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SEARING PERFORMANCE AND EVEN

SHARPER STYLE: THE NEW

GENERATION AUDI RS 7 SPORTBACK

Mighty twin-turbo V8 engine retains its rightful place at the heart of the new-look RS 7

Sportback but is now even more efficient

New headlights and design details for a dynamic five-door coupé

4.0 TFSI with 560 PS and efficient CoD technology Four per cent reduction in CO2 emissions to 221g/km

Fuel consumption improves by three per cent to 29.7mpg combined

Board Member for Development Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg: “Audi RS 7

Sportback is an outstanding piece of sports equipment”

The RS 7 Sportback – the most potent five-door coupé in the Audi range - now looks even

sharper and performs even more efficiently, yet no less formidably. The new generation RS 7

Sportback, which becomes available to order in the UK later this summer ahead of first

deliveries in late 2014, combines subtle styling enhancements with new LED lighting, upgraded

infotainment features and revisions to the 560 PS V8 TFSI powerplant which enable it to comply

with new EU6 emissions regulations.

“The Audi RS 7 Sportback confirms the reputation of the RS models as the superior, top athletes

of our brand,” states Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management for

Technical Development of AUDI AG. “The combination of a powerful four-litre V8 engine with

Cylinder on Demand technology, quattro drive and intelligent lightweight design makes the

RS 7 Sportback an outstanding piece of sports equipment for any fan of dynamic and yet

efficient driving.”

Even at first glance, the Audi RS 7 Sportback reveals its dynamic character – the long bonnet,

flowing C-pillars and the sharply sloping rear end form an aesthetic overall impression. New

design details add striking touches. They include the Singleframe grille with the black

honeycomb typical of RS models, with the corners now even sharper and more distinctive. Three

optional packages – matt aluminium, gloss black and carbon – make the look of the

RS 7 Sportback even more distinctive.

Subtle modifications have also been made to the bumper, with its distinctive air inlets. The

headlights, also adapted to the new singleframe grille, now feature LED technology as standard.

Matrix LED technology is available for the first time on the RS 7 Sportback, with integrated

dynamic turn signals on the front and rear. The tail lights also have a new interior design. New to

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the paint palette are the colours Floret silver, metallic; Glacier white, metallic; Mythos black,

metallic and Sepang blue, pearl effect.

In the elegant black interior, dominated by the RS sport seats, the designers have made judicious

changes to the instrument cluster, including the air outlet controls of the vent nozzles, the shift

paddles behind the steering wheel and the quattro emblem on the instrument panel. The standard

MMI navigation plus with MMI touch now uses the modular infotainment platform of the latest

generation; its highlight is an efficient graphics processor from Audi partner, Nvidia.

The EU6-compliant 4.0 TFSI engine in the revised Audi RS 7 Sportback provides the same

prodigious 560 PS, with a constant 700 Nm (516.3 lb-ft) of torque at engine speeds between

1,750 and 5,500 rpm. The engine catapults the five-door coupé from 0 to 62mph in 3.9 seconds;

the optional dynamics packages allow top speeds of 174mph and 189mph respectively. On a

combined cycle however, the resonant V8 twin-turbo returns up to 29.7mpg, and emits

221 grams of CO2 per km. A key factor in this efficiency is the Cylinder on Demand (CoD)

system, which can shut down four cylinders during partial load operation.

An eight-speed tiptronic transmission tuned for optimum performance also features a tall

final gear to contribute to fuel efficiency. The might of the V8 engine is harnessed by the quattro

permanent all-wheel drive system and used to best effect by the standard Sports differential,

which apportions torque in precisely measured quantities between the rear wheels according to

driving conditions.

RS adaptive air suspension is fitted as standard, together with adaptive damping, and is

controlled via the Audi drive select driving dynamics system. Audi offers the tauter RS sport

suspension plus with Dynamic Ride Control (DRC) as an alternative. A further option is

dynamic steering, which continuously varies the steering ratio for greater agility.

The revised Audi RS 7 Sportback is fitted with 20-inch forged lightweight alloy wheels as a

standard. Optional 21-inch cast aluminium wheels are available in three different colours. The

four internally ventilated brake discs have a weight-saving wave design. Alternatively carbon

fibre-ceramic discs are available as an option. Electronic Stabilisation Control (ESC) features a

Sport mode that can be deactivated altogether if required.

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