Would you pay 100,000 euros more for an RS 6 Avant "tuned" by the brand itself? Watch out for the new RS 6 Avant GT

Viewed very coolly, paying almost 100,000 euros more for a “tuned” Audi RS 6 is a lot of money. Especially when the base is as good as the Audi RS 6 Avant Performance, which has little room for improvement. But if the one carrying out this preparation is the brand itself and we add the factor of exclusivity, things change. Because only 660 units of the RS 6 Avant GT will be built for the whole world, of which only 10 – with serial numbers 600 to 609 – are destined for the Spanish market.

Things get even more interesting if we consider that we may be looking at the last staging of Audi’s most sporting estate… with a combustion engine. But let’s go into detail and see what the RS 6 Avant GT has to be so special, beyond the exclusive character that comes with being a limited edition.

Design inspired by the Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO

That the RS 6 Avant GT doesn’t go unnoticed is clear from a mile away, especially if the optional decorative vinyls are chosen, which can be in Audi Sport colours – red, grey and black – when the body colour is soft; or in black and grey tones in the case of the black or grey finishes for the body. In any case, the exterior decoration is inspired by the RS 6 GTO concept, a prototype designed by a team of Audi apprentices in 2020 to pay tribute to the quattro traction on its 40th anniversary, which in turn was based on the legendary Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO from 1989.

As distinctive elements, in addition to the decoration, the bonnet and the wings are made of carbon fibre, the wheels are 22 inches – in white or metallic black, depending on the body colour – and the roof rails are eliminated. Inside, which comes with the RS plus design package as standard, the RS bucket seats also feature a carbon fibre shell, and numerous design elements underline the exclusive character of this special edition, including the “RS 6 GT” inscriptions and the plaque with the limited edition number.

Faster than the RS 6 Performance itself

Under the bonnet, the RS 6 Avant GT makes do with the same 4.0 TFSI twin-turbo V8 engine as the RS 6 Performance, which produces 630 CV and a maximum torque of 850 Nm. And perhaps this is where we could expect something more, especially given the price premium of this special edition. But the truth is that those of us who have been lucky enough to drive an RS 6 Avant Performance – and on a circuit, too – know that the most sporting estate on the market doesn’t need more horsepower, except to show off on the spec sheet. In fact, with the weight reduction and thanks to Continental Sport Contact 7 tyres, not only is the 0 to 100 km/h acceleration improved by a tenth, stopping the clock at 3.3 seconds, but the braking distance from 100 to 0 km/h has also been reduced by up to two metres. Of course, the standard brakes are carbon-ceramic. The top speed is 305 km/h.

Other modifications for the RS 6 Avant GT include an optimisation of the Tiptronic gearbox and of the self-locking centre differential and a specific adjustment of the quattro sport differential to give even more prominence to the rear axle when the “dynamic” driving mode is selected. In addition, for the first time on the RS 6 and optionally, Audi offers coilover-type adjustable suspension, standard on units destined for the Spanish market, which lowers the body height by 10 mm and adds anti-roll bars that are 30% stiffer on the front axle and 80% stiffer on the rear.

The price of the RS 6 Avant GT for the Spanish market is 266,750 euros, and in addition to everything mentioned, it adds to the RS 6 Avant Performance the panoramic roof, the assisted parking package and the City and Tour assistant packages. Final assembly is carried out by hand at the Böllinger Höfe facilities, where the Audi R8 and the e-tron GT are also produced.

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