Audi RS7 Review

Mike Duff tests the new 552 bhp Audi RS7, to find out whether it is worth the extra premium over the RS6 Avant...

As far as flagship four-door performance models go, you could consider the new Audi RS7 Sportback a bahnstorming bargain.

Priced from $238,500, the new Audi RS7 Sportback is by no means a cheap car, but compared to its direct German rivals – the Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG S ($262,645) and BMW M6 Gran Coupe ($299,500) – it gets off to a good start.

The Audi has the smallest engine of those three in terms of displacement with its 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine not quite measuring up to the 5.5 litres (Benz) and 4.4 litres (BMW) of its twin-turbo V8 rivals.