First Registered – 22/01/2021

This is a full-house RS model, so gets the same lunatic 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine as the RS6 estate… producing 592bhp and 590lb ft of torque. That means 0-62mph in 3.8 seconds, 0-124mph in 13.7 seconds, and a limited top speed of 155mph. Insert wide-eye emoji here.

If the RSQ8 is your thing and you’re looking for a way to justify it, you could argue that its superior ground clearance, air suspension that’s height-adjustable by 90mm, hill-descent control and commanding view of the road is a few easy options to help with the justification.

The RSQ8 is an astonishing piece of engineering.

Standard equipment is comprehensive, as you’d expect for its six-figure price point, so pretty much all of Audi’s trademark features are included – matrix LED headlights, 22-inch alloy wheels, Audi’s top-drawer heated, ventilated and electrically operated sports seats, a full suite of interior displays made up of the usual virtual cockpit and dual-touchscreen MMI systems. You get the point.

This Model Being the, the aforementioned Carbon Black model swaps out the standard 22-inch wheels for a set of 23-inch items, a sports exhaust system and, as its name might suggest, a liberal application of carbonfibre trim components inside and out.

This car has recently had the A Service carried out at main dealer.