Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Cars
  3. Photo Galleries
  4. Legacy Archives

Ever wanted to own an Audi RS5 DTM racecar? Here’s your chance … in Lego form

Add as a preferred source on Google

If you’ve ever wanted to build your very own Audi Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) race car, here’s your chance … in Lego form.

That’s right; Hungarian Audi fan Máté Lipkovics created a scale version of the infamous German Touring Car Masters RS5, which he has offered up on Lego’s Ideas page.

Featuring independent pushrod suspension, a four-speed manual transmission, a V8 engine, rear wheel drive, Hand of God and cockpit steering, opening and locking doors, monocoque chassis and roll-cage, and adjustable rear wing, the RS5 DTM Lego racer is comprised by 2,000 components and can be easily motorized.

Audi RS5 DTM Lego
Image used with permission by copyright holder

How does the intricacy of this 1:10 scale model hold up against the full meal deal? The Audi-built RS5 DTM is composed of 4,000 parts. So, for a replica, it’s pretty darn complex.

Keen to get your hands on this red beauty? Well, you can’t – at least not yet.

If you want to adorn the bookshelf of your bachelor pad with one of these bad boys, you’ll need to logon to the Lego Idea page and ‘support’ the car. If enough people support the kit, 10,000 to be exact, Lego will consider building it.

Should it get past the Lego Review stage, what might the RS5 DTM cost? Lego wagers somewhere between 120-150 € – or the equivalent of $200.00. Sure, it’s not as cool as a real race car, but it’s a sight cheaper.

Nick Jaynes
Former Automotive Editor
Nick Jaynes is the Automotive Editor for Digital Trends. He developed a passion for writing about cars working his way…
Waymo’s robotaxis keep finding new things to drive into, and construction zones are the latest
Thirteen construction zone incidents, one fleet recall, and a passenger who thought the end was near.
A Hyundai Ioniq 5 is equipped as a robotaxi.

Waymo has recalled its entire fleet of nearly 4,000 robotaxis to prevent them from driving on highways after identifying at least 13 instances where its vehicles drove straight into highway sections closed for construction. 

This is the company's sixth recall in under a year, and follows separate incidents involving flooded roads, telephone poles, chains and gates, towed trucks, and school buses.

Read more
BYD’s Great Tang eSUV offers 10-minute charging and a 590-mile range starting at $40,000
Spectacular specs, record preorders, and not a single one headed to America.
Car, Transportation, Vehicle

BYD just launched the Great Tang, a full-size electric SUV that offers the range of a regular gasoline-powered car and takes only slightly longer to refuel (read: recharge). 

The company's flagship eSUV starts at around $35,500 and gives most American electric SUVs a serious run for their money.

Read more
BMW is taking orders for the i3 way ahead of schedule, and it’s got a happy problem to blame
Too much demand, too good a car to make people wait until fall.
Bumper, Transportation, Vehicle

BMW planned to open order books for the new i3 sedan this fall, but now, the automaker is opening them this week instead. The reason is the kind of happy problem every automaker wishes they had.

As it turns out, too many people want to buy the car, and the automaker decided it would be rude to make them wait.

Read more