£92,750
FOR Really, deeply, truly satisfying to live with
AGAINST Not quite as exciting as a Mercedes-AMG E63
All 2,075kg of Audi RS6 has landed in the UK. Less a deft touchdown, you might be thinking, than a slapping belly-flop. It’s 140kg heavier than its predecessor. Mostly, Audi claims, because it’s got a lot more tech in it. Tech that, somewhat ironically, is designed to reduce the feeling of weight.
Which it does very successfully. Take rear-wheel steering, which makes the RS6 feel downright nimble, helping reduce its historical tendency to feel and act quite nose-heavy. And before you point out it’s hybrid, and that always adds weight, it’s not. The 48-volt system is the mildest of mild hybrids, recuperating brake energy, storing it in a 0.48kWh battery under the…
