Save Weight And Add Spangly Bits With The Audi RS4 And RS5 Carbon Editions

Want an RS4 or RS5 that’s had a carbonfibre festooning? Audi has revealed a pair of handsome devils that might be of interest to you.

Say hello to the RS4 and RS5 Carbon Editions, yours for £71,625 and £75,400 respectively. That’s an increase of £10,000 for the 4 and £12,500 for the 5, so what are you getting for your money? For starters, a snazzy carbonfibre roof.

Available only on the RS5, it cuts 3kg from the car’s weight figure. Meanwhile both models have the ‘Carbon Matt Aluminium Styling Pack’, which gives a CFRP (carbonfibre reinforced plastic) finish to the front spoiler, sill extensions and the rear diffuser.

The door mirror housings are CFRP, and you also get a bunch of CFRP inlays spread around the interior.

Then there are the wheels: these are the 20-inch rims available optionally on the standard car, and each is milled from a single piece of billet. They’re usually £2000 a set, and they drop 8kg from the car’s unsprung mass in total.

Together with the carbon roof, the wheels contribute to a 60kg drop for the RS4 compared to its predecessor, and an 80kg reduction for the RS5. If you have a good enough memory, you might remember those were the figures Audi quoted when the ‘normal’ versions of the cars were revealed - we just didn’t know at the time the reductions would only be possible with the carbon pack. Boo. Update: Audi UK has since clarified that the weight savings actually total 79kg for the RS4 and 96kg for the RS5 when going for the Carbon Editions.

Interested? Both cars are available to order now. The Carbon Edition RS5s will be landing on our shores in December, with the RS4s following March next year.