shitload better than the M3..that alone can not justify the price and performance gap..

 

[Karabiner98k]

0-100km/h in 5 sec for M3 DKG???

Such a ridiculous time, it is more like an E46 time than an E92.
They clocked 4.8s with E92 6-speed.

Even 0-200km/h is slow.E92 6-speed can clock 15.7s
How come DKG is slower than 6-speed???

 

[NarutoRamen]

0-100km/h in 5 sec for M3 DKG???

Such a ridiculous time, it is more like an E46 time than an E92.
They clocked 4.8s with E92 6-speed.

Even 0-200km/h is slow.E92 6-speed can clock 15.7s
How come DKG is slower than 6-speed???

Different day, different conditions.

 

[bmwownage]

that's quite a fail for the RS5. can argue that 1.1s slower on the track doesn't mean much, but it just shows the M3's superiority against something that is supposed to be superior.

 

[ree]

Expecting a lot - but not such bad times for the RS5 (especially 80 - 180 in 7th gear!!)…that's quite a bad loss for the Quattro GmbH. Will be interesting to see how the M3 vs. RS5 discussion will go on…

 

[Sunny]

Expecting a lot - but not such bad times for the RS5 (especially 80 - 180 in 7th gear!!)…that's quite a bad loss for the Quattro GmbH. Will be interesting to see how the M3 vs. RS5 discussion will go on…

Haha, considering Footie probably canceled his internet subscription and disappeared, I doubt there will be much to discus. Just kidding, I am sure there will be other tests that will probably show the RS5 in better light.

But, as for roll on acceleration figures, it is horrendous, forget M3, even mundane 335s will humiliate it. If you are in a RS5 on a freeway, better be ready to drop all the way down to 3rd at the first sign of anything this side of a golf GTI. And all this to get better gar mileage which it anyway fails to get (at least in real world).

 

[DeDe]

Gear ratios are ruin the performance of the RS5.

Btw.: The M6 did 80-160 km/h in 7th gear in 17,9 s. The M3 did in 16,3 s. Wow!