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Written by Ollie Kew
How"s that for a come-at-me-bro stance? Welcome to the new Audi RS6 Avant. Power by turbo V8. Interior by Star Wars. Bodywork by The Incredible Hulk, it appears. Have you ever seen a more butch family estate car than this? The old 552bhp Audi RS6 (up to 592bhp for the RS6 Performance) was hardly a Q-car, but this new 2019 version is a whopper: 40mm wider at each wheelarch. Yep, it"s a gigantic 80mm wider overall than your manager"s A6 Avant. This is not a car lacking swagger. Those wheels? 22 inches across, to squeeze in the biggest brakes Audi"s ever fitted to a car. They"re needed to reign in some mega pace courtesy of Audi"s 4.0-litre bi-turbo V8. It delivers 592bhp and torque"s up by 73lb ft to 590lb ft, because the new RS6"s gearbox hasn"t been skipping leg day and can handle the twist. It"s an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox driving the front wheels as well as the rears, of course. The rear wheels" squabbling over torque is refereed by an adaptive sport differential" that shuffles it around to where it"s best deployed.
Date written: 20 Aug 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16661
How"s that for a come-at-me-bro stance? Welcome to the new Audi RS6 Avant. Power by turbo V8. Interior by Star Wars. Bodywork by The Incredible Hulk, it appears. Have you ever seen a more butch family estate car than this? The old 552bhp Audi RS6 (up to 592bhp for the RS6 Performance) was hardly a Q-car, but this new 2019 version is a whopper: 40mm wider at each wheelarch. Yep, it"s a gigantic 80mm wider overall than your manager"s A6 Avant. This is not a car lacking swagger. Those wheels? 22 inches across, to squeeze in the biggest brakes Audi"s ever fitted to a car. They"re needed to reign in some mega pace courtesy of Audi"s 4.0-litre bi-turbo V8. It delivers 592bhp and torque"s up by 73lb ft to 590lb ft, because the new RS6"s gearbox hasn"t been skipping leg day and can handle the twist. It"s an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox driving the front wheels as well as the rears, of course. The rear wheels" squabbling over torque is refereed by an adaptive sport differential" that shuffles it around to where it"s best deployed.
Date written: 20 Aug 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16661
uke: the front end looks horrid,