ABT Sportsline new RSQ8-LE (Legacy Edition) is capped at 125 copies, boasts more power than the Lamborghini Urus Performante, ...

It also offers an extreme makeover, adding big side skirts, flares, and other body add-ons to transform the RSQ8 from subtle ...

It’s a mark of just how successful Abt’s big-power derivatives of the Audi RSQ8 have been that a) it is now on what seems like the 19th version and b) it can indulge in a pre-launch for the ...

The introduction of the RSQ8 Performance has changed the way you ... Of course, that’s an entirely subjective view, but it does seem that you get most of the goodies of the higher Carbon ...

Feels expensive and fully loaded It can’t hide the extra 300kg it weighs over an RS6, yet it’s less practical and more expensive The RSQ8 is unlikely to be on Greta Thunberg’s shopping list ...

The Audi RSQ8 is (somehow) a more civilised version ... ABT has fitted a more aggressive carbon front lip, side skirt, rear diffuser and wing, with a new set of snorkels on its bonnet.

This look can be credited to the front facia consisting of a single-frame honeycomb grille with octagonal elements complemented by matrix LED lights on either side with Audi laser light.

Unfortunately, the reality of the RSQ8 being an SUV means that these details sit on a chunky, high-sided body, with wheelarches capable of swallowing those silly wheels without looking caricature.