The venerable ZF 8-speed automatic sends power to all four wheels, with a maximum of 85% going to the rear axle (read: it slides!), or 70% to the front if traction losses necessitate it.Ī fat Pirelli P-Zero summer tire setup - 285-section-width - sits at all four corners wrapping the 22-inch wheels, but 21-inch wheels with 275-section-width tires are standard. In this tune it makes 591 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque, which is good enough to send your whole family into orbit and/or sprint to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds using launch control. Under the hood is Audi’s flavor of the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that is so kindly shared about the Volkswagen Group. In that way, this wagon’s design matches its utterly animalistic and brutal performance capabilities. It’s far too brutal of a design to bandy those words about. Flared arches show off the extra 1.6 inches of width on each side (3.2 inches wider total versus an A6 Avant), and our tester’s Black Optic package just makes this wagon even more sinister.īut the RS 6 Avant is not beautiful or elegant in any traditional sense. Its massive, frameless grille, huge 22-inch wheels, super low side skirts and oval RS tailpipes only represent a fraction of things to love. Mean, threatening and fast are three words that instantly come to mind when taking the wagon in from head-to-toe. Every other body panel is unique to the RS 6, which gave designers huge amounts of freedom to make this wagon look the part. Only the front doors, roof and rear hatch are the same as a standard A6 Avant, which is now the only A6 wagon model not sold here. The answer is a resounding hell yes if you’re judging it by exterior design. Fine, now every owner can get exactly what they want.īut is the new RS 6 Avant a wagon that you want? Therefore, just like the Mercedes-AMG E 63 S Wagon and Volvo V90, the only way for Audi to justify the costs of bringing the RS 6 Avant here is to make it order-only. A boatload of enthusiasts want a midsize wagon with 591 horsepower, but the percentage of that group with bank accounts to afford such a vehicle is not conducive to high sales volumes. Wagon devotees across the nation are likely wondering the same thing. “Maybe … 10-15 years,” I say chuckling, genuinely wondering what kind of depreciation this six-figure German superwagon will suffer from. “How long do we need to wait to afford one of these?” my girlfriend asks as the laser light unlock animation plays in the headlights. We’ve already driven the standard A6 Allroad, but now it’s time to put the enthusiast darling RS 6 Avant to the test. Most of 2020 has been downright dreadful, but Audi has done its best to cheer us up with Avants back on this continent.
For those counting, the RS2 is now available.
We’ve always had to longingly look across the ocean with one eye on the 25-year clock for import status.
Year after year has gone by without a proper Audi sports wagon being sold in the United States. It’s in Nardo Grey, arguably Audi’s best shade of grey (of which there are many).
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