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Audi RS 6 Avant first drive review

The RS 6 Avant is crazy quick and enjoys an exclusivity factor like none other

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Overdrive|Jun 12, 2015, 12:00:23 IST

Audi India has made a brave move. In a country that has absolutely no love for estate cars, it has released a Rs 1.35 crore station wagon that wears the updated design cues that the A6 should have got by now. Of course, it has a wider body with more flared wheel arches, has a more ground hugging design with deep skirts all around and also has the RS 6 badges and the quattro emblem on the large single piece grille to tell you that this car is different. Very different. It treads into sportscar territory with its price tag, but looks the part despite its estate form factor.

What it has got underneath are the lovely RS 7 Sportback underpinnings - a 4.0-litre biturbo V8 that puts out an identical 560PS of power and a massive 700Nm of torque. Surprisingly though, the station wagon posts the same figures as the sportback with a 0-100kmph ...Continue Reading...

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First Published:Jun 11, 2015, 13:02:21 IST
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