With two turbochargers, ten cylinders and a 0-62mph time of 4.6 seconds, there’s plenty to like about the new Audi RS 6.
But when all that performance is poured into an estate car bodyshell, it enters a whole new game. Motoring Experts been calling the RS 6 Avant the greatest all-round performance car ever.
Audi’s RS–badged cars have always been superb straight line missiles, but lacking in the feel which makes the BMW M3 such a brilliant car.
But that changed with the Audi RS4 – a car I’ve already waxed lyrical on these pages – and the only car I’ve ever made myself feel sick driving.
It’s biblically powerful, with more grip than I’ve ever experienced in a car. Its fun too, with direct and responsive steering communicating every lump and bump through the steering wheel.
So it’s difficult to imaging the potency of the new RS 6; a car with significantly more power.
It’s powered by Audi’s most powerful engine yet – a 572bhp behemoth which counts two turbochargers, ten cylinders in Vee formation and a clever way of burning fuel in the cylinders as the headline features in a fearsome engine.
The RS 6 also packs the latest generation Quattro four wheel drive system and some electronic witchcraft called Dynamic Ride Control among its grip-related gubbins.
So, although no-one outside of Audi has driven the RS 6 yet, we can be fairly confident it’s going to be a blast
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