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dear all

just wanted to know if the RS6 has had any changes since it was launched like a facelift or anything and if so when did this take place?

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There was a facelift towards the end of 2014 / early 2015. Major differences as far as I know where the changes to the head and tail lights.

Also double glazing to front windows.
Front grille and bumper.
My16 has alcantara centre door covering

Did they do anything to the engine?
I know emissions are a tad lower but just come back from trip during which I averaged 27.3 mpg! And I wasn't hanging around. When I had a 2014 demo I struggled to get over 20 on similar journey.
Perhaps my computer is just optimistic, because that would require a hell of a tweak

Car is late Sept 15 (presumably 16 MY as has alcantara door inserts as above).

No engine change.

Lower emissions.. yeah .. nah not from a VW group product lol. Yes I went there.

Markp wrote:Did they do anything to the engine?
I know emissions are a tad lower but just come back from trip during which I averaged 27.3 mpg! And I wasn't hanging around. When I had a 2014 demo I struggled to get over 20 on similar journey.
Perhaps my computer is just optimistic, because that would require a hell of a tweak

Car is late Sept 15 (presumably 16 MY as has alcantara door inserts as above).

Around town (I live in Brum) I struggle to see between 12-17 mpg. But on a run or a Sunday I'll see between 20-28mpg. I think its got a lot to do with the cylinder on demand whether you get decent mpg. If I get out onto a quiet country B road and give it full <beep> mode I'll get about 6mpg.

improvements to emissions. I read somewhere something like 6% improvement. Cant find where I read it. Need to go searching.

Fuel economy went up slightly at facelift and CO2 came down to - crucially - just below the "insane" tax band (225). I doubt you would notice the difference in fuel economy so, if you saw a wild difference between two cars, the less economical one may have been in dynamic mode for the exhaust - the exhaust noise kills the economy.

So the pre facelift cars were in a higher road tax bracket?

I think it's more to do with number fudging around wheel sizes and a change in the regulation. As tax group is meant to go up with 21s. There's no actual change to the car.

Yes

MikeFish wrote:So the pre facelift cars were in a higher road tax bracket?

My "Yes" was to this, not Doodlebug's post

just a rider on the mpg,my C7 is pretty damn good,previous B7, B8 and now C7 ,I go regularly to France some 850 kilometres,use exactly the same amount of petrol, 2 fill ups and left with 1/2 tank when I get there,all cars the same. On the autoroutes the computer says 28- 30 mpg,sometimes more if I can be bothered to sit at the same speed,that's a job with the C7. I always have the exhaust in dynamic,I now find myself using the paddles nearly 100 % of the time and also use these to decelerate all the time. the car is now 6 months old so for a car this powerful the mpg is exceptional in my opinion,and I do drive it hard.

doodlebug wrote:I think it's more to do with number fudging around wheel sizes and a change in the regulation. As tax group is meant to go up with 21s. There's no actual change to the car.

All lower tax bracket now - irrespective of wheel size. So something has changed.