New RS6 advant.

Plug

I don't post here much but THIS thing blew me mind. 580HP, an extra 73HP on top of the BMW M5 estate:eek:
Jesus, Audi are bringing out a few new cars lately and all are real nice.
Wonder will this fair up to the M5?

cantdecide

I've just changed my mind about my lotto car..........

fletch

Plug wrote:

Wonder will this fair up to the M5?

I think the simple answer to that is "it will"

unkel

That is one cool car :cool:

Anan1

There should really be a 'stealth pack' option on that type of car. I'd love one, but not looking like that. If it looked like a 2.0 TDI, though...

Rovi

Here's the bumf on Audi's official site-
http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en2/models.html
Scroll right to the A6 Avant and select the RS 6 model.

...and the official video-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZqN_vqHJNY

2008 RS 6; some day, you will be mine.
(after a few years depreciation on a used one)

JHMEG

It's one thing buying an estate over a coupe or saloon because you need the extra space etc. But it's another thing having to buy an estate because there is nothing else. Estates are inherently not cool, and I never could figure out Audi's logic.

The 4-door RS4 is soooo much nicer than the 5-door station wagon.

Rovi

There'll be a saloon version along shortly.

Anan1

JHMEG wrote:

Estates are inherently not cool, and I never could figure out Audi's logic.

I think the idea that estates are less 'cool' than saloons is a peculiarly Irish thing.

eamon234

If you thought estates weren't cool that would help change your mind. It's a beauty.

pburns

The Quattro-style blisters are meant to be a nod to Audi heritage but for me it just doesn't work - far too heavy-handed a gesture.

This perverse pleasure the Germans seem to derive from mega-horsepower monster saloon/estates is a bit bewildering also. Don't get me wrong, the world is a better place for cars like this but really...what's the point of of a 580bhp estate? It'll get an entertaining feature Top Gear's airfield with JC shouting "P-O-W-E-R!!" and little Hamster jumping up-and-down wetting himself in glee but apart from that?

The RS4 I kinda get - it's an iron fist in a velvet glove, compact size and lovely sound. But the RS6 Avant? Nah...just a load-lugging penis extension...

2stageturbo

eamon234 wrote:

If you thought estates weren't cool that would help change your mind. It's a beauty.

Im an estate fan!:)
Accord,Impreza,Legacy,Galant to name but a few!!

Type 17

Anan1 wrote:

I think the idea that estates are less 'cool' than saloons is a peculiarly Irish thing.

If you drive on the continent, you'll notice that in the A4 and A6-sized segments, 80% of the cars are estates - In Ireland only 10% of them are estates...

AlanD

Plug wrote:

I don't post here much but THIS thing blew me mind. 580HP, an extra 73HP on top of the BMW M5 estate:eek:
Jesus, Audi are bringing out a few new cars lately and all are real nice.
Wonder will this fair up to the M5?

fine car alright.....estates ARE cool too.

But it's not advant.....it's avant. Just to be pedantic :cool:

Lex Luthor

Audi estates are the nicest in the business, this one just takes them up by 2 notches

Lord Nikon

An estate is as stealth as them come. The last thing you are expecting is a v10 estate barrelling past you in your porsche on the 'Ring.

Audi can do with an estate that no other car maker can do. They bring refinement, style, and loads of power for when it's needed, and the car is as sexy as anything. They almost, and some some cases do, look better than the saloon, and the cabrio too.

I just want one in black now.

CarLover

Type 17 wrote:

If you drive on the continent, you'll notice that in the A4 and A6-sized segments, 80% of the cars are estates - In Ireland only 10% of them are estates...

Quite true. Spent a good deal of time in Switzerland last year. An awful lot of big engined cars over there and every second car is an estate. Probably because can fit skis into the boot etc...

I really hate that we're such a bunch of small engined losers in this country because of VRT and Insurance

Lex Luthor

I could have swore I saw a black saloon RS6 this morning in Maynooth...

it had those new lights in ths main front lamps that have the strip light along the bottom

absolutely GORGEOUS

Eoin

CarLover wrote:

I really hate that we're such a bunch of small engined losers in this country because of VRT and Insurance

Is VRT and insurance higher on estates than on saloons?

Plug

eoin_s wrote:

Is VRT and insurance higher on estates than on saloons?

I think its just on engine size, its still only a family car. Could be wrong though.