Audi RS 6 Avant is an indignant wagon that is coming to the US
Your fire-breathing all-season household hauler has arrived and is able to hit the soccer sport earlier than heading to the racetrack.
On Tuesday, the brand new Audi RS 6 Avant made its on-line debut. Essentially the most thrilling half? It is coming to North America, although Audi spokesman Mark Dahncke advised Motor Authority it hasn’t been determined when the RS 6 Avant will arrive within the U.S. or for what mannequin 12 months.
With a mild-hybrid powertrain, almost 600 horsepower despatched to all 4 wheels, and 20 cubic toes of cargo area, the Audi RS 6 has simply develop into the final word household automobile for individuals who must get there rapidly and in fashion.
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Audi RS 6 Avant
Appears imply
The RS 6 Avant relies on the eighth-generation A6 wagon, internally often known as the C8, however the entrance doorways, roof, and tailgate are the one exterior physique panels which might be shared with the bottom automotive. Just like the A6 Avant, the RS 6 Avant’s roofline has a barely sooner rake than earlier generations, giving it a sporty look sedan merely cannot match.
Audi RS 6 Avant
It begins with the stance, which is 1.6-inches wider than the usual Avant because of the flared fenders that sit above 21- or 22-inch wheels. The RS 6 will get the A7’s headlights, with their wider, flatter look, to additional distinguish it from the remainder of the A6 lineup.
Like earlier RS fashions, the RS 6 Avant has gaping intakes on both aspect of the entrance fenders to feed cool air to the intercoolers. RS-specific aspect sills give the RS 6 Avant extra width down low, whereas the rear hatch includes a roof-mounted spoiler, an RS-specific rear bumper and diffuser, and twin RS oval exhaust retailers.
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Audi RS 6 Avant
Gone hybrid
Underneath the hood sits a Four.Zero-liter twin-turbo V-Eight that sends 592 hp and 590 pound-feet of torque to all 4 wheels by way of an Eight-speed computerized transmission. A 48-volt gentle hybrid system is added by way of a belt alternator, and as much as 12 kw of energy could be saved in a lithium-ion battery pack (Audi did not disclose the pack’s measurement) by way of regenerative braking between 34 and 99 mph. The gentle hybrid system permits the engine to show off at speeds of as much as 14 mph.
Efficiency ought to be bewildering with Audi quoting a Zero to 62 mph dash of three.6 seconds and a Zero-124 mph run of 12 seconds. High velocity is electronically restricted to 155 mph, however an elective Dynamic Bundle lifts that to 174 mph or 189.5 with the Dynamic Bundle Plus.
The Four.Zero-liter twin-turbo V-Eight has cylinder deactivation that shuts off cylinders 2, three, 5, and eight (making it a 2.Zero-liter V-Four), for higher gasoline effectivity at low speeds or gentle masses.
Audi RS 6 Avant
Select your suspension
Audi’s Quattro full-time all-wheel-drive system splits energy 40/60 entrance to rear by way of a mechanical middle differential, although as much as 70 p.c of energy could be despatched to the entrance whereas 85 p.c can go to the rear.
The suspension makes use of a five-link design entrance and rear and comes customary with adaptive air springs. Audi stated the suspension has a number of modes however did not go into element past noting it robotically ranges the wagon. Whereas the RS 6 Avant sits Zero.Eight inches decrease than the usual A6 Avant, it is going to robotically drop one other Zero.Four inches at 75 mph and could be lifted Zero.Eight inches at low speeds to enter driveways or parking heaps.
An RS sport suspension with metal springs and three-stage adjustable dampers might be out there. This technique additionally comes with Dynamic Trip Management, which makes use of diagonally linked dampers to counteract physique lean by way of hydromechanical means.
A four-wheel-steering system might be elective with the Dynamic or Dynamic Bundle Plus. It might flip the rear wheels as much as 5 levels in the wrong way of the entrance wheels at low speeds, or as much as 2 levels in the identical path at larger speeds. The system reduces the turning circle by as much as three.three toes.
Drivers can select between six drive modes: Consolation, Auto, Dynamic, Effectivity, and individually configurable RS-specific RS1 and RS2 modes activated by the “RS MODE” button on the steering wheel. The modes range parameters within the all-wheel-steering system, customary sport differential, engine sound (i.e. faux engine noise pumped into the cabin), transmission shift logic, energy steering, suspension, and computerized air-con. Audi stated RS2 mode exists purely to switch the parameters of the digital stability management.
Audi RS 6 Avant
Audi RS 6 Avant
Audi RS 6 Avant
Audi RS 6 Avant
Luxurious liner
Contained in the RS 6 Avant options Audi’s newest MMI infotainment system with two dash-mounted touchscreens (one for local weather controls and automobile features and one other for infotainment) paired with a digital gauge cluster. Aluminum, wooden, and carbon-fiber trim can be found to go together with the acres of shiny piano black plastic trim.
Whereas there’s seating for 5, the entrance sport buckets and rear buckets mixed with the big middle driveline tunnel make it so little Johnny’s good friend is healthier off taking the bus. Nappa leather-based and Alcantara line the cabin. RS logos are embossed in numerous locations all through the inside, and the seats have a rhombus sample stitched into them.
As a wagon, the RS 6 Avant has room for the soccer balls and weekend journey tools with an honest 20 cubic toes of cargo area behind the second row. Go away the youngsters at dwelling and fold the split-folding 40/20/40 second row down for a as much as 59.three cubic toes of area.
Have to tow along with your RS 6 Avant? Audi considered that and there is an elective swiveling trailer hitch with an digital launch plus an elective camera-based trailer help system for maneuvering a trailer. Audi hasn’t shared the utmost tow ranking.
Audi RS 6 Avant
The RS 6 Avant additionally gives quite a few security and driver-assistance options, every little thing from adaptive cruise management and lane change warnings to a surround-view digital camera and intersection help.
When it goes on sale, the Audi RS 6 Avant might be out there in 13 colours, together with sure-to-please-enthusiasts Nardo Grey and Sebring Black and 5 matte finishes. The mirrors could be ordered in black, physique colour, or matte-finished aluminum. Trim could be had in matte aluminum or gloss black, and that is all earlier than dipping into the (spendy) Audi Unique customization program.
The brand new Audi RS 6 Avant will go on sale within the first quarter of 2020 in Germany, however there is not any phrase on when it is going to arrive within the U.S. market…but. The excellent news is we now know it is going to.
