The C7-generation RS6 Avant never officially reached America at all — buyers there got the RS7 Sportback instead, running the exact same engine and platform in a different body.
Median 134 hp across 25 similar cars
Lead trim: 4.0 TFSI twin-turbo V8 · up to 597 hp
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FactThe C7-generation RS6 Avant never officially reached America at all — buyers there got the RS7 Sportback instead, running the exact same engine and platform in a different body.
The third-generation RS 6, revealed on 5 December 2012 as an Avant only, with a twin-turbo 4.0-litre TFSI V8 and an 8-speed tiptronic. Start-stop and a cylinder-on-demand system were added to cut fuel use. It was not offered in North America, which received the RS 7 Sportback sharing its powertrain and platform. The RS6 Avant Performance followed with a revised ECU map.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTPROThe C8 RS6 Avant can run on half its cylinders. The twin-turbo V8 shuts four of them down on demand to save fuel, then wakes them all back up when you ask for it.
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 TFSI twin-turbo V8 | 2013–2018 | 4.0 L V8 | 553 hp | 516 lb-ft | — | AWD | automatic | — |
| Performance 4.0 TFSI twin-turbo V8 | 2015–2018 | 4.0 L V8 | 597 hp | 553 lb-ft | — | AWD | automatic | — |
An estimate, for the 4.0 TFSI twin-turbo V8 trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
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The C8 RS6 Avant can run on half its cylinders. The twin-turbo V8 shuts four of them down on demand to save fuel, then wakes them all back up when you ask for it.
The C7-generation RS6 Avant never officially reached America at all — buyers there got the RS7 Sportback instead, running the exact same engine and platform in a different body.
Cooling the C6 RS6’s twin-turbo V10 took seven separate radiators and four electric fans under the bonnet.
The original RS6 debuted Audi's clever hydraulic Dynamic Ride Control suspension — and enough owners got tired of its leaking dampers that they ripped the whole system out for plain coilovers.
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A wagon beat the SUVs at their own game: this Outback generation won Motor Trend's Sport/Utility of the Year award for 2010.
The original RS6 debuted Audi's clever hydraulic Dynamic Ride Control suspension — and enough owners got tired of its leaking dampers that they ripped the whole system out for plain coilovers.
Cooling the C6 RS6’s twin-turbo V10 took seven separate radiators and four electric fans under the bonnet.
Subaru didn't have the budget for an all-new SUV, so it dressed up a Legacy wagon instead. A Subaru of America executive later put it bluntly: "[the Outback] saved our company."
The new Outback's full-width tail light bar has a 2 ft ruler built in, for measuring whatever you are about to load.
This Outback shared Top Gear's Car of the Year crown — an unusual honor for a jacked-up wagon to split with the Ford Mondeo in 2007.
For a few years, this Outback's six-cylinder trim came with genuine McIntosh audio — the same esteemed hi-fi name found in home theaters, one of the only cars ever to get it from the factory.
This Outback's high beams never fully switch off — Subaru's Adaptive Driving Beam instead shutters out just the part of the light hitting oncoming drivers.
