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Can Audi’s new RS5 finally beat the BMW M3 in a drag race?

Has the brand-new Audi RS5 been destroyed by hybrid power?!

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Mat's finally got his hands on the new Audi RS5, and he's putting it up against among its biggest competitors – the BMW M3 Competitors!

In previous races, the most recent BMW M3 was able to stroll over the previous generation RS5. So will the all-new iteration, with hybrid power now added, have what it takes to avenge these losses? Let's take a look at the statistics …

The brand-new Audi RS5 is powered by a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6, paired with an electrical motor. Combined, the brand-new RS5 puts down 639hp and 825Nm. This power is sent to all four wheels by means of an 8-speed automatic transmission, and the hybrid power adds a whole lot of weight, with the RS5 tipping the scales at 2,355 kg!

Next up comes the BMW. It's powered by a 3-litre twin-turbo straight-six, and this produces 530hp and 650Nm. Power is sent out to all 4 wheels by means of an 8-speed car, and it's a lot lighter than the RS5, being available in at 1,790 kg!

So the Audi is up on power, however it's a lot heavier! Will the weight distinction prove decisive? There's only one way to learn … LET'S RACE!

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98 responses to “Can Audi’s new RS5 finally beat the BMW M3 in a drag race?”

  1. @Vienspalvis Avatar
    @Vienspalvis

    Finally!!! I was waiting for this race since new RS5 came out!!! Carwow as usually did it first

    Reply
    1. @UbiquitousRomp Avatar
      @UbiquitousRomp

      Only one of them is any good for track days. And it isn’t the Audi

      Reply
    2. @FUARYER Avatar
      @FUARYER

      Audi jumped start ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

      Reply
    3. @simple_simone Avatar
      @simple_simone

      Are impressed with the results

      Reply
    4. @Dino-58ytBkfrm Avatar
      @Dino-58ytBkfrm

      โ€‹@FUARYERjumped the start and first time braking was also cheating ๐Ÿ˜…

      Reply
    5. @coolguy_2997 Avatar
      @coolguy_2997

      @FUARYER and still lost in the end ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  2. @pennydome Avatar
    @pennydome

    RS used to mean RennSport. Now it means Really Substantial.

    Reply
    1. @marcbjorg4823 Avatar
      @marcbjorg4823

      I thought it meant, Raser Speck.

      Reply
    2. @MrMegacurie Avatar
      @MrMegacurie

      Nah, it means Richtig Schwer.

      Reply
    3. @4Ristidis Avatar
      @4Ristidis

      @MrMegacurie๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

      Reply
    4. @HristiyanTodorov-m6b Avatar
      @HristiyanTodorov-m6b

      Really safe

      Reply
    5. @tom_crookes Avatar
      @tom_crookes

      You mean Renault Sport?

      Reply
  3. @somerandomfella Avatar
    @somerandomfella

    600kg extra is about 5 x Yiannis on board ๐Ÿคฏ

    Reply
    1. @M340dxD23 Avatar
      @M340dxD23

      And 150hp more and 200nm more idiot

      Reply
    2. @johncross1341 Avatar
      @johncross1341

      Or a Lotus Elan

      Reply
    3. @kamogelofrancis7704 Avatar
      @kamogelofrancis7704

      You mean 2 yiannis right?๐Ÿซฃ

      Reply
    4. @deeburns4673 Avatar
      @deeburns4673

      More like 6

      Reply
    5. @dominicancash Avatar
      @dominicancash

      We all knew that except audi lol

      Reply
  4. @911nagoya4 Avatar
    @911nagoya4

    “Simple, lightweight, and reliable”โ€”isn’t that the absolute fundamental essence of a sports car?

    Reply
    1. @Awayz_G Avatar
      @Awayz_G

      Yea they should do that and tank penaltyโ€™s of 1 billion ๐Ÿคฏ And go bankrupt instead

      Reply
    2. @weed46 Avatar
      @weed46

      in the context yes… But 1800kg isn’t light

      Reply
    3. @wolfgangbarrio5043 Avatar
      @wolfgangbarrio5043

      โ€‹@Awayz_G Dont come up with logic here bro

      Reply
    4. @simple_simone Avatar
      @simple_simone

      โ€‹@weed46in this context yes

      Reply
    5. @chbzrt Avatar
      @chbzrt

      Yes but BMW makes customers pay the fines for not-making hybrid car and when EU fines get bigger, BMW will have no other option but to make their next M3 hybrid.

      Reply
  5. @kabiryakub2582 Avatar
    @kabiryakub2582

    I’m very disappointed with Audi.
    Upon all the wait and the new tech but you still couldn’t beat BMV

    Reply
    1. @dasgibmekker768 Avatar
      @dasgibmekker768

      BMV … ๐Ÿ™ˆ

      Reply
    2. @mouhalo Avatar
      @mouhalo

      its not their fault. the g80 is just too good

      Reply
    3. @MrModikoe Avatar
      @MrModikoe

      its thoroughly embarrassing dude…wtf๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข

      Reply
    4. @davecom3 Avatar
      @davecom3

      โ€‹@mouhalothey had 5 years to outdo it!

      Reply
    5. @johndavidson3424 Avatar
      @johndavidson3424

      โ€‹@mouhalo Yeah, they’re great, but BMW M3 is just too good.
      People hating on it just dk.

      Reply
  6. @keoratiletselampe7367 Avatar
    @keoratiletselampe7367

    The S58 is not a hyped Engine it’s living up to its reputation ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ”ฅ

    Reply
    1. @wolfgangbarrio5043 Avatar
      @wolfgangbarrio5043

      S58 is the best platform in the game

      Reply
    2. @Bless_Mabunda Avatar
      @Bless_Mabunda

      @wolfgangbarrio5043B58?

      Reply
    3. @mikisportgamesj7999 Avatar
      @mikisportgamesj7999

      @Bless_Mabundas58 is a much better b58

      Reply
    4. @neil5242 Avatar
      @neil5242

      โ€‹@mikisportgamesj7999 you do realise the S58 wouldn’t exist without the B58?

      Reply
    5. @MrModikoe Avatar
      @MrModikoe

      โ€‹@neil5242lol true…essentially that that straight 6 its the best engine ever made

      Reply
  7. @ahorton6786 Avatar
    @ahorton6786

    A brand new model vs a car launched 6 years agoโ€ฆshows how good the M3 is.

    Reply
    1. @BMW_108_M Avatar
      @BMW_108_M

      now the new M3 is going to gap this RS5 worse than the G80 did

      Reply
    2. @mediocreman2 Avatar
      @mediocreman2

      You mean it shows how much BMW underrates their HP.

      Reply
    3. @historycoding Avatar
      @historycoding

      โ€‹@BMW_108_Mcry more without drifting your bmw is nothing๐Ÿ˜‚

      Reply
    4. @kokibr91 Avatar
      @kokibr91

      You mean the new electric M3 or the hybrid one? BMW always cheat with their power figures.

      Reply
    5. @historycoding Avatar
      @historycoding

      โ€‹@kokibr91bmw always cheat and their cars are much more expensive than audis and audi provide more reliability

      Reply
  8. @smockinator Avatar
    @smockinator

    almost 2.4 ton! WTF are car makers thinking? the cars is getting heavier and heavier!!!

    Reply
    1. @gazman9468 Avatar
      @gazman9468

      Would love to see a track test to see how much slower the fat RS5 must be attempting to corner. Absolutely ridiculous weight for a saloon car.

      Reply
    2. @smockinator Avatar
      @smockinator

      @gazman9468 yea i agreed bro!

      Reply
    3. @till8875 Avatar
      @till8875

      What is the EU thinking. Audi would do different if they could

      Reply
    4. @Inazuma68 Avatar
      @Inazuma68

      My 2004 GT3 is 1380 kg cache included

      Reply
    5. @Inazuma68 Avatar
      @Inazuma68

      @gazman9468maybe the 1st lap would be fast, then the tires are smoked

      Reply
  9. @tilmonr Avatar
    @tilmonr

    They finally get more than 450 hp in a RS5, but now it weighs as much as an SUV….

    Reply
    1. @PiggyPower Avatar
      @PiggyPower

      SUVs used to weigh 1600/1700kg!!

      Reply
    2. @snakeeyes9246 Avatar
      @snakeeyes9246

      It weighs more than a 2nd gen SQ7. It’s nuts.

      Reply
    3. @Schaufelor Avatar
      @Schaufelor

      @snakeeyes9246 or just as much as a first gen X6M. Completely stupid

      Reply
    4. @KISS_paulstanley Avatar
      @KISS_paulstanley

      Audi RS stopped competing with M-cars years ago. At least BMW kept revising their M cars.

      Reply
    5. @wahash316 Avatar
      @wahash316

      My RS5 MTM has got 800hp and 1100 NM torque. Bmw’s worst nightmare ๐Ÿ˜…

      Reply
  10. @dannyboycar0777 Avatar
    @dannyboycar0777

    600kg difference ! Thank you EU. I hope planet is saved now.

    Reply
    1. @Yusuf-l4b4p Avatar
      @Yusuf-l4b4p

      America has looser regulations and emissions laws allowing us to build our cars the way we want

      Reply
    2. @sidewalkere Avatar
      @sidewalkere

      @Yusuf-l4b4p Unfortunately you use that to build stupid wasteful useless barges instead.

      Reply
    3. @andrecardoso6941 Avatar
      @andrecardoso6941

      @Yusuf-l4b4pyea thatโ€™s why the US is burning and the climate is completely changing.

      Reply
    4. @1oTTo1 Avatar
      @1oTTo1

      UE ci powie, ลผe nie potrzebujesz samochodu o mocy 640PS. Moลผesz jeลบdziฤ‡ rowerem, komunikacja publicznฤ… lub ewentualnie maล‚ym samochodem elektrycznym waลผฤ…cym 1000kg.

      Reply
    5. @TekkersFC007 Avatar
      @TekkersFC007

      โ€‹@andrecardoso6941it not but okay, you idiots die of heat stroke and we barely have that issue

      Reply
  11. @user-ts6ki4wz7z Avatar
    @user-ts6ki4wz7z

    Yes. This is the video we were all waiting for.

    Reply
  12. @merocgaming Avatar
    @merocgaming

    It sucks buying a new car and it still gets beaten by an old car.

    Reply
    1. @zbatchDOC Avatar
      @zbatchDOC

      Especially when it weighs 2.4+ tonnes.

      Reply
    2. @Divine_Serpent_Geh Avatar
      @Divine_Serpent_Geh

      Itโ€™s sucks deciding to buying a car based on some arbitrary numbers or losing in a straight line by a tenth of a second.

      Reply
    3. @jikd0 Avatar
      @jikd0

      There’s more to a car than how fast it is in a straightline

      Reply
    4. @offlineuser4588 Avatar
      @offlineuser4588

      Lowkey wouldnt even feel the difference of a tenth of a second in the real world and the reality is both cars would beat 95% of cars on the road anyways. You cant always be the the fastest

      Reply
    5. @Maurizzio_ Avatar
      @Maurizzio_

      @Divine_Serpent_Geh 5 tenths. hahah, still how unlikely is to run this same race in the exact similar conditions, tyre, tyre wear, temperature, reaction time, just by changing tyres and driver the rs5 can take the m3 any other day, cars are similar fast, although 5 tenths in similar conditions gives the upside to the m3

      Reply
  13. @jahpapzin Avatar
    @jahpapzin

    Surely M3 CS will gap it all the way to heaven ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

    Reply
    1. @alone2179-c7v Avatar
      @alone2179-c7v

      stupid comparison the rs5 is already 600kg heavier than the normal m3 the cs version is again lighter then the competition and produces more hp so ofc its gonna win?๐Ÿ˜ญ

      Reply
    2. @johniyeke5280 Avatar
      @johniyeke5280

      @alone2179-c7v Cry

      Reply
    3. @l3usTop Avatar
      @l3usTop

      โ€‹@johniyeke5280says the toddler

      Reply
    4. @patatr4943 Avatar
      @patatr4943

      @alone2179-c7vabsolutely not the CS is rear Wheel drive and would lose to a M3 Comp

      Reply
    5. @_Ambition124 Avatar
      @_Ambition124

      โ€‹@patatr4943M3 CS is AWD…

      Reply
  14. @Sasman501 Avatar
    @Sasman501

    After this video Audi must be livid as all orders for the RS5 have been cancelled

    Reply
    1. @KiNgLeOnIDaStHeGrEaT Avatar
      @KiNgLeOnIDaStHeGrEaT

      Yep, and on the waiting list for the new M3

      Reply
    2. @BillBrider Avatar
      @BillBrider

      @NathanLloyd69 Correct, they buy it for handling in corners too. Now I wonder which car would logically do that better as well…

      Reply
    3. @vioss Avatar
      @vioss

      Putting so much weight and still providing excellent performance against an m3 should still be an engineering miracle.

      Reply
  15. @BMWROYAL Avatar
    @BMWROYAL

    3:35 why is the trans mission in the slowest setting on the m3

    Reply
  16. @alexandermenck6609 Avatar
    @alexandermenck6609

    1:44 And again jumping the start.

    Reply
    1. @volwegalk5980 Avatar
      @volwegalk5980

      100% jumpstart

      Reply
    2. @jasonmoorcroft-c5y Avatar
      @jasonmoorcroft-c5y

      Matt always jumps the start !!

      Reply
    3. @bobbyb69 Avatar
      @bobbyb69

      as is tradition

      Reply
  17. @Swarov_001 Avatar
    @Swarov_001

    Some things never change, like Audi always losing to BMW

    Reply
    1. @Shmekera02 Avatar
      @Shmekera02

      fact

      Reply
    2. @eriks. Avatar
      @eriks.

      since BMWs are 4WD

      Reply
    3. @offlineuser4588 Avatar
      @offlineuser4588

      Unless its an RS3 or TT RS. The fastest Dazas are putting out times that are still a hair faster than the quickest S58 builds

      Reply
    4. @Kawaii_kii Avatar
      @Kawaii_kii

      @offlineuser4588TT RS? might let bmw bring out their fastest bike against an Audi R8 V10!

      Reply
    5. @offlineuser4588 Avatar
      @offlineuser4588

      โ€‹@Kawaii_kiiyeah because a bike vs a car is totally a fair race ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

      Reply
  18. @jakubmurawski3142 Avatar
    @jakubmurawski3142

    It’s not four rings anymore.
    It’s four donuts.

    Reply
    1. @MrAjjm65 Avatar
      @MrAjjm65

      Very good!

      Reply
    2. @ourfutureisdark Avatar
      @ourfutureisdark

      Underrated comment ๐Ÿ˜‚

      Reply
    3. @jr1885 Avatar
      @jr1885

      @๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

      Reply
  19. @Jet_slides Avatar
    @Jet_slides

    Wow a brand NEW hybrid car still cant beat a non hybrid car from 5 years ago… Quite embarrassing for audi

    Reply
    1. @jbli19 Avatar
      @jbli19

      Hybrid also means heavier no? Just pure physics….

      Reply
    2. @AutoSR Avatar
      @AutoSR

      @jbli19sure it does but it also has 130hp and 200NM more than the M3.

      Reply
    3. @prefescent4460 Avatar
      @prefescent4460

      @AutoSR do you think 130hp will cancel out a 600kg weight deficit? lol

      Reply
    4. @21.Andreizss Avatar
      @21.Andreizss

      @prefescent4460 kinda yes

      Reply
  20. @suhailjamil3909 Avatar
    @suhailjamil3909

    Now put them both around a track and see the difference! ๐Ÿ˜‚

    Reply

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