Where each one leads
Audi RS 5
- Against cars of the same year, the Audi RS 5 comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 54% less often than average) than the Ford Taurus (fails 11% more often than average).
Ford Taurus
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Too close to call: official combined fuel use, Canada (l/100 km).
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Audi RS 5 | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 2013–2025 | 1981–2019 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 3,513 (2011–2022) | — |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 675 | — |
| Generations on record | — | 5 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Audi RS 5 | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.7% | 2.4% |
| … against cars of the same year | −54% | +11% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 3.0% | — |
| US owner complaints | 12 | 18,169 |
| Most complaints about | Unknown or other | Suspension |
| Model year with most complaints | 2013 (3) | 1993 (1,557) |
| US recall campaigns | 10 | 69 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 4,712 | 2,984 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | — | 188 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Safety
| Audi RS 5 | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | — | 5★ (2019) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Audi RS 5 | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 11.3 l/100 km (2025) | 11.5 l/100 km (2019) |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 219 g/km | — |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 331 kW (444 hp) | — |
| Average mass in running order | 1,770 kg | — |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €146,760 | — |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).