New Rs6 Avant

The old 552bhp Audi RS6 (up to 592bhp for the RS6 Performance) was hardly a Q-car, but this new 2019 version is a whopper: 40mm wider at each wheelarch. Yep, it’s a gigantic 80mm wider overall.

New rs6 avant. The RS6 Avant is priced from $216,000 plus on-road costs, while the RS7 Sportback charges $224,000, making them a massive $32,355 and $37,140 cheaper than their predecessors. Both models are motivated by a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine that pumps out 441kW of power from 6000-6250rpm and 800Nm of torque from 2050-4500rpm despite coming. This new car is the first Audi RS6 Avant to use a different engine to the Audi S6, as both have shared engines in previous generations, albeit in a different state of tune. While the S6 comes with. Audi has revealed the new RS6 Avant RS Tribute Edition for the United States, with just 25 units planned. Billed as a nod to the RS2 Avant, the special-edition model also signals the arrival of the high-performance wagon in North America (for the record, the new RS6 is scheduled to hit South Africa in the first quarter of 2021). But consigning the all-new RS6 Avant to the same fate as every other fast station wagon presupposes two things; one, that the RS6 Avant is in fact everything you hoped it would be, and two, that.

The Audi RS6 Avant is the car that does it all. It’s monstrously quick, yet also quiet, comfortable and roomy inside. A Mercedes E63 S Estate is roomier still, mind. In a world of hybrids, wind power and veganism, the Audi RS6 should be going down like a guff at a Twister party. However, while the. The new Audi RS6 is going to be on sale for most of this decade, so the interior is state-of-the-art and theatrical. The infotainment system is now plumbed into the dashboard, rather than being. The RS6 comes with only one engine: a twin-turbocharged, 4-litre V8 that produces 591bhp and 590 lb ft of torque — meaning the new RS6 is the torquiest estate built by Audi to date. The only available gearbox will be an eight-speed automatic and, in high performance Audi fashion, it will funnel its power to the road via a permanent quattro. Nevertheless, the RS6 Avant is a delight to drive fast. The eight-speed automatic transmission shifts smoothly and seamlessly, whether left to its own devices or if you choose to use the steering.

Towards the end of the review, DeMuro jumps behind the wheel of the RS6 Avant. Like the previous model, the new one is powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 pumping out 592 hp and 590 lb-ft. The most important reason for the new bodywork is the RS6's wider track. Each fender swells by 40mm, making the RS6 3.2 inches wider than a standard A6.. Because of the variable ride height. All-new 592bhp RS6 Avant Estate twin to new RS7 Wicked wagon on sale early 2020. Audi might be inventively contorting its SUVs into all sorts of different shapes and sizes, but there’s one. That’s the same power output quoted for the limited-volume RS6 Avant Performance and 43bhp more than the previous regular RS6. The new engine is also said to deliver an extra 37lb ft, at 590lb ft.

Demand for wagons may be on the decline, but the RS6 Avant is no ordinary wagon. Unless Audi decides to launch that rumored RS6 Allroad – which would be epic by the way – the new America-bound. The RS6 Avant feeds its standard Quattro all-wheel drive through an eight-speed automatic transmission. Audi claims this superwagon will rocket to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and top out at 189 mph. The Audi RS6 Avant is an all-new model in the U.S., although international markets have had access to its predecessors. Still, it's worth noting that the RS6 features a 48-volt mild-hybrid system. The new Audi RS6 Avant has sinister looks that’ll likely proliferate throughout Audi’s RS models. This is what a new RS7 could look like.

The RS6 Avant’s talent lies in how it combines blistering pace, superb refinement and silky comfort, masses of practicality and lots of tech and kit in one package that’s so desirable on many. The only way Audi could make the case to bring the new RS 6 to America in Avant-only form was to “bundle it with the A6 Allroad.” Good enough for me. Let’s hope those with money agree. Although the RS6 is available exclusively as an Avant estate, the cooking versions of the A6 and slightly quicker diesel S6 can be had as either a saloon or an Avant. The entry-level 40 TDI and 45. The article has been updated with the new photos. (Update 3/26/2019) Audi has managed to keep the all-new RS6 Avant hidden so far, although it did release a test mule in the wild last year. That.

The new 4.0-litre, bi-turbo V8-powered RS6 was indeed 20bhp down on the old car, but it was marginally lighter (the right side of 2,000kg this time) and actually torquier still: 516lb ft plays.