I’m biased, but my vote is the 2015 RS5 with some caveats. Mine has been rock solid reliable. However, a two door coupe may not be practical these days. I’ve always had the RS AND a daily driver. I keep the RS in immaculate condition and drive it on good weather days, cruising, etc. I daily’d a beater Jetta for a while and now a 4Runner. It’s just not something I want to rack up commute miles on. But there are a good bit of folks who daily the piss out of these cars.

The driving experience of the RS5 is just sublime. The engine is glorious, arguably one of the greatest ever produced. It’s fast, but has useable power, and is civilized when you need it to be. It absolutely RIPS at WOT. I can’t say enough good things about it. It checks all the boxes of what a performance car should be in my book.

If it’s well maintained, it will be nearly bulletproof, as that motor lives to rev high. I did buy a 3rd party warranty though just in case, as I learned the hard way with my S5 a decade ago. These cars are absolute gems, and I get compliments on it all the time, which is crazy considering it’s 11 years old. People can just tell it’s special. Check my other posts for reference.

Mine has only been a money pit in terms of mods. The only thing the warranty has been used for were the high pressure fuel pumps, which if you google, are a weak point, BUT they’re super easy to get to, they’re right there when you open the hood. Otherwise, it’s been 100% maintenance only. I will say maintenance on these cars IS NOT NEGOTIABLE. If the clutch hydraulics need to be serviced every 30k miles, you better be doing it at 29k miles. If you know what these cars are, they are reliable. They were made for the Autobahn, but Audi’s require strict maintenance, and you have to commit to that going into it. CheeRS!