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home > news > Automakers > Audi Planning a Go-Fast Special Edition RS 7
Audi plans to offer a limited-run exclusive edition of the RS 7 with a V-8 engine capable of producing 591 horsepower and an electronically controlled top speed of nearly 200 miles per hour.
The RS 7 exclusive edition, with its refined design elements on both outside and inside the vehicle, underscores the performance capabilities of the Audi Sport portfolio of products. It will be limited to a production run of just 23 units and available in the late summer timeframe, officials noted.
The exclusive edition of the RS 7, which will carry a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $165,000, is equipped with the Audi 4.0-liter TFSI bi-turbo V-8 engine delivering 591 hp and 590 pound-feet of torque that can go from 0-60 mph in just 3.5 seconds. The standard Sport exhaust amplifies the sound quotient and heightens an element of performance-oriented design with black-finished exhaust tips.
The special edition RS 7 can hit a top track speed of 190 mph thanks to the addition of 17.3-inch Audi front and 14.6-inch Audi rear Ceramic brakes with blue painted calipers.
On the inside, the 23 exclusive edition units include RS brand accents and bespoke Audi exclusive details. Black leather and Dinamica treatments are complemented by Sepang blue stitching woven throughout the interior.
The leather package extends the premium material to door armrests, center console trim, upper door panels, and the upper dashboard — all finished in black leather with Sepang blue stitching, while Audi exclusive controls are also braided in Sepang blue stitching.
Front passenger seats are treated to an Audi exclusive low side trim in black leather with Sepang blue stitching while Audi exclusive floor mats are offered with black leather edges and finished with Sepang blue stitching. Finally, a black Dinamica headliner traces the interior of the striking Sportback design of the RS 7 exclusive edition.
The exterior of the exclusive edition, with its striking Sportback silhouette, is painted in the exclusive Mamba Black pearl effect that presents as a sophisticated bold black paint with undertones of blue. In addition, an exterior Carbon optic package reinforces the exclusive model’s pinnacle performance position and extends to a Black optic exterior including Black Audi rings and badges, Carbon exterior mirrors, front spoiler, and rear diffuser elements.
The RS 7 is equipped with 22-inch 5 V-spoke gloss anthracite wheels wrapped in 285/30 ZR22 summer performance tires, the exclusive edition evokes aggressive performance cues. Standard Audi laser lights supplement the LED high beam headlights for the driver by projecting a low and wide beam of light on the road ahead and can be identified by a blue light signature in the headlight housing.
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