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Pardon the pun, but Audi Oz is kicking RS right now.
Sales of S, RS and R8s were up 172 per cent in 2013 and it’s just debuted its flagship grand tourer, the RS7 Sportback. Only 20 examples are due for Oz this year, each starting from a frosty $238,500.
The RS7 is softer-core and more style driven than the manic RS6 Avant, though it does pack the same twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8, good for 412kW and 700Nm. Audi’s claiming an identically mental 3.9sec 0-100km/h, too, though the eight-speed-auto Sportback lacks launch control and doesn’t quite feel as vicious off the mark as it appears on paper. Still, it’s bloody quick.
It looks amazing, especially in solid ‘primer’ grey, the Valcona leather-dipped four-seater cabin is sumptuous, it’s quiet-yet-characterful (in a stoic Audi sort of way) and it’s absolutely rock solid at a decent clip.
Questionable is why you must fork out $4900 for Dynamic Ride Control, Dynamic steering and a 280km/h speed limiter (up from 250). Let alone the Dynamic Ride Plus pack, which adds ceramic brakes and a 305km/h v-max for an extra $25,840. Carbonfibre styling?That’s another $8500.
