Overview
Where speed and comfort are required, the 2024 Audi RS7 Sportback delivers. It meets its mission so well that we honored it with a 2024 Editors' Choice award. Power comes from a 591-hp twin-turbo V-8 engine that's bolted to an eight-speed automatic transmission that sends power to all four wheels. It's a peppy puppy, and a new Performance trim adds an even louder bark, with 621 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque. Even when the RS7's gaping maw isn't swallowing bugs at high speeds, it serves as an easy-to-pilot and comfortable luxury performance sedan, among the likes of the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing and BMW M5.
Interior
There are also new 22-inch wheels wrapped with Continental Sport Contact 7 tires, and Audi has retuned the RS7's center differential as well as the programming for its selectable drive modes. New matte colors join the paint palette too, including Ascari Blue and Dew Silver. The price of the 2024 Audi RS7 starts at $130,195 and goes up to $156,695 depending on the trim and options.
Audi makes this easy because the RS7 comes extremely well-equipped with standard goodies such as all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, and an adjustable air suspension. For maximum madness, consider the Black Optics package which adds darkened exterior trim and giant 22-inch rims with summer performance tires. To unlock the V-8's best soundtrack, we'd also opt for the sport exhaust.
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The Widebody version looks cooler with its flared fenders and handles better, thanks largely to wider wheels and tires, so that's the one we'd choose. Despite the fact that the SRT Hellcat is all about excess, we wouldn't opt for the Redeye model that increases power to nearly 800 horses.
Exterior
The mad scientists at Dodge's SRT laboratory pulled a Samuel L. Jackson and went all Old Testament with the almighty Hellcat engine. The standard setup makes "only" 717 horsepower, and the version in the Redeye pumps out 797 horses. The 807-hp Super Stock model features dedicated equipment for drag racing. Paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission, the last Challenger SRT Redeye Widebody we tested roared to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and completed the quarter-mile in 11.8 seconds at 125 mph.
The new RS7 Performance, which gets larger turbos and more boost, has 621 horsepower with 627 pound-feet of torque. However, we've yet to test that one. Every RS7 rides on an air suspension with adaptive settings for varying levels of stiffness. However, it felt refined regardless of the drive mode, even rolling on our tester's 22-inch rims (21s are standard). It's also rewarding to bend into corners thanks to the poised chassis and the added agility of its standard rear-wheel-steering system.
Specs
The powerful, albeit thirsty, RS7 is rated 15 mpg in the city and 22 mpg on the highway by the EPA. The agency has yet to certify the 621-hp RS7 Performance, though. We ran the 591-hp RS7 on our 75-mph highway fuel-economy route, which is part of our extensive testing regimen, and it returned 23 mpg in the real world. For more information about the RS7's fuel economy, visit the EPA's website.
Summury
The Challenger interior was redesigned for the 2015 model year with a driver-centric layout, straightforward switchgear, and better materials. The SRT twins have standard leather finery, unique badging and gauge colors, and heated and ventilated front seats. Despite its roomy cabin, the plastics still look cheap, and visibility to the rear is poor. The Dodge held six carry-ons in its trunk and an impressive 15 total with the rear seat stowed.
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The Good
The 2024 Audi RS7 now offers extra horsepower, but the hot hi-po hatch still skews more luxury than sport. A design that's always happy to greet you, nimble for its size, high horsepower that's easy to live with.
The Bad
Doesn't breathe fire like some of its rivals, one heavy hog, drift mode is somewhat limiting.
