On a roll with hot Audis after yesterday’s RS6 Avant. Feeling a bit like an Audi Savant. Anyway, this one is a 2021 Audi RSQ8 (Resquate?) unicorn. The same platform and motor as the Lamborghini Urus, also part of the Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG). But the RSQ8 sells for $100,000 less. And CarMax don’t sell Lambos. So what do we have here?
Reviewers give the Audi credit for the more luxurious interior in the RSQ8 above. The Urus’ interior is below. I can’t find fault with either. All of the same high end features in the RS6 Avant, and I still get a kick out of the 1,920 watt Bang & Olufsen® 3D Advanced Sound System. I guess that much power in a car stereo makes as much sense as almost 600 hp in an SUV. Maybe 45 years ago in my teenage years I listened to music like Blue Oyster Cult and Uriah Heep at full volume with my head on the floor wedged between cheap bookshelf speakers because we didn’t have headphones. The tinnitus keeps me awake still. That said, sweet Lorraine I’d love to hear classic rock through the RSQ8 audio system. At 100 mph. What’s done is done. Don’t fear the reaper.
The RSQ8 doesn’t look all that more aggressive than the Q8 or SQ8 (Squate?). A bit of a sleeper. The 5,300 pound bulk belies a 0-60 mph run of 3.6 seconds and a governed top speed of 155 mph – 190 mph with the Dynamic Package. Fastest SUV around the Nürburgring circuit. The Urus is faster (and the fastest SUV overall – just not at Nürburgring) because VAG allows the Lamborghini an additional 49 hp. Both cars have an eight-speed automatic transmission. And both have GIGANTIC 17″ brake calipers – the biggest ever in a production car.
Here’s a good piece on why the Audi RS Q8 is a better buy than the Lamborghini Urus from HotCars.com. It’s called “Here’s Why The Audi RS Q8 Is A Better Buy Than The Lamborghini Urus“. (I never claimed to be an original auto critic!) Original MSRP on the Urus was $218,000 and the Audi sold for maybe $100,000 less when new. The 2021 Audi RSQ8 is now offered by CarMax in California for $137,998 – or it was previously and likely will again. It’s off the market right now but not yet sold. Here’s the link if you want to track it. One owner, less than 8,000 miles on it, and plenty of manufacturer warranty left. What a bargain! Of course, owning an Audi just doesn’t have the cachet of a Lamborghini and no good comes from coveting a Urus. Ask Lee Price III, the Texas man in this article who used Covid-19 relief aid to buy a Lamborghini Urus and a Rolex and got 9 years in prison. The Robb Report article is called “A Man Who Used Covid-19 Relief Aid to Buy a Lamborghini Urus and a Rolex Gets 9 Years in Prison“.
Stock # 21242017 VIN # WU1ARBF10MD028842
