[car home New Car Listed] On the evening of July 30th, the Audi RS 6 Avant, which attracted wide attention from fans, was officially listed at Shanghai Audi International Circuit. This high-performance station wagon, which was first introduced into domestic sales, was equipped with a 4.0T V8 engine.Its price is 1.598 million yuan.. See the following table for detailed selling price:
In addition, at this conference, Audi also officially released a brand-new sub-brand, Audi Sport. In the future, all high-performance and sports products of Audi will be integrated under the brand Audi Sport.
■ New car features
● Appearance: The travel body is low-key and the detailed design is more radical.
Is the appearance of RS 6 Avant (hereinafter referred to as RS 6) low-key or radical? This is a very controversial topic. Personally, I think the main reason for the disagreement is that everyone has different points of view. On the one hand, this high-performance car uses the body structure of the station wagon, which doesn’t look like a typical high-performance car with a small tail and exaggerated tail. After all, the station wagon is not very radical in most people’s impression, so many people say it is "dressing up as a pig to eat a tiger". On the other hand, if you look closely, in fact, as a high-performance car, RS 6 is not ambiguous in many details, and it adopts a very sharp design, such as exaggerated front and rear enclosure, unique honeycomb front grille, standard 20-inch thin tire, etc. The embellishment of these details makes RS 6 very aggressive if you look closely, so many people say that its design is more radical.
As a station wagon, RS 6 still gives more consideration to the convenience of home occasions, so we see the functions of LED far and near light, night vision system, electric suction door and so on in the external configuration of RS 6. These configurations are actually very humanized and high-grade, and with the design of its station wagon, it shows the family-caring side of RS 6 Avant.
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There is no doubt that the body lines of the station wagon make the RS 6 look elegant, especially its slender waistline and tail shape, which makes the RS 6 look low and visually humble. Speaking of this, it involves the topic of feelings again. In the hearts of many friends, the wagon, a model with a small audience, can just show its unique aesthetics and feelings.
● Interior: The family design is familiar, and the microscopic details highlight the sports style.
Compared with the personalized design, the design of RS 6 interior should be low-key. The main reason is that the interior layout follows Audi’s family style to a great extent, and at first glance, it may even feel that it is not much different from Audi A6L. But at the same time, a large number of carbon fiber decorative boards, scattered red leather and red double stitching everywhere in the car undoubtedly reveal the wild and unruly nature that a high-performance car should have.
In terms of internal configuration, RS 6 is quite rich. Electric panoramic sunroof, head-up display, sports style leather seat, rear sunshade, air conditioning in the car, automatic parking and adaptive cruise are all equipped. Although these equipments are not very high-tech and avant-garde, after all, this is a station wagon with main performance, and we don’t need to be too demanding on configuration.
● Space: The ride performance is satisfactory, and the luggage compartment volume shows great advantages.
The editor with a height of 180cm sits in the driver’s seat and adjusts the seat to the lowest position. At this time, the head space is more than one punch; On the premise that the front seat remains unchanged, the editor sits in the back seat. We can see that there are about four fingers in the head space and four fingers in the knee space. It can be said that in terms of seating space, this performance is still satisfactory.
Let’s take a look at the performance of the luggage compartment space. On the premise of not putting down the rear seat, the conventional volume of RS 6 is 565L, which can be expanded to 1680L after putting down the rear seat, and the rear seat can basically be kept flush with the luggage compartment floor. At this time, the advantages of RS 6 as a station wagon are fully demonstrated: after putting down the seat, the maximum storage space at the rear of the car reaches 1966mm, the width is 1155mm, and the height reaches 720mm, so that
● Power: 4.0T twin-turbo engine with 8-speed automatic manual transmission.
As a performance car, the RS 6 Avant is equipped with a twin-turbo V8 engine with a displacement of 3993mL. We have seen this engine in Audi S6, S7, S8 and RS 7, and its maximum power on the RS 6 Avant is 560 HP (412 kW)/5,700-6,600 rpm. The maximum torque is 700 Nm /1750-5500rpm. Matching the engine is an 8-speed automatic manual transmission from ZF. The officially announced 0-100 km/h acceleration time of RS 6 Avant is only 3.9 seconds.
The RS 6 is equipped with a five-link independent front suspension and a trapezoidal independent rear suspension, and comes standard with an air suspension that can adjust the hardness and height. The driving mode is Audi’s proud quattro four-wheel drive system, which makes RS 6 as a performance car easier to drive. This is another charm of RS 6.
● Rich optional configuration
In addition, the RS 6 Avant also provides rich optional configurations, which can provide very personalized customization solutions for potential car owners. Audi listed the relevant information in detail in Tmall’s official flagship store (click to enter the RS 6 Avant new car deposit page), and here we extracted some main configurations and their prices, as shown in the following table:
As we can see from the above table, the prices of some configurations are not low, such as the ceramic brake disc with an optional price of 132,000 yuan, the Bang & Olufsen audio system with an optional price of 82,000 yuan, and the carbon fiber style bag with an optional price of 72,800 yuan. Personalized customization, a very common marketing technique in ultra-luxury brands, has also been used by Audi on RS 6.
■ Test scores
Previously, my colleague Peng Chuwen had already got the RS 6 test car and had a related test (click to read the test article). The final acceleration score of this RS 6 test car we got was 3.88 seconds, which was better than the official 3.9 seconds.
We also did the 0-400-meter acceleration test. The RS 6 took 12.2 seconds and the tail speed reached 188 km/h.. The result is not bad, although it is still worse than that brave RS 7 two years ago, but the acceleration time is shorter than P85D, CLS 63 AMG and other models.
The RS 6 vehicle we tested is equipped with ceramic brake disc, which looks more attractive and has excellent thermal attenuation resistance, but its working temperature will be higher than that of metal. Although the measured braking distance of 37.15m can be considered as an excellent category, it can only be considered as a performance car, which is also related to its own weight of more than 2 tons.
■ Test drive review
After testing the RS 6, Peng Chuwen thought that he could use "real split personality" to describe the impression left by this high-performance station wagon. He believes that on the one hand, even if the test drive of this real car is equipped with RS sports suspension, the comfort and handling performance of RS 6 are very good in comfort mode, which is even a bit similar to Audi A6L, like an understanding warm man.
Once switched to the dynamic mode, the RS 6 will change its personality, the steering wheel feedback will obviously become heavier, the steering ratio will also increase, the throttle response will become more positive, and the suspension will be so hard that people will doubt whether they were driving the same car just now, and the exhaust system will be activated accordingly, even when they are idling, they can clearly hear the buzz in the car (interested friends can click on the micro-test video at the end of the article to perceive this new product more stereoscopically).
As for motivation, that is its strength. Even drivers who are not familiar with the track can easily push the speed above 250km/h on the big straight of this F1 track. In addition, thanks to the four-wheel drive system, the vehicle will not get out of control even if the accelerator is stepped on at will when cornering. In a word, if you have perfect driving skills, this car can show your ability better. If you are average or even a novice, it won’t make you lose face in track day activities, just like hanging up.
■ Product background
"First generation Audi RS 6 Avant (C5)" "Second generation Audi RS 6 Avant (C6)"
"Third generation Audi RS 6 Avant(C7), before minor change"
The first generation Audi RS 6 is the top model from the C5 platform of Volkswagen Group (1997-2004). The first one was a five-door station wagon (2002-2004), followed by a four-door sedan (2002.4-2004.5). As soon as RS 6 appeared, it was Audi’s "strongest production car" at that time. Although its performance was not outstanding and its appearance was not much different from that of ordinary A6, it was still remembered by many fans. The second generation model is based on C6 platform (2004-2011), and it also has two body structures, five-door travel and four-door sedan. It is equipped with a 5.0-liter V10 engine similar to Lamborghini Gallardo and equipped with quattro four-wheel drive system, which makes it easier to control than competing products. It is also this generation of RS 6 models that began to flow into the domestic market through informal channels, giving domestic car fans the opportunity to own it, and things are rare, and the reputation of RS 6 began to spread among domestic car enthusiasts at this time. The RS 6 launched today is actually a mid-term modified model of the third-generation RS 6 Avant, which was actually launched overseas in 2013 (click to read "Still hope to quench your thirst?" See the new Audi RS 6 from another perspective and understand the origin of the title of "God Car".
■ Competing models
"Old Mercedes -AMG E 63 Travel Edition" and "BMW M5"
Strictly speaking, Audi RS 6 Avant has no real competitors in China. Because its most direct competitor is Mercedes -AMG E63 Travel Edition, the new generation AMG E 63 Travel Edition has not yet been released, and this model has not been listed and sold in the domestic market before; Although BMW M5 can be regarded as a direct competitor of RS 6, it can not be regarded as a direct competitor of RS 6 Avant in a strict sense because the former does not have a travel version at present. From this point of view, the Audi RS 6 Avant, which is "invincible in the domestic market", is bound to be more sought after.
■ Summary
There are many fascinating places in RS 6 Avant, which not only has the special body structure of station wagon, but also looks unassuming and full of feelings. At the same time, exaggerated front and rear encirclement, fierce front and rear headlight groups, large rims and large exhaust create a very aggressive impression from microscopic details. It can not only make you, as a husband and father, take your wife, children and parents to wander comfortably in the traffic; At the same time, it can also let you indulge in the right occasions, step on the accelerator deeply and leave the traffic behind, and enjoy the pleasure and excitement brought by killing everything. Today, the official listing of RS 6 Avant allows everyone to finally enjoy themselves. Is it enjoyable to think about it? (Text/car home Liu Weiwei)
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