ABT Tuning Audi RS5-R wins well deserved title of "Sports Car of The Year"!

At Audi Four Life, we cover everything about Audi's, including tuning news and awards given out, to the best of the best! Today's article covers the Audi RS5-R in particular and the award it was given at the 2013 Essen Motor Show Race Night.

To begin with, the Audi RS5 is an amazing car! With its drop-dead gorgeous looks, its insanely sharp styling and a beefed up 4.2L V-8 (deriven from the V-8 found in previous R8's, but refined to current 5.2L V-10 standards) that produces an outstanding 450HP, it is surely a crowd pleaser!



When ABT Tuning got a hold of it they turned an already perfect car into a car only fit for the Gods!
Bumping up the engine output to 470HP and boosting the 0-62MPH time from 4.5 seconds to 4.3 seconds is an acceptable performance increase, however, it is in the body work that truly makes the Audi RS5-R scream winner! The stunning body kit (including a new front bumper, carbon splitter, carbon side skirts, carbon diffuser and, last but most certainly not least, an aggresive carbon wing) provides the standard RS5 with an almost DTM like look that raises the question if it is street legal. Additionally, rerouted, quad exhausts (two on each side of the vehicle) lay flush with the side skirt to provide a stealthy appearence.

 The Audi RS5-R has almost every inch of the interior covered in a suede material. Custom racing seats with integrated racing harnesses provide maximum support and give the interior the same level of racing feel as the exterior. A roll cage behind the driver seats ensure the utmost safety and security for the Audi RS5-R.

The ABT tuning team was presented with the "Auto Bild Sportscar Des Jahres" award for the RS5-R being the best "Coupe Tuning" out of a total of 143 contendors! From the facts above, it is quite evident why the ABT Tuning Audi RS5-R would be presented with the award. Overall,  the team was ecstatic stating, "We are very happy about this award. It will inspire our engineers and let them add to their expertise, which is excellent to begin with. Many thanks to all who voted for us. We look forward to the next vote next year".

Every level of the RS5-R has been refined by ABT's amazing crew of engineers. The outcome is out of this world and, personally, we love what they have done to the RS5! ABT Tuning never fails to impress and surely no strings were pulled on this build!   

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Info Via Car and Driver & QuattroWorld
Photos Via Various Other Sources