The most powerful Audi of all time.?
Audi RS6 quattro Avant - There is one more addition to the Audi family that makes this particular car the most powerful they have ever produced. It is even faster than the R8 sport-racing car that won Le Mans in both 2004 and 2005. With a V10 engine in its heart, this road car takes just 4.6 seconds from 0- 62mph and proved by myself. Top speed is limited to either 155 mph or if customers want, 175 mph, which they will be mad not to go for that option, and produces a humungous 650 Nm of torque.
I guess you are all thinking the TT or something of that ilk. Wrong, not even warm. This new car is the Audi RS6 quattro Avant that is effectively an estate car and the working horse of the Audi range. Why on earth have they put such a powerful engine into an estate car? The answer is quite simply, because they can.
So who would buy such a lean machine to take the children to school, do the weekly shop or even venture abroad for the odd family holiday? Well, Audi reckon that this type of car will be brought by customers who already have a plethora of cars in their driveways or quadruple garages. At some stage they will need a ‘sensible’ car for daily chores and this is where the RS6 quattro Avant will find its home.
Despite everything the car was amazing to drive with unprecedented power as I saw off many Porsche drivers again around Le Castellet. However, the car can be tamed and driven in a sensible orderly manner if required. It functions extremely well as an estate with plenty of storage space and or corse being an Audi benefits from all the amazing technology that will keep not just the driver, but the precious cargo of children safe.
Madness personified you may say but despite a price tag of £77,730 OTR the order books are full a year in advance of first delivery to the UK scheduled for May 2009.
Vorsprung durch Technik!
FemaleFirst - Jackie Violet