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Hamilton Spectator
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Hamilton Spectator
There are seven, yes, seven, of these cars for Canada. Want one? It'll cost ya!
When I saw the 2025 Audi RS 6 Avant GT at the Toronto Auto Show back in February, I thought it was pretty jaw-dropping. Gigantic wheels, wild graphics package, and what's with all the white? Having driven it, I can confirm it is, indeed, jaw-dropping. It drives like it looks — an absolute land rocket. And a very rare one at that. This car is blindingly fast, loaded with exclusive touches and prohibitively expensive. Oh, and there are seven for Canada. Audi Canada tells me the one I drove is still unclaimed. For now. I'll get right to it: my time in unit 385 (out of 660 built worldwide) was memorable. The sonorous sounds from its twin-turbo V8 fill the cabin when I squeeze the throttle, and this white wagon launches, pressing me into the driver's seatback. As you might imagine, everything in this car is turned up to 11. Red stitching everywhere. Embroidered seats and headrests. In red, of course. Numbered console plate. Quilted leather seats. Red seatbelts. Same goes for the exterior. Gigantic 22-inch Ibis white wheels. Huge shiny black grille. Carbon fibre hood and fenders. A red, black and grey graphics package that pays homage to the Audi 90 quattro race car that dominated IMSA sports car racing. In 1989. A bit obscure, I think to myself. But then I look up the IMSA GTO results from 1989 and see the Audi 90 won seven of thirteen races entered, including five of the last seven. Impressive. Audi began RS 6 Avant GT development in 2020 around the same time the current gen. RS 6 Avant was going on sale in Canada. The GT serves as a capper for the fourth generation RS 6, which goes out of production this year. And Audi decided it should go out with a bang — a big one. The RS 6 Avant GT is powered by a 4.0-litre, twin-turbo, V8 engine that produces 621 horsepower and 627 pounds-feet of torque, or motive force. Paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission and Audi's quattro all-wheel drive system, this wagon is made for quick exits. The official 0-100 km/h time is 3.3 seconds, with a top speed of 305 km/h. Mechanical bits unique to the RS 6 Avant GT include red ceramic brakes, all-wheel steering, sport-tuned suspension and steering, and Continental high-performance tires. Some cars I drive are more head-turning than others, and the white Audi wagon had more admirers than most. Lots of thumbs up, discreet photo snapping and staring. Despite being white, the RS 6 Avant GT really stands out. Especially in the Toronto suburb I live in, where Audis generally aren't all that common. A few interested parties — yes, they were guys in their 20s — drove by while I was taking photos, parked their cars and walked over for a closer look. Another gaggle pedalled over on bikes and asked me a bunch of questions. Which I dutifully answered to the best of my ability. I think owning a rare car isn't just about the car, but also the way people react to it. Sure, you're not spending $250K for that reason alone, but I suspect it's a perk for many owners. If you want to be noticed, driving a car like the RS 6 Avant GT will certainly do it. And that made driving unit 385 so much fun. Sure, the car's prowling, lunging nature — it's very hard to drive it slowly — is fun, but doing regular stuff is also fun. Like going to the supermarket. Or visiting a lakeside park. If this car could give autographs, it would have used a lot of Sharpies. Plus, it's still a wagon and has wagon practicality. Lots of room for people and cargo. All-wheel drive for Canadian winters. And it fits in most garages. Negatives are few, but cost is a big one. The GT has a price tag that is almost $100K greater than the regular 2025 RS 6 Avant Performance model. It's priced like a Lamborghini, and that will eliminate most buyers. But it's actually rarer than most Lamborghinis, so maybe that makes up for it. It's in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. Lower order nitpicks include a digital screen that houses climate controls. (Buttons work much better for this stuff.) And the twin-turbo V8 is thirsty. Not supercar terrible, but not great either. So, it's not perfect. But when you're cruising around in a powerful, retro-cool, extremely limited edition car with a Bang & Olufsen stereo booming, you won't care about any of the drawbacks. You'll be too busy waving to adoring onlookers. And giving them the thumbs up. Wow! Type: High-performance premium wagon, front-engine, all-wheel drive Motor: 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged V8; 621 horsepower; 627 pounds-feet of torque (motive force) Transmission: Eight-speed automatic Fuel (Premium 91+): 17.0 litres/100 km in the city; 11.0l/100 km on the highway; 14.3l/100 km combined Cargo: 548 litres, or 19.4 cubic feet; 1,658l, or 58.6 cu. ft. in total Price: $249,785 as tested, plus $2,850 freight
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
View Exterior Photos of the 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT
Read the full review The 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT is the last hurrah for the fifth-generation A6 model line and possibly for the V-8 wagon era at Audi. The 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT has a production cap of 660 units, with the automaker earmarking 85 of those vehicles for the United States. The 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT shares its 621-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 engine and eight-speed automatic transmission with the RS6 Avant Performance. Unique to the 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT is a set of manually adjustable springs and dampers, which afford the GT a base ride height that's 0.4 inch lower than the RS6 Avant Performance. Audi claims the RS6 Avant GT is 88 pounds lighter than the Performance thanks to its lack of roof rails, carbon-fiber body panels, and standard carbon-ceramic brakes. Carbon-ceramic rotors come standard on the 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT and hide behind GT-specific six-spoke 22-inch wheels wrapped in Continental SportContact 7 summer tires. Unlike the 2025 Audi RS6 Avant Performance, the GT features a hood and front fenders made from carbon fiber. The 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT's springs and dampers work with anti-roll bars that are 30 percent stiffer at the front and 80 percent stiffer at the rear than those of the RS6 Avant Performance. The 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT shares its torque-vectoring rear differential with the RS6 Avant Performance but benefits from model-specific tuning when the wagon is placed in its Dynamic drive mode. Going the GT route means losing the RS6 Avant Performance's roof rails. The 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT starts at $200,195. You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The Audi RS6 Avant GT Is a Wagon That Caters to Emotion, Not Logic
It seems like just yesterday we were gushing over Audi bringing the RS6 Avant wagon stateside for the 2021 model year. Now, four years later, the current-generation RS6, as well as the rest of the A6 model line, is on the verge of retiring so that a new generation of Audi mid-size luxury car can woo buyers. Will a new RS6 Avant be part of the next-gen A6 clan? Probably. Will it retain the twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 of the current car? We wouldn't bet on it. As such, the low-volume 2025 RS6 Avant GT may well be a final hurrah for Audi's V-8 wagon era. Limited to 660 units globally, with just 85 of those coming to the United States, the $200,195 RS6 Avant GT shares its 621-hp twin-turbo V-8, eight-speed automatic transmission, and all-wheel-drive system with the $127,895 RS6 Avant Performance. But the GT is more than just a design exercise, even if some of the most noticeable changes are to the model's exterior. These include restyled front and rear fascias, a beefy rear wing, a set of six-spoke 22-inch wheels, and—in the case of U.S.-bound GTs—Arkona white paint with red and black graphics and white six-spoke 22-inch wheels. Additionally, the GT ditches the roof rails of lesser RS6 Avants, comes standard with carbon-ceramic rotors (an $8500 option on the RS6 Avant Performance), and adopts a carbon-fiber hood and front fenders, the latter of which incorporate a vent aft of the front wheels that reduces air pressure within the wheel arches and aids in cooling the brakes. As a result of these changes, the RS6 Avant GT is a claimed 88 pounds lighter than its Performance kin. The lesser mass of the GT allows it to accelerate to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, according to Audi, 0.1 second quicker than the negligibly heavier Performance. There's a good chance Audi's acceleration claims are on the conservative side, too, given our 3.1-second result testing a 2021 RS6 Avant. But the GT is not only quicker than the Performance, it's sharper too. Credit tweaks such as the trim's distinct Dynamic drive mode tune for the torque-vectoring rear differential, 30 percent stiffer front and 80 percent stiffer rear anti-roll bars, and GT-exclusive coil-over suspension. Both the ride height and three-way dampers are manually adjustable. Leave the former in its default mode, and the GT sits 0.4 inch lower than the Performance variant. At our drive opportunity in Germany, we were unable to confirm the damper setting of the RS6 Avant GT we drove, but we suspect the dampers were in their softest setup. Even so, the GT relished every roundabout and snaking highway on-ramp we pointed it toward. Cornering was flatter than the income tax rate in Kazakhstan, while the low-effort steering's tactile feedback allowed us to comfortably push the Continental WinterContact TS860 S winter tires to their limits. While Continental SportContact 7 summer tires come standard on the GT, Audi fit winter rubber to the car we drove in response to the typically cold and gray March weather in Wolfsburg (although the day of our drive was unseasonably sunny and warm with temperatures in the mid-50s). The wagon also felt right at home barreling down unrestricted sections of the autobahn in Dynamic mode, the V-8 growling like a lion in a battle for territory as it raced toward the 6750-rpm redline and the transmission backing up the drama with a satisfying shove at each upshift. True, you can get this same satisfaction from an RS6 Avant Performance. But the RS6 Avant GT is the kind of car that shuns logic and embraces emotion. It's a celebration of what this generation of RS6 aimed to achieve: a dedicated sports car hiding under a wagon body. The 2025 Audi RS6 Avant GT more loudly trumpets its sporting capabilities with its head-turning looks and lowered suspension. It's an impassioned final breath for the fifth-generation A6 model line and a celebration of raw V-8 power matched with wagon versatility. You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Meet the ultimate Audi RS 6 Avant: Only 85 are coming to the U.S.
Race and rally cars are just plain cool. Seeing the pinnacle of an automaker's engineering abilities distilled into a single automobile is sheer bliss. Audi has made some of the best rally cars around, with its Group B cars arguably being its most recognizable models. The German automaker also participated in IMSA with the 1989 Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO, a five-cylinder, 720-hp 2025 Audi RS 6 Avant GT is the company's tribute to the 90 quattro IMSA GTO car, and is touted as the fastest RS 6 Avant to date. This AWD speed wagon is powered by a 4.0L biturbo V8, outputting 621 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque through an eight-speed Tiptronic gearbox with optimized shift times. It can propel itself from 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds and top out at 190 mph. Stopping power comes from its massive 16.5-inch front and 14.6-inch rear carbon-ceramic brakes. Other special additions to the RS 6 Avant GT include three-way adjustable coilovers, a tuned Quattro sport rear differential, exclusive 22-inch 6-spoke Avus wheels painted in Ibis White, and a rear spoiler. Despite the racing-focused additions, the RS 6 Avant GT is 88 lb lighter than the RS 6 Avant this special edition Audi has a redesigned front fascia, lower splitter, side sills, and rear diffuser, as well as unique carbon-fiber front fenders and hood. Each U.S.-bound RS 6 Avant GT is finished in Arkona White with the red/gray/black racing-heritage livery and RS badging. Inside, passengers are greeted by RS sport seats wrapped in Valcona leather with an RS 6 GT logo, featuring red and copper double stitching, and complemented by Crimson Red seatbelts. The Alcantara steering wheel, sides of the center console, the center armrest, and door armrests all sport the same red and copper double stitching. Even the floormats feature RS 6 GT lettering as does the center-console badge that displays your particular example's number out of 660. Unlike the regular RS 6 Avant, the special edition GT leaves the Neckarsulm production line after body construction works and paint. Each unit heads to Böllinger Höfe, where models such as the Audi R8 and the RS e-tron GT are built. Final assembly is carried out by seven experienced craftspeople at three assembly stations set up especially for this exclusive special edition, spending an entire day on site. All GT-specific features are fitted by hand, including the hood, fenders, rocker panels, double wing, the front and rear aprons, and the adjustable coilover course, such a tremendous automobile is a limited affair, with only 85 units produced in the U.S. and 660 globally. The Audi RS 6 Avant GT was released in late 2024 with an MSRP of $198,900, but good luck finding one on the second-hand market. Given its limited release, used examples will undoubtedly command a premium when they do hit sites like Bring a Trailer or Cars & Bids. Do you think a tribute like this is worth the near $200,000 price tag, or would it need to have a lot more added features for that kind of dough? View the 16 images of this gallery on the original article Love reading Autoblog? Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get exclusive articles, insider insights, and the latest updates delivered right to your inbox. Click here to sign up now!
