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Just_me

A Touring shall be useful, practical and transport you safe and easily and I think RS6 is the best for this purpose.
My personal choice is RS6 Avant, if this was Sedan comparison M5 would be my choice.

cawimmer430

The Audi has the most powerful engine and the lowest CO2 emissions. Respect.

Tycoon

It's the newest of the bunch...

cawimmer430

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Originally Posted by Tycoon

It's the newest of the bunch...

Making an excuse for the poor CO2 showing of the M5, eh?

Tycoon

Not at all and i couldn't care less for M5's CO2 emissions; it's a V10 507hp car after all, what would you expect?

Tumbo

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Tumbo, now you must be happy. RS6 fastest car to 200km/h (although not by much).

Yupp, that time to 200km/h was at least a little faster. So that's at least positive. But happy I will be when they will change the whole front...

cawimmer430

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Originally Posted by Tycoon

Not at all and i couldn't care less for M5's CO2 emissions; it's a V10 507hp car after all, what would you expect?

If I bought a car here I could also care less about emissions.

Just_me

I wonder if its still true that M5 is getting a powerboost to 561hp ?
If its the case the M5 is going to be much faster than the RS6 in acceleration.

Tarek

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I wonder if its still true that M5 is getting a powerboost to 561hp ?
If its the case the M5 is going to be much faster than the RS6 in acceleration.

Well that's true unless the E63 and RS6 gets a new trans and then we'll see one hell of a fight between the three

IMO the E63 needs that new MCT from the SL63 to rock to 200km,the current trans is the main reason why it's the slowest to 200km...heck the C63 is faster than the E63

Monster

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Originally Posted by Merc1

With all that power advantage the Audi really no faster than the M5 at the track or the E63 in most of the speed contests. Seems a waste.

M

With a weight distribution of 59/41 it isn't surprising to see the RS6 isn't that much faster than the M5 on the track. The slow auto shift time, turbo lag and a heavy car probably contribute to the slowish acceleration time. I agree, the RS6 looks awesome on paper, but I feel it is a miss opportunity for Audi once again. Now if only the engineers put more effort into solving the cooling problem for that engine inside the R8, the result will be spectacular.