Audi RS 6 Avant Plus Set to Return
The Audi RS 6 Avant may be at the forefront of the horsepower race with BMW and Mercedes, but so far none have been delivered yet. Market launch is expected to take place this summer and already rumors have popped up talking of a new RS 6 Avant Plus model.
The previous generation Audi RS 6 Avant also had a Plus version at the end of its production (April – October 2004) which provided customers with an additional 30 hp (480 hp instead of 450 hp) through a remapped ECU and additional radiators, 19 inch wheels instead of 18 inch and a sports suspensions lowering the car by another 10 mm. Only 999 units found their way to dealerships.
Dutch AutoTelegraaf now claims that, according to insiders, the current RS 6 Avant will also come in a Plus guise but not until the end of its life cycle, probably sometime in 2011. The current A6 model is about to receive a facelift and will not be replaced by an all new model until at least 2011, if not later. The new RS 6 Avant Plus would be able to boast 613 hp from its V10 engine (580 hp in the regular RS 6 Avant).
That is sick... BUT. The car needs to be stripped of weight. The handling is no way near the R8 and the RS4. Plus, i find the front lights very boting!
I don't like this car half as much as the RS4 but the well-respected Autocar magazine reported that the RS6 is a better car.
the R8 will get that +engine around the same time as well, it will be called RS-8 then.
catchmyshadow, no it will NOT be called RS-8. It will be called R8 V10 and nothing else.
The R8 is going to have the V10 FSI in 2009, but they will release an even stronger RS-8 version in 2011.
I love it I just wish we could get one in the U.S. I don't see any here.
Wouldn't the V10 powered R8 be the R10? Whatever, it'll be a nice surprise!
There must be a company out there who can get 1000bhp from this??