Black C6 RS6 Avant review
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:46 pm
Well my brother and I decided to go and have a drive of the black RS6 at Basingstoke Audi, it had the silver recaros and piano black trim - looked boring on the outside and lovely on the inside.
I was struggling to find the right words to describe what I thought and it boils down to sensing less of the world around when you drive. Less wind noise, less Tyre roar, less sense of acceleration or braking etc. It's just so well built and insulated that you don't feel as in touch with what is going on than you do in the C5 RS6. Whilst this is lovely for a GT/cruiser it is not what would make me buy an RS (A/B road blasts). I would expect that level of detachment from an A8 but not from the flagship RS.
I thought the interior was both gorgeous and modern but the outside just has no aggression - looks almost identical to a standard A6 which is also a real pity. On the plus side it did handle well, power delivery was very smooth and the balance on hard cornering was excellent with the DRC, but it still felt woolly and detached. What a shame.
I had always believed that the only real replacement for the C5 RS6 for me would be the new RS6, now I am not so sure. Maybe a combination of someone like MRC and Milltek can help sort out it's shortcomings along with ceramic breaks. Maybe I had hoped it would be so much better than the old one that I had over-hyped it in my own mind. Anyway it's just not good enough for me to want to buy one over my current girl.
With the expected massive depreciation (lack of full postcode sat nav still which in my mind is unforgivable given current technology!) and my above thoughts I won't be buying one this side of £50k. Were I to actually get one in the future I would definitely go for the sepang blue.
CheeRS
Grant
I was struggling to find the right words to describe what I thought and it boils down to sensing less of the world around when you drive. Less wind noise, less Tyre roar, less sense of acceleration or braking etc. It's just so well built and insulated that you don't feel as in touch with what is going on than you do in the C5 RS6. Whilst this is lovely for a GT/cruiser it is not what would make me buy an RS (A/B road blasts). I would expect that level of detachment from an A8 but not from the flagship RS.
I thought the interior was both gorgeous and modern but the outside just has no aggression - looks almost identical to a standard A6 which is also a real pity. On the plus side it did handle well, power delivery was very smooth and the balance on hard cornering was excellent with the DRC, but it still felt woolly and detached. What a shame.
I had always believed that the only real replacement for the C5 RS6 for me would be the new RS6, now I am not so sure. Maybe a combination of someone like MRC and Milltek can help sort out it's shortcomings along with ceramic breaks. Maybe I had hoped it would be so much better than the old one that I had over-hyped it in my own mind. Anyway it's just not good enough for me to want to buy one over my current girl.
With the expected massive depreciation (lack of full postcode sat nav still which in my mind is unforgivable given current technology!) and my above thoughts I won't be buying one this side of £50k. Were I to actually get one in the future I would definitely go for the sepang blue.
CheeRS
Grant
My RS has just turned 83K on 2003 pate. I have had that flat many times and on twisty bits and can reassure the doubters the new one GOES, HANDLES and STOPS better than mine. It will weed seed the M5. It sounds like a V10. Oh for £80K and get my Blue's and Two's on one of these to do shouts. My dealer had pity on me and let me have a go in their demo. He has made a poor, old man ''very, very 'appy'' as Valantino would say 
But I envy you mucho. At my state I feel I will have to try for the 245K I did in my E34 M5
