any changes since launch?

[rtd]

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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[MikeFish]

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.

[Eddie555]

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

[Markp]

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).

[doodlebug]

No engine change.

[koruki]

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

[Eddie555]

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.

[Paulm]

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

[wildbore]

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.

[MikeFish]

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

[doodlebug]

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.

[wildbore]

Yes

[wildbore]

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

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

[10biscuits]

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.

[Markp]

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.