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That color, as a green color lover, this car just looks incredible.

This year, I met an engineer from Audi in Neckarsulm. He told me that RS5 (and A5 in general) is the most balanced of all Audi's models (except R8), concerning the chassis, weight distribution and car dynamics.

Have my wife about 63% convinced we should get this…

I own a 2021 RS5 and love it to death. So much FUN!!!! Agree with everything in this review including the suspension comment. That's my only gripe is driving around Toronto it's like, "Damn this is stiff!" Even in softest mode. Launching it I routinely clock 3.6 sec 0-60.

I’ve never been an Audi fan until recently. They are killing it with the designs

Beautiful well crafted machine. The way this car sits on the road is amazing.

I own a 2019 RS5 Sportback and after 7 months of ownership i can say it really does do everything right LOL. Launched it, highway raced it, daily driver, comfy, drove it to NYC and back, literally nothing wrong. On top of looking amazing lots of people love to turn and look at it (as well as try to race it)

Love the different angles this was filmed in. Always innovate and stay fresh, y’all are the best!

Your videos are so much more professional than they were when I started watching. In some ways I like that format more, but these are fantastic and just so polished.

You guys are absolutely amazing! I discovered this channel recently and I am simply binge-watching

I own a 2018 RS5 and I agree with the suspension. I love the car, it’s so stable and the handling and Quattro system never disappoints. The only downside I see is that it’s not as aggressive as an M4 or C63. This car has a more muted driving experience compared to those. It just knows how to put power down on every road but isn’t as “fun” as its competitors.

My favorite channel reviewing my car. What a day! Loved it 🙌

I have a 2019 RS5 Sportback in black. The car is insanely quick off the line. Everyone you encounter on the road wants to race you, but unfortunately they lose. I ordered all of the options except the package for the heated steering wheel and rear seat heating. The heating steering wheel is round and not the traditional flat bottom which is signature for this car. C'mon Audi, your engineers cannot figure out how to heat a flat bottom steering wheel? I agree with Big Jake and the car is bouncy, but only in Dynamic mode (sportiest setting). Lastly, I would gladly swap out massaging seats for ventilated seats. Otherwise, pure perfection in an automobile!

Audi is always awesome in its own right. You throw the upgraded S line in there and it just takes what is already awesome and bumps it up so many levels. This car is absolutely sick. Love that color too.

I had an RS5 and you are spot on with the suspension being bouncy in comfort mode.

Frigging love this car! I have the 2019 sportback. The ONLY complaint I have is the suspension. I usually have to keep it in comfort mode because dynamic mode is WAY too bumpy for normal driving.

I watched your previous video before I went out and bought my sportback in nardo grey! Thank you guys

Great video Sonoma green is spectacular in person! And Jakub I want your awesome flannel shirt bro!! Where you get it?

That color combo on the RS5 🤯 amazing !

Beautiful car in every way! Love the content guys. Hope to see you review the new M240i.

it is a shame this video is only 11 minutes. This car deserves more time than that.

Regarding the suspension, I would check how the car sits on its rear suspension when stationary. There is a possibility that for very small shock absorber strokes the suspension is already working in its bumpstops; in this case you are greatly reducing the influence of the shock absorbers, since it’s the bumpstop force-displacement curve what is basically defining the damping.

Love the newer Audi cars. Great vid.

straight pipe reviews are my favourite

That cars looks and sounds amazing and the best part is the visor test worked with it not flying off lol just out of curiosity do the dealers get all upset when that has happened as I believe it has happened more then once in the past lol

This is just so perfect. Beautifully sculpted and amazing performance. 💓

I love this car. I have a 2014 S4, and it is a phenomenal car with the supercharged 3.0 and manual 6. I want to trade it in for a new rs4, but I'd really miss the manual transmission. Maybe I'll try one and see if it wins me over

I don't know how to explain my love for this car. The performance, design, body style, sound, color spec, it just does everything right for me. This is my favorite car right now.

I watch Straight Pipes because yall are true enthusiast, love your reviews.

Perfect shade of green. It pops enough to almost look like a custom paint job but not so bold that it looks cheesy.

I have a 2021 rs5 coupe and it’s the best car I’ve ever owned. I absolutely love it and it’s the perfect mix between sport and luxury and a great daily driver.

i’ve been waiting for this video for a while now

Blessings to your channel from Chicago

Love the RS cars! Great review as always, fellas!

Yes, finally in that eye popping Sonoma metallic green...

Units on the metric torque. Great video!!

Listen. I live in The Bahamas, and some guy has a 2014 S7 & the same green is on that car & it’s beautiful. And this is even better.

nice review guys

In the past the Audi Sport Suspensions were fixed with non adjustable dampers. Despite having, Comfort, Sport ect... in MMI settings it does not change suspension settings, it will change everything else except for suspension.

The car looks amazing thank you guys.

I have owned a RS5 before back in the day and out of every car I have owned in my lifetime. It’s the car I still dream about driving. It does everything you want in a car and makes you feel like you can do anything as a driver. Best balanced car I have ever driven and I have driven allot of 100k plus cars. So if I can get one of these again in the future I would. It’s not for blowing people off the line it’s for daily driving and long trips. Put on a good song and go for a drive it’s what the car is made for.

I actually bought a RS5 Sportback mainly based on your previous review.

Nice work fellas, man this car is sweet. I actually like the control wheel thing on the previous gen entertainment though.

Always nice to see a good green from an automaker.

I have a 2018 RS5. Doesn’t have adaptive suspension and I think it’s perfect. And I live in a town with goat trails for roads!!

have one on order, by the time it arrives it would be 8 months since I ordered it. Just wish a leather dashboard and alcantara roof were standard for this price point.

Love your videos!

Great review! I am about to sign up for rs5 but the suspension comments here worry me a little. Will the comfort mode be different with adaptive damping / RS sports suspension on?

I just got an RS5 (2023) over US Labor Day weekend. Mine does not have the RS Dynamic Drive, so I am stuck in FIRM suspension, every mile. For most of my driving, no prob, but when I took it on its first road trip, I did feel the need to get out and stretch (the smaller tank and subsequent needed refueling aids in this without looking like a total wimp). The seat massage helped a bit... But otherwise, I love it. Engine? Awesome! Cabin? Comfy (though I do agree that cooling seats would be nice, especially being in the South). Internal noise? Easily manageable, though I do think that in the exhaust's "Present" mode some interior engine noise is... enhanced (i.e., piped in)? Sound system is very, very good - abetter than my prior Range Rover (Meridien) and Mercedes AMG (Burmester) systems. For once, the actuating volume to compensate for interior noise function works. B&O did a good job with Audi here. Exhaust note-wise, I don't get as much pop as I did even on my GLE 53. But I get massive burps when I take my foot off the pedal. And unfortunately my commute takes me through neighborhoods, where getting that roar is a little rare. But I have found at least one service road that I think could be a good test bed. Cargo space: when you think "sports car," I don't think "What's the trunk like?" immediately springs to mind. But it's important for me, and the Sportback has plenty of space for my needs. I only wish the spare well was large enough for a fullsize spare, not the dinky donut. (One of my RRs did, and I bought an OEM rim to replace the 50 mph-regulated embarrassment.) Lastly, I must comment on the aesthetics. I think most Audis frankly look BORING - A4, Q5, Q7, etc. To me, they were just VWs with perhaps an added edge and cool turn sgnals. But I always thought the hatchback sedans (A5 and A7, plus their 'roided siblings) as well as the Q8 looked SHARP. I still hold to that. (My dad has a Q5 and it's a joy to drive, so easy. Just "meh" at looking at it though.) The R8 is otherworldly. But so far, enjoying it, even if it is at a lower trim level.

I own a 19’ RS5 Sportback in the same colour! I was hesitant to buy this colour but it’s definitely growing on me (especially when clean, Calgary winters…). I get thumbs up from fellow Audi cars when I drive it! I agree with the suspension being firm, in dynamic mode it’s almost unbearable on the street. And it’s 2021, not hard to put a heated wheel in the flat bottom steering wheel Audi!

Always a good morning with a new Straight Pipes Vid!! Keep it up boys👑👑

Dude that green is my favorite color. And it looks beutiful on that Audi

He guys love your videos and cars And loved the music in this video can u put a link to it please..

Love Uri's hair! He's taken it back to 2001 and fronting for a rock band.

love that Exhaust !!! I would take the old one if its same thing and then wrap it in green ;)

Definitely a car I will consider for the future. Any idea when Audi goes full EV lineup? I want to get a RS5 before then. Great review guys! З Новим роком! Yuri!

Guys Nice video! I ordered a 2022 S5 Sportback, need to wait 5 months but I don’t have a 2022 video to watch. Can you make a 22 S5 Sportback video ?

Hey guys. I just got my S5 Sportback, however watching this video makes me to the desire to have the RS. Awesome well made video, you know have to put the passion on what you do, Cheers

The last center console without the giant slab of gloss black looked so much better.

I have a 2013 Audi S5 Cabriolet Prestige. I know my little supercharged V6 can't compete with the new cars, and it shouldn't, but it is a pleasure to drive. It does suffer from some understeer, but I'm confident having my wife drive it with all wheel drive. I absolutely love that new green color. Thanks for the video guys!

Love my 2019 RS5 sportback. Excited to drive the 2022 M3 competition seeing if I might switch down the road

That green and launch 😍😍😍

Love you guys and respect the sponsorship with continental, but I have an f80 m3 and the contisport stock tires are the hottest of hot garbage.

probably my fav car design of recent memory, it does everything without being offensive.

Hopefully the visor didn't fly off like the last review lol. Love the review.

I had a 2018 RS5 which I sold soon after I bought it. Why you ask? The 8 speed automatic transmission. I traded it for a 2019 RS3 as it has a 7 speed dual clutch tranny. What a great car it is.

That color is incredible!

It's like 85 degrees F here right now, I'll hold off on the winter tires. 🤣

Just a note on your graphic: torque is expressed as Nm in the metric system, not kW. Anyway; awesome car, awesome review.

One of the few cars that looks good in great. It looks stunning actually

I daily a 2019 rs5. The suspension has never bugged me... granted my previous car was on rock hard coilovers.

Would love to see a review of the RS5 Competition!

@TheStraightPipes I picked the one without the sport suspension for that reason, day and night, it is way too stiff on the cars that have the sport one. Same spec, just the one before the revision, I am not big on the new UI

Very surprised to see the color on the thumbnail wasn’t an edit!

I think they fired Klaus, the intern, responsible for installing the sun visors in 2019. The only reason a review would get more views on a car with little changes since 2019 is because it's the StraightPipes!

can't wait for the M240i review!

Another competitor they could have put in the description was the Porsche Panemera 4s with the 2.9 liter v6.

I have the 2022 S5 sportback. Best car ever! The ride is a bit bumpy but it’s a sports car. It’s a great family car as well!

I Like the Fog Lights, Nice Car.

Oh was that rotiform rims!? Also funny one single less torque. Merry Christmas

Lean mean and green 😂 love the color 💚… wish the RS5 made more power to keep up with the competition

Love the bronze wheels on this 🔥💯

that color is amazing....yuri im talking about your hair. nailed it!!! 😛

Yall should get a 2022 TT RS. One last review for the last year of a legendary coupe.

That colour!!!!! Job done.

I own a new S5 and love it. I can't figure something out though. How do I do "unofficial" launch control?

My 2022 RS5 coupe is metallic glacier white...This is the best car I ever had.. Just left a corvette behind at the green light..

I went for the Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 for my FiST.

Sick ride 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I’ll be glad when that infotainment screen gets moved like in the RS7

That number plate on the front makes it that much more beautiful.

I can’t make up my mind between this and an RS3 I love that 5 cyl sound

Could ride be affected by running steel rotors instead of Ceramics as the 2019 you tested? Or was ride equally bad on that one?

8:05 the 3D camera is only available on the A6 and higher models. wish it was an option on the 5 at least, but the surround cameras are great. the 3D is very cool though.

Tuned Stinger, I think I run similar numbers. Would be a fun matchup.

Just sold my fully specked 2018 RS5 coupe. Loved the car to bits. You are bang on about the suspension. That slo mo really highlights the bounciness perfectly. It was either too stiff in the more sporting settings or had a hobby horse effect in comfort. This combined with some interior rattles/squeaks were my only complaints. Ended up going for a 2022 M3 competition xDrive for improved dynamics. Interior quality of the newer bmw seems much better too. Higher quality materials and things seem to be screwed in tighter. Still, Lots of love and respect for the RS5!

Ready for RS3, cant wait till they arrive this side of the world (NA)

Those three (stealthy) longitudinal vents above the grill are a subtle nod to the 80's quattro grp. B rally cars. (ie the hood venting on those cars).

I have one also fully APR tuned and downpipes. It’s a beast of a car ! 2019 nardo grey RS5 sport back.