Audi RS5 Sportback

The Audi RS5 Sportback is the everyday performance car that does not ask you to compromise. Its 2.9 litre twin-turbo V6 makes 444 horsepower and sends it through quattro all-wheel drive, so the car reaches 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds and feels planted whether the road is dry or wet from a winter shower. The eight-speed automatic is smooth in city traffic and sharp when you want it to be. This is the RS most owners actually live with.

On Sheikh Zayed Road it cruises quietly with the adaptive suspension softened off, and it has the grip and brakes to make a clean run out to Hatta genuinely enjoyable. The cabin seats five in real comfort, with Nappa leather RS seats, the Virtual Cockpit display, and a Bang and Olufsen system. It suits a resident who wants something quick and discreet rather than loud, and it works just as well dropping into DIFC for a meeting as it does on a weekend drive along Al Qudra. Renting it for a week or two makes far more sense than owning when your time in the city is measured in months.

We keep the RS5 Sportback in Tango Red metallic, a colour that reads as confident without shouting for attention on Palm Jumeirah or outside the towers in Business Bay. Insurance, registration, and Salik are handled, so you simply drive. We deliver it to your door, full of fuel and detailed, and collect it when you are done.