C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

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C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by Mr V10 » Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:51 pm

Some of you may not have seen this, so I thought it worth posting. Clarkson picks the RS 6 over the Benzo, BMW and Jaguar. It got a damn good review, I also remember the C5 RS 6 plus getting a 5 star rating from Evo. There was such a buzz when this car came out, I was in school - and remember it. Enjoy...

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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by mavada » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:05 pm

yeah seen that, theres another test were the beast is tested vs the e55...but cant find it atm...
and in another test the gearbox exploded/caught fire... :shock:
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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by Ian_C » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:07 pm

One of my favourite TG vids, had it on my YouTube homepage favourites but BBC keeps removing them due to copyright
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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by Shoppinit » Mon Nov 05, 2012 6:55 am

Has that been shortened? In the original didn't he stop and ask directions from Keith Moon?
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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by chunky79 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:29 am

Shoppinit wrote:Has that been shortened? In the original didn't he stop and ask directions from Keith Moon?
That has been cut. It was Nick Mason from Pink floyd he spoke to for directions.
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Post by Shoppinit » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:40 am

Yeah, that was it. Why would they cut that?!
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Post by chunky79 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:45 am

Dunno, think all that was filmed right by Nick Masons house. He used to lend Top Gear his cars for testing/filming, pretty sure he owned an RS6 aswell.
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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by el_ringo » Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:37 pm

Keith Moon's ghost would just direct you to the nearest pool! I think the car did the lap in 1.34s or so.
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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by Nobby » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:01 am

The car looks a bit high at the back. Surely the DRC couldn't have been broken already.
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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by Mr V10 » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:43 am

Yeah, it did 1:33 (very wet). That's right, there is a longer episode, it won't be too hard to find, I didn't realise I'd linked to the shorter one.
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C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by MrGeneric » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:51 am

Yes nick mason did have an rs6! It was an rs6 plus in avus silver! Was for sale few months back when i bought my b5!
Heres a pic! Beautiful motor...
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Post by bam_bam » Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:05 am

Interesting reg.
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Post by Condor24 » Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:19 am

Great piece of video ... and what an awesome car, IMO .. the best colour too !

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Re: C5 RS 6 Top Gear Review vs E55, M5, S Type R

Post by mavada » Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:46 am

mavada wrote:yeah seen that, theres another test were the beast is tested vs the e55...but cant find it atm...
and in another test the gearbox exploded/caught fire... :shock:
http://www.streetfire.net/video/product ... 444708.htm
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