Track Test Video: Audi RS5 vs BMW M4 & BMW M3 Drag Race

We pit the Audi RS5 against the BMW M4 in this drag race... but for an extra bit of fun, an E92 BMW M3 turned up to join in!

The current Audi RS5 is about to go out of production and we realised we’d never drag raced it against the current BMW M4. So we brought them both to a drag strip to put them head to head, but then an E92 M3 turned up and wanted a piece of the action, so we've got the makings of an exciting three-way drag race.

Technically brilliant and capable with a 444bhp 4.2-litre V8 engine powering all four wheels, is the Audi RS5. It’s got 430Nm of torque between 4000 and 6000rpm, but it will rev all the way to 8250rpm.
 

cidflekken - 8/26/2015 11:54:31 AM

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"On a wet day like we had"...I think it would be clear who the victor would be.

BMWm4 - 8/26/2015 2:47:18 PM

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that was a horrible run by the driver of the M4 and could be the slowest that has ever been timed.

BMWm4 - 8/26/2015 2:48:40 PM

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it was like the M4 driver was sipping coffee. Obviously not as much of a track issue as the M3 owner got off to a much better start than the M4.

cidflekken - 8/26/2015 3:05:43 PM

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There's a 100+ lb ft torque difference between the E92 M3 and the M4 so I could see why the M4, on wet surface as stated, might have a bit more trouble off the line.

BMWm4 - 8/26/2015 4:52:30 PM

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Not really and these are supposed to be a professional driver when testing. The track wasnt really that wet. Still no excuse to be that lackluster . Maybe he was texting .