Goodbye to the name plus in the Audi, hello to the naming performance (yes, in lowercase). And for his debut, appears in the last name of the new Audi RS6 Avant performance and Audi RS7 Sportback performance, that happen to be two of the vehicles more powerful and performance of the range Audi. These two versions butt-end of the RS6 and RS7 lie their differences with respect to the RS6 and RS7 that start in your engine and running gear. 605 CV is the main difference, 45 HP more than before, and benefits to be much higher.
The Audi RS6 and RS7 share engine 4.0 TFSI of eight cylinders, which in both cases part of the 560-HP.
The improvement prestacional of the engine is done electronically, has barely touched the mechanical. It has increased the regime of rotation, as well as the pressure of blowing of the two turbos on each engine. The 605 HP now developed accompanied by a brutal torque of 700 Nm, which with function overboost can reach 750 Nm for a few seconds. The all-wheel drive quattro is standard, and retain the gearbox tiptronic eight relations, a brilliant and speedy ZF with torque converter.
A gearbox that enables them to a 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.7 seconds, 0.2 seconds faster than previously. You can also deslimitar its top speed, in two tranches: 280 km/h and 305 km/h. In terms of the consumption means of the fuel – thanks to the technology of partial deactivation of a cylinder bank – no alterations, respectively homologous an average of 9.6 l/100 km and 9.5 l/100 km This does not imply that in a driving habitual we lose the two digits.
The Audi RS6 Avant performance starts at 117,000 € in Germany, the RS7 Sportback performance, 121.700 euros.
Dynamically there are few differences with the versions not performance. Beyond an air suspension that lowers its ride height by 20 mm additional, little more is there to say: continue to be machines extremely quick and performance. Optionally, can be equipped with brake discs carbonocerámicos, address adaptive and a suspension RS sport suspension plus system with Dynamic Ride Control (DRC) on the outside, there are certain differences with respect to the Audi RS6 Avant and RS7 Sportback.
The performance premiered a unique design of wheels multirradio of 21 inches, shod with tires up to 285mm section in the RS6 and 275 mm of section in the RS7. In the front air intakes can read the word quattro, and the exterior boasts more details in silver finish in the RS6 and RS7 access. Inside, there’s more Alcantara than ever, in a pattern type honeycomb that mimics the calender front that extends to the seats, body side moldings and center console.
The edging is the same as the exterior color, which can be for the first time the exclusive Ascari Blue, limited to the models, performance of Audi.
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