ABT Sportsline has lifted the new Audi RS 5 to 710 hp in both the sedan and the Avant wagon, according to Carscoops. The package is called the RS5-R, production is capped at 130 cars worldwide across both body styles, and the kit starts at 62,000 euros before the donor car is counted. A second round of upgrades is already promised for next year.
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Motor1 reports the figure slightly lower, at about 709 hp, so the round number is best read as ABT’s marketing rating for the combined system.
Hybrid V6 arithmetic: 630 hp stock, 710 hp tuned
The new RS 5 pairs a twin-turbo 2.9-liter V6 with an electric motor. Motor1 puts the stock system at 630 hp and 608 lb-ft, and says ABT’s Power S upgrade lifts the engine alone to 583 hp, with combined torque of roughly 667 lb-ft. Carscoops gives the same 667 lb-ft (905 Nm) and implies gains of about 80 hp and 59 lb-ft over the factory car.
ABT has told the press that a titanium exhaust developed with Akrapovic will arrive next year. Carscoops lists the resulting output as 789 hp, while Motor1 says the tune heads toward 800 hp and places the update in the second quarter of 2027. No price has been announced. The reports do not say whether the later power level will be a retrofit for existing owners or a separate edition.
The company has done this before. In 2018 it launched an earlier RS5-R with 530 hp and a run of just 50 units, and chief executive Hans-Jürgen Abt then credited the gain of 80 hp and 90 Nm to the 2.9-liter biturbo V6. A recent ABT RS7-S reached the same 710 hp figure, and its RS6 Avant GT managed 621 hp.
Carbon aero, 22-inch wheels and a numbered plaque
The visual package includes a front splitter, wheel-arch louvers, extended side skirts, new wing mirrors, a large roof-mounted spoiler and a rear diffuser, all offered in carbon fiber or forged carbon. Wheels are 22-inch forged units with a gloss black finish and triangular spokes, wrapped in 315/25 tires. Lowering springs and sportier anti-roll bars sit underneath. ABT has not published a curb weight or acceleration time for the new car in the reports reviewed, so the performance gains beyond power and torque remain unquantified.
Inside, ABT retrims the seats, revises the dashboard, adds red contrast stitching and fits carbon fiber paddle shifters. Interior badges and door sills carry a “1 of 130” marking, and each car gets a numbered plaque in the cabin.
The arithmetic of the all-in price is straightforward. Using the German figures, a sedan costs 106,200 euros as a base car, 62,000 for the kit and at least 7,160 for installation, a sum of about 175,000 euros. The Avant adds up to roughly 180,000 euros on the same basis, which lines up with Motor1’s estimate for a well-equipped donor.
The earlier RS5-R of 2018 set the template. ABT announced it that January ahead of a Geneva debut, raised output to 530 hp, cut the 0 to 100 km/h time from 3.9 to 3.6 seconds and fitted a four-pipe exhaust, 21-inch wheels and a “1 of 50” badge. The production run of 130 cars is more than double that earlier figure.
German pricing in euros, with no U.S. plan announced
Motor1 lists the sedan kit at 62,000 euros in gloss carbon and the Avant kit at 65,000 euros, with a Carbon Camouflage finish adding 3,000 euros to either body. Installation, paint and the German inspection run at least 7,160 euros for the sedan and 7,600 euros for the Avant. Carscoops adds that the base cars start at 106,200 euros for the sedan and 107,850 euros for the Avant, and Motor1 estimates a complete, well-equipped car at more than 180,000 euros, roughly $200,000.
ABT has not announced U.S. pricing or availability. The donor car matters commercially, because Carscoops separately tracked sales of the Audi RS 5 as the new generation reached showrooms. Carscoops reported that European orders for the RS 5 are nearly twice what Audi expected, that Audi calls it the most successful launch in the nameplate’s history, and that the 2026 production allocation is sold out. The factory car already makes 630 hp from the V6 and one electric motor, runs 0 to 62 mph in 3.6 seconds and tops out at 177 mph. It is a plug-in hybrid with a 25.9 kWh battery and quattro all-wheel drive, and the Avant reportedly will not come to the U.S.
The open question is demand at that price: 130 cars is a small run, but the all-in cost sits near the territory of far more exotic machinery, and ABT has not disclosed how many of the 130 have buyers lined up.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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