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The wild new Audi RS6 GT is a £177k tribute to the 90 IMSA GTO
Limited-run Avant enjoys trick suspension and choice of wraps, but no more power. The ultimate super-wagon?
If you don’t like the garish livery wrap on the new Audi RS6 Avant GT, then we’ve got bad news: you have to have it. There’s a choice – white with orange and black, grey with black or black with grey – but if you’re stumping up £176,975 for one of the 660 GTs Audi will build, then it’s got to have the wrap.
What it also has is manually adjustable suspension from the excellent RS4 Competition, a 10mm ride height drop, new 22in six-spoke ‘Avus’ alloys, standard ceramic brakes, a centre and rear differential combo that’s been recoded to misbehave more of the time, and a roof spoiler inspired by 2020’s RS6 GTO concept.
And because Audi doesn’t want you putting any bicycles, boxes or tents on the roof that might upset the airflow, this is the first RS6 that doesn’t have any roof rails up top.
You have to be an RS6 geek to spot that. Those people will already have noticed the RS3-style vents in the front wheelarches, and the carbon fibre bonnet. This is a very mean-looking RS6. But weirdly, it isn’t any faster than the standard car.
Limited-run Avant enjoys trick suspension and choice of wraps, but no more power. The ultimate super-wagon?
If you don’t like the garish livery wrap on the new Audi RS6 Avant GT, then we’ve got bad news: you have to have it. There’s a choice – white with orange and black, grey with black or black with grey – but if you’re stumping up £176,975 for one of the 660 GTs Audi will build, then it’s got to have the wrap.
What it also has is manually adjustable suspension from the excellent RS4 Competition, a 10mm ride height drop, new 22in six-spoke ‘Avus’ alloys, standard ceramic brakes, a centre and rear differential combo that’s been recoded to misbehave more of the time, and a roof spoiler inspired by 2020’s RS6 GTO concept.
And because Audi doesn’t want you putting any bicycles, boxes or tents on the roof that might upset the airflow, this is the first RS6 that doesn’t have any roof rails up top.
You have to be an RS6 geek to spot that. Those people will already have noticed the RS3-style vents in the front wheelarches, and the carbon fibre bonnet. This is a very mean-looking RS6. But weirdly, it isn’t any faster than the standard car.
