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The new  Audi  RS5: larger, lighter, quicker, cleaner and cleverer  than  the six-year-old model it replaces . It is most of these things because alongside the latest MLB platform,  Audi has finally swapped out the old naturally aspirated 4.2-litre V8 for the cutting-edge 2.9-litre twin-turbocharged V6  it has spent  the last few years co-developing with  Porsche . Naturally, its superior numbers in almost every facet count as reasons to be cheerful – but history dictates caution here, and no little regret. The previous unit was far more than just a tightly wound bundle of numbers ; it was arguably one of the last great atmospheric engines, with a throttle response to die for and the kind of lean, caterwauling soundtrack that effectively had your vein spiked at 8250rpm. We’d therefore be remiss not to sound a rhetoric last post at its departure and neon signpost the fact that it was easily the best thing about the last model, which fit Ingolstadt’...

So you’ve decided that you want to learn to drift. At this point I’m going to assume that you’ve procured a suitable rear-wheel-drive car, preferably one with a manual gearbox and enough power to break traction. Before you go crazy, digging into your savings, selling a kidney, remortgaging the house, tearing apart a perfectly good and comfortable road car and rebuilding it into a bone-rattling pro-level drift machine it might be a good idea to see if you actually enjoy this drift malarky. Step one is to get out on track, but in order to get the most out of your new machine there are some basic and essential drift modifications that you should do beforehand… 1. ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? A good driver's seat and harness should be your first port of call. As there’s no standard-sized human, car manufacturers have to cater for a huge range of shapes and sizes when designing seats. As a result, while they might be comfortable on a long journey and offer ...