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Audi RS6 Avant quattro tiptronic

Price: R2 074 510 0-100 km/h: 3,82 seconds Top speed: 280 km/h Power: 441 kW Torque: 800 N.m CAR fuel index: 14,64 L/100 km CO2 : 285 g/km

Possibly the most complete model in Audi’s extensive RS line-up

Gareth Dean

The perfect performance machine. Whatever box you need ticked, the RS6 does it

Nikesh Kooverjee

Menacing looks and brilliant build quality underpin a practical luxury wagon with outrageous performance

Sean Parker

You can keep your sporty SUVs, I’ll have Audi’s superwagon

Marius Boonzaier

Only a step separates the ridiculous from the sublime. It’s an old saying that’s been regularly paraphrased from the musings of Napoleon Bonaparte to the political activism of Thomas Paine, but it’s an observation that’s stood the test of time and one that’s particularly apt when taking in Audi’s beastly RS6 Avant.

Back in 1994, when the now-common concept of shoehorning performance motoring mechanicals into an SUV would’ve met with howls of derision from most, Audi teamed up

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