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2024 Audi RS6 Avant
Starting at $126.895
Highs: Muscular bodywork, as quick as many supercars, trunk space galore.
Lows: Poor fuel efficiency, high starting price, iffy climate-control touchscreen.
Verdict: It may not be cheap, but the RS6 Avant's spacious long-roof body and face-melting performance make it a unique jack-of-all-trades.
What's New for 2024?
The RS6 Avant is offered only in the new Performance trim for 2024, boosting the V-8's horsepower and torque while making some revisions to the chassis. The Performance model also sheds several pounds, wears new 285-width Continental Sport Contact 7 tires, and adds some new colors. There's also a special Bronze Edition variant that wears glossy carbon-fiber exterior trim, bronze stitching throughout its leather interior, and a Bang & Olufsen stereo system. Audi has also given the Bronze Edition model unique 22-inch bronze-colored wheels, a sport exhaust system, and a special suspension tune. Only 75 will be made and they cost $159,695 each.
Pricing and Which One to Buy
The price of the 2024 Audi RS6 Avant starts at $126.895 and goes up to $159.695 depending on the trim and options.
Performance: $126,895
Performance Bronze Edition: $159,695
Unless you want a gray car, you'll have to pay extra for a different paint color. We'd have ours sprayed in the pretty Navarra Blue Metallic. We'd also select the Black Optic package, which gives the wagon an even more sinister look with black exterior bits and snazzy 22-inch wheels on summer performance tires. Those who want their Avant to reach 190 mph will have to shell out for carbon-ceramic brakes, but we'd spend that money on massage chairs up front and the Executive package (more leather-covered surfaces, heated rear seats, soft-close doors, and a head-up display). Of course, our wagon needs the optional sport exhaust so we can revel in its intoxicating engine sounds.
Engine, Transmission, and Performance
Audi endows the RS6 Avant Performance with a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8, which generates 621 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque. The powerplant combines with a 48-volt hybrid system that's found on other Audi products, such as the A8 luxury sedan and the Q8 crossover. The RS6 Avant Performance feeds its standard Quattro all-wheel drive through an eight-speed automatic transmission. The RS6 Avant Performance lightweight wheels and a revised center differential. But those numbers don't accurately demonstrate the wagon's glorious ability to increase our heart rates and tingle our eardrums with its breakneck acceleration and badass soundtrack. Rolling on a set of 22-inch wheels with summer performance rubber and buoyed by a sport-tuned air suspension with adaptive dampers, our RS6 Avant test car was able to deliver a relaxed or rollicking ride depending on the selected drive mode. The long-roof Audi also felt extremely agile thanks to its four-wheel steering and torque-vectoring rear differential. Ours stopped from 70 mph in a tidy 160 feet with the standard brakes. A set of front and rear carbon-ceramic stoppers are available for a sizable sum, and the upgrade unlocks a higher top speed of 190 mph.
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