BALLISTIC BAVARIAN BRUTALIST

What happens when understatement meets unfiltered aggression? Our motoring ed Dieter Losskarn found out when he met a fellow Bavarian

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WE ALL KNOW the other Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) products, especially the ones marked with an 'M, originating from Munich. Ingolstadt is about 80km further north, still in Bavaria. This is where the ballistic brutalist was born - the Audi RSQ8.

It doesn't roar, it growls quietly and confidently. With a power of 441kW/800Nm, this Ingolstadt monster rockets its 2.4-tonne body from 0 to 100km/h in just 3.8 seconds. That's supercar territory (while you're still sitting in a leather-lined lounge on stilts).