Best new cars 2019 – the most exciting new performance cars arriving this year - Best new cars 2019 – the most exciting new performance cars arriving this year

Audi

Highlighting an exciting year for Audi Sport, the year’s launches will culminate in the new RS6 Avant and RS7. Both are likely to be available in two states of tune for the first time, the first a 4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 with somewhere around 650bhp, and the second, arguably more interesting variant, a hybrid-boosted version, possibly closing in on around 700bhp.

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Both models will pick up a bespoke, widened body, and new panels, with a likely cross-pollination of the RS7’s sleeker nose on the RS6 too. The next-generation A3 should also show up, along with the new S3, which we expect will be a little more potent in its fourth generation. Both will be built on a heavily revised MQB platform with all-new styling, interiors and powertrains. 

Bentley

Bentley has already revealed its Bentayga Speed and Continental GT Convertible this year, and 2019’s new models will be joined by a new Flying Spur too, combining the new Continental’s Porsche-derived MSB platform with a long four-door, three-box bodystyle for the first time.

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Expect the same sumptuous interior, but with considerably more rear seat space and the same pair of W12 and V8 powertrains. Speed versions will inevitably follow, but we’d not expect a release of that pair until 2020.

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