Autocar drive the new Audi RS6

[iGav]

And even though it weighs only 2 small tons or so... they also reckon it's...

With all that under-bonnet firepower and a set of closely stacked gear ratios to deploy it, the new Audi makes long straights seem short and fast constant-radius bends suddenly much tighter than they first appeared. Immense thrust - the sort that momentarily pins you in the seat - is always just a twitch of the right foot away.

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This car flatters its driver when the road turns twisty, allowing you to feed in huge amounts of power early and carry great speed into corners without fear of some nasty tail-led reprisal as you begin to wind on lock.

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There’s tremendous neutrality in the way this car attacks bends, while grip is predictably massive. Once those high levels of adhesion have been breached, the onset of electronic stability control fades in progressive and well-contained understeer.

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As a point of reference at just how much the RS6’s dynamics have been improved, Reil claims the new model is capable of lapping the Nurburgring a whopping 20sec faster than its predecessor. “We spent a lot of time running at the Nordschliefe,” he says. “Conditions vary and every lap you run is unique, but we managed to get down to 8min 09sec during our final tests there.”

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As well as this, it's sensationally rapid in a straight line, boasts tremendous directional stability at speed, superb levels of mechanical refinement, and the sort of all-weather invincibility you take for granted from a car bearing Ingolstadt’s signature rings.

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The major strength of the new generation RS6 remains its colossal engine, but this time around Audi has given it a chassis that easily challenges the likes of the BMW M5 Touring and Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG.

I do believe that in the dictionary, under the word Epic... the new RS6 will be one of the synonyms.

Rinky dink link

 

[Airforce]

Stats on the engine and such are great. Too bad it is dog ugly

 

[Markleshark]

Stats on the engine and such are great. Too bad it is dog ugly

Sorry, am I looking at the same Audi as you?

 

[rhsgolfer33]

Stats on the engine and such are great. Too bad it is dog ugly

I agree; I'd buy one of their sedans (RS or not), coupes, or one of their sports cars, but man are wagons ugly (especially this one. I think the A3 actually looks better.).

 

[3nm]

i'd still take a nuvolari over any S/RS... unless they make a RS5.

 

[jaydub]

This thing is indeed a beast.

 

[scotthayes]

to put it simply, WANT ONE NOW!!! just so I can get my dog in the back to take him to the beach you understand, nothing to do with the 5 litre V10 Bi-turbo engine.

 

[hwojtek]

IMHO it doesn't look near as aggressive (read: cool) as my all-time favorite RS4 (B5 series).
However, tomorrow I will be attending the same event on Paul Ricard Circuit Autocar did, and will have the RS6 for some three hours to drive on the track. I'm quite excited to check how does this thing take corners...

 

[scotthayes]

Stats on the engine and such are great. Too bad it is dog ugly

Don't really think you can call it dog ugly.

 

[Abstract]

It's still a wagon, though. I actually like wagons and any car with a hatch rather than the typical trunk/boot. However, a high-end sports car better look like a sports car. You can't dress up a turd and make it look like gold, now can you.

to put it simply, WANT ONE NOW!!! just so I can get my dog in the back to take him to the beach you understand, nothing to do with the 5 litre V10 Bi-turbo engine.

I totally understand. I just want to buy groceries with it, and maybe pick up the kids from soccer. Since I don't have my own kids, I guess I can pick up someone elses kids.