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If there's anything the 580-horsepower Audi RS6 Avant isn't lacking, it's power. But according to AutoTelegraaf, Audi plans to launch a "Plus" version of its insane estate towards the end of the RS6 life cycle. According to the Dutch site, Audi insiders said that a new "Plus" version would go on sale sometime in 2011, just as the A6 is about to get a mild facelift. The "Plus" will supposedly receive tweaks to its suspension and engine, with the V10 producing 613 horsepower.
This wouldn't be the first time Audi offered a "Plus" variant of the RS6. The original, C5-based RS6, built from 2002 to 2004, got a boost in output during the last three months of production, netting an additional 30 hp (from 450 hp to 480 hp), through the use of a remapped ECU and two additional radiators mounted behind the intercoolers. The Plus version also benefited from standard DRC, 19-inch wheels and a sports suspension that dropped the wagon 10mm. Production was limited to just 999 units.
[Source: AutoTelegraaf via WCF]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
judd @ May 15th 2008 3:31PM
...that the US can never have.
Kevin @ May 15th 2008 4:24PM
Chin up! My guess is that they're only pumping up the RS6 engine because they're already tuning it for the V10 R8. Perhaps the engine's production line will overlap with the RS6 life cycle. More than likely, we'll see the same V10 in the US, but not in an Avant.
But the next drivetrain I DO want to see in an avant here in the US is the 3.0 TDI 6MT Quattro in the new A4 Avant!!
rsfourever @ May 15th 2008 3:31PM
though i may be biased because i am an audi lover, i still think that this specific car is the most beautiful car on the market today - more than the Aston Martins, more than the 8c Competizione, more than Lamborghinis and Ferraris.
I just LOVE what this car represents: unlimited power with excellent usability, and AWD for the snow! this is the truest audi to the core in my opinion, much more than the Q5 or Q7 that they have recently built...
andrinoe @ May 15th 2008 3:42PM
I'd like to have coucher for a fully paid one. Thank you.
montoym @ May 15th 2008 7:07PM
Unfortunately, I had heard that Audi plans to eventually discontinue the Avants in favor of focusing on the Q7, Q5, and Q3 models instead.
Though I think they may have meant for the US only, but it's still unfortunate. I'd much prefer and Avant anything to one of the Q's.
yacoub @ May 15th 2008 3:33PM
The ultimate Avant. \m/.
Jimbo @ May 15th 2008 3:42PM
I think Audi is completely missing the U.S. enthusiast market by giving us the plain vanilla versions of their cars. Very limited performance cars. Limited TDIs. Few powertrain options. They have some great products, but we seem to only get those that can be compared to a Lexus. Audi makes cars that I want; they just aren't sold here.
nagmashot @ May 15th 2008 3:51PM
thanks to a $ Euro exchange rate
15.05.2008
1Euro = $ 1.54
15.05.2001
1Euro = $ 0.87
why should they risk the moeny they earn outside the US (and they earn a lot!) with such a risky exchange rat ... ?
They are a company to earn money in first place...
Jimbo @ May 15th 2008 8:03PM
I'm not asking them to lose money. I'm just asking them to offer the vehicles. I'd go to Europe and get the one I want if my stupid govt would allow me to import it. I realize the exchange rate is terrible, so I know I'd have to pay through the nose to get what I want. My problem is even if we could all afford a RS6, we couldn't get one no matter the cost.
nagmashot @ May 15th 2008 3:45PM
the A6 does not get a face lift in 2011.. the face lift comes this year... in 2011 the A6 (C6) gets replace by the all new A6 based on the new Audi MLP platform
Gregg @ May 15th 2008 3:56PM
Thank heavens. The A6 is a beautiful car, but that body is getting stale--long in the tooth from so many years of exposure. A facelift now and a new one in 2011 should do the trick.
David(Postal) @ May 15th 2008 3:50PM
613 HP?? That would be one mean wagon!
Johnny @ May 15th 2008 3:56PM
I like the idiots that profess the end of powerful cars with $3.80 gas. In Europe gas is $7.50 a gallon in the Netherlands and $8.25 in Sweden. Car companies still make powerful cars for them.
The only thing that has ended is Joe Six pack working at Dairy Queen and leasing a 550hp Mustang then bitching about how he is broke.
Simon @ May 15th 2008 4:12PM
Your the idiot. I have a right to drive what I want. I have a right to drive a 550hp car to Walmart and back. I have a right to not believe in Global Warming which means I have the right for car manufacturers to build me powerful and polluting cars to drive. Thats what I want thats what I drive.
LloydChiro @ May 15th 2008 4:55PM
It's Joe Six-Pack!
nagmashot @ May 16th 2008 9:18AM
yesterday pricing center Germany
based on yesterday exchange rate
diesel 1.48Euro/liter = $ 8.67 (US galon)
petrol 1.51Euro/liter = $ 8.82 (US galon)
super 1.60Euro/liter = $ 9.35 (US galon)
btw late in the evining the price was riced again by 2 cent each sort...
I am sure in the next few days the fuel price of super petrol jumps over the $10 US galon mark
Bah @ May 15th 2008 4:19PM
What the RS6 Avant needed was more lightness, not more power.
Sexy design, I love fender bulges on a wagon! Plus that torque "curve" is incredible. I think I would still drive it even though the curb weight rivals Shamu...
Todd @ May 15th 2008 4:20PM
Yes I cannot get the kids from soccer practice to the McDonalds and home quick enough and I am finding my current RSR Audi station wagon lacking. With the bump to 613 hp I may be able to achieve 190, 195 mph here in suburbia, allowing me to not have to TiVo Oprah.
judd @ May 15th 2008 5:02PM
Now you're talkin'. That's the one I've always wanted anyway.
Harrison @ May 15th 2008 4:25PM
I would like it to be not just powerful, but also efficient.