2015 Audi RS7: Some Sort Of Fresher Beast

We dig the Audi A7 in addition to S7 sedans because of their beautiful looks as well as near perfect total execution, but the important mindbender is your RS7. Packing a remarkable 560-hp twin-turbo V-8, it recently took the highest podium spot in the comparison test from the Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG along with the BMW M6 Grandmother Coupe. Just a short time ago, Audi released data and photos with the updated 2015 A7 along with S7, but your RS7 was plainly absent. Apparently, the four-ringed brand felt that this beastliest family member served its own submit the spotlight.

Just like its lesser siblings, the RS7 will get new, sleeker LED headlamps and also new taillights in which abandon helix-decorated innards in support of horizontal and diagonal watering holes. The new lighting look more techie and contemporary, and in addition they provide a visual connect to the most lately unveiled Audi types, such as this third-generation TT. Top of the corners of the grille are actually clipped, as we were looking at on the A7/S7, though the RS7's front in addition to rear fascias search essentially unaltered. Yet that's because they're however fairly fresh, because the über A7 had been just launched final summer. The upshot: The RS7 continues to be the best-looking person in a pretty good-looking family.

Inside, the RS7 gets some "discreetly revised" elements, including the evaluate cluster, the airflow controls with the vents, the exercise shifters, and the Quattro emblem about the instrument panel. Always be glad we informed you, because anyone likely wouldn't see otherwise. What you'll be able to notice will be the upgraded infotainment process, which is faster functioning and more capable than ever before. It incorporates LTE-based connectivity and an optional improved night-vision program. Oh, and there are some new colors along with wood trim possibilities.

There are no changes towards RS7's powertrain, and that is very much okay around. This hatchbacked monster still comes with a twin-turbocharged 4. 0-liter V-8 which cranks out 560 power at 5700 rpm as well as 516 lb-ft involving torque at 1750 rpm. (It will nonetheless deactivate cylinders within light load to enhance fuel efficiency. The way thoughtful. ) Best speed is dictated at 190 mph, plus the sprint from 0 to help 60 mph should take identical 3. 4 seconds that any of us measured from your pre-refresh comparo vehicle.

That's supercar terrain, and, again, we're cool with everything from the engine room, but it's a tad surprising that Audi didn't lump output to the amount of BMW's 575-hp M5/M6 Levels of competition Package and Mercedes' 577-hp CLS63 AMG S-model.

The face-lifted RS7 may launch in Europe inside third quarter of 2014 and definately will arrive here within early 2015. Pricing should stay nearby the current model, which in turn starts at $105, 795.