2026 Audi RS 5 Avant plug-in hybrid spied on the ‘Ring
Audi’s A5 household presently consists of coupe, convertible, and hatchback physique types, however a brand new A5 Avant wagon is anticipated to affix the fray for the following technology. Avant is the identify Audi makes use of for wagons.
Prototypes for the common A5 Avant have been noticed prior to now, and new prototypes for what seems to be a high-performance RS 5 variant have surfaced. Prototypes for the sporty S5 Avant have additionally been noticed prior to now.
The RS 5 Avant will exchange the present RS 4 Avant bought abroad as a part of a shift in Audi’s naming technique. The brand new technique, introduced final 12 months, will give fashions with internal-combustion engines an odd quantity of their names and electrical fashions a good quantity. It means the following A4 might be an electrical car.
We all know the most recent prototype is for an RS 5 Avant and never the common A5 Avant due to the additional intakes within the entrance fascia, the extensive fenders housing a widened monitor, the massive cross-drilled brake rotors, and the cutouts within the rear fascia to suit signature RS oval exhaust ideas. The exhaust tips about the prototype look like short-term models solely.
2026 Audi RS 5 Avant spy photographs – Photograph credit score: Baldauf
The prototype additionally sports activities each a gasoline filler cap and a charging port, in accordance with our photographer, indicating a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Yellow warning stickers within the windscreen seen in a few of the photographs additionally point out some type of electrification.
It is not clear what’s deliberate for the powertrain, however rumors level to the twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter V-6 of the present RS 5 getting paired with an electrical drive system. The present RS 5 delivers 444 hp, however the subsequent one ought to have considerably extra energy to problem the 671 hp of the Mercedes-Benz AMG C 63 S E Efficiency, which can also be a plug-in hybrid.
Whereas the brand new A5 Avant and S5 Avant have been confirmed by Audi for a debut later this 12 months, the RS 5 Avant is prone to arrive subsequent 12 months.
Audi has additionally been noticed testing the next-generation A5 in its hatchback physique type. It is not clear whether or not the automaker will launch new variations of the A5 coupe and convertible as a consequence of gradual gross sales for the two-door fashions.
