Audi Sport RSQ3, RS4, RS6, RS7 and R8 V10 Plus track review - Cars Guide

The Audi RS7’s heating system breathes a warming raft and its 4. 0-litre twin-turbo V8 idles with a distant, cultured bass note. I almost feel sorry for the driving instructor who stands outside, rugged against the biting wind, but still stamping his feet and shaking his lean, race-driver body to try and generate some warmth. However, fleeting sympathy quickly turns to incredulity when I lower the window and receive instructions for the next driving exercise. We’re here to drive the best of Audi’s current performance lineup , but before hot lapping can begin, there are a few warm-up exercises to complete. The chilled whippet in the puffer jacket leans into my open window: “Okay, Ash, what you’re to do is give it 100 percent throttle from a standing start, and hook hard left around the cones. As the rear breaks away, correct the slide, but keep the opposite lock on to the swing the rear end back the other way, scando style, which will pivot you around and point you up that escape road up there. ” He points to an impossibly narrow laneway defined by blue witches hats. As a driving exercise, it seems, a), incongruous to Audi’s Quattro, all-wheel-drive brand values and the traction-equals-safety message constantly pushed from up high, and b), a bit bloody tricky. If an instructor wants full throttle and a power slide on a narrow wet turn, then I shall do my damndest to deliver. Source: www.carsguide.com.au