Audi's RS5 Sportback has a measured savagery

Audi's RS5 Sportback has a measure of civility and utility to go with its maniacal performance

The Audi RS5 Sportback is a lovely drive, with precise and effortless steering and a creamy, quick and well-spaced gearbox.
The Audi RS5 Sportback is a lovely drive, with precise and effortless steering and a creamy, quick and well-spaced gearbox. PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG
The Audi RS5 Sportback is a lovely drive, with precise and effortless steering and a creamy, quick and well-spaced gearbox.
The Audi RS5 Sportback is a lovely drive, with precise and effortless steering and a creamy, quick and well-spaced gearbox. PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG
The boot space of the RS5 Sportback is 465 litres and, with its motorised barn-size tailgate, is more accessible than that of its Coupe sibling. The Audi RS5 Sportback is a lovely drive, with precise and effortless steering and a creamy, quick and we
The boot space of the RS5 Sportback is 465 litres and, with its motorised barn-size tailgate, is more accessible than that of its Coupe sibling. The Audi RS5 Sportback is a lovely drive, with precise and effortless steering and a creamy, quick and well-spaced gearbox. PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG
The boot space of the RS5 Sportback is 465 litres and, with its motorised barn-size tailgate, is more accessible than that of its Coupe sibling.
The boot space of the RS5 Sportback is 465 litres and, with its motorised barn-size tailgate, is more accessible than that of its Coupe sibling. PHOTOS: CHONG JUN LIANG
Christopher Tan Senior Correspondent
Updated
Sep 21, 2019, 10:50 AM
Published
Sep 21, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Everyone knows you cannot have your cake and eat it. Well, in Ingolstadt, you can, apparently, with the new RS5 Sportback.

The car is the biggest RS-badged car to have arrived here and it does a decent job of mixing comfort and practicality with performance and impracticality.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 21, 2019, with the headline Audi's RS5 Sportback has a measured savagery. Subscribe

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