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Spy Shots: Matte black Audi RS5 mule already looks the business

Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Spy Shots: Matte black Audi RS5 mule already looks the business

I love the flat black...wonder if this will be a production color?




Extra flared fenders, furrowed-brow visage, and a sinister matte black paintjob, all accompanied by a V8 snarl. While it's a development prototype, the RS5 mule snapped during lucky-dog brake testing duty in the Alps strikes us as the perfect look for a topped-out Audi two-door built for high speed strafing. When a car is coated in matte black and backs it up with 400-plus horsepower of engine, it means business, and the RS5's stock in trade will be all-wheel drive enabled speed.

If Audi really wants its new coupe variant to be tough, we propose sending a mule or two out for torture at the hands of automotive journalists.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/20/s...-the-business/
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:45 AM
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I don't even want to ask, but... how much?
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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I don't even want to ask, but... how much?
If I had to guess....A kick in the nuts!
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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CTS-V Coupe vs Audi RS5

Old Aug 20, 2009 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 95redLT1
I love the flat black...wonder if this will be a production color?
I wonder which major auto maker will be the first to offer that?

I am pretty sure that Lamborghini has offered some matte finish paint, but they aren't exactly a high volume manufacturer.
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Dunno....this is the car that turned me on to it though...

Old Aug 20, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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More on the 2010 RS5...

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-...n-autumn-2009/





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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Geoff Chadwick
CTS-V Coupe vs Audi RS5

I'm going to take a guess and say the CTS-V coupe would wipe the floor with the RS5.
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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The Matte Black must be hard to care for. How do you wash/wax it?

Also that car is extremely bland next to a CTS coupe.
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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I was wondering the same....I assume there is no clear coat.
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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If I had to guess....A kick in the nuts!
If that were the case, I'd gladly get one!
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Geoff Chadwick
CTS-V Coupe vs Audi RS5

Performance? CTS-V will win.

Luxury? RS5.
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by skorpion317
I'm going to take a guess and say the CTS-V coupe would wipe the floor with the RS5.
On dry pavement, that is
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Wake me up when the CTS-V coupe gets here.
Old Aug 20, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Love the wheels, some of the best out there.

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