For the 2013 model year, Audi released the RS5 in North America with a starting MSRP of $68,900. With two doors, four driven wheels, 8 cylinders, and 450 horsepower, several new technologies and hardware components were along for the ride too. The centerpiece of the RS5 was arguably its powerplant: one of the last and greatest naturally aspirated V8 engines on this side of an exotic pricetag. Having advanced from earlier fast-revving Audi V8s popularized in the mid-2000s, this was the last fast Audi powered by a free-breathing V8 before turbo V6s arrived to replace it.
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