Much to the dismay of many – but apparently not enough – there's
a whole category of power wagons available overseas that we just can't get our
hands on. While the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
Estate andCadillac
CTS-V Sport Wagon are both available Stateside, the recently revised Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG
Shooting Brake, the Jaguar
XFR-S Sportbrake we recently drove
at the Nürburgring and the Audi RS6
Avantremain out of reach for American buyers. They all stand on
more-or-less equal footing, with forced-induction V8s producing around 550
horsepower. But Audi is apparently taking things over and above with a new RS6
Plus.
Revealed ahead of schedule on a British dealer's website (which leaked details accompanied by a stock photo of the existing model), the RS6 Avant Plus will apparently keep the same 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8, but upgrade from 560 hp to a nice, round 600 to put it ahead of the competition and in league with supercars. Considering that the existing RS6 Avant is already capable of cracking the four-second barrier to 60 and tops out at over 190 miles per hour, we're sure the Plus version will positively annihilate the Autobahn, all while bringing your whole family along for the ride.
Unfortunately it doesn't look any more likely that Quattro GmbH's latest Plus model will make the transatlantic journey to American showrooms, but we can hope that maybe Audi will perform similar modifications on the RS7 Sportback we do get here.
Revealed ahead of schedule on a British dealer's website (which leaked details accompanied by a stock photo of the existing model), the RS6 Avant Plus will apparently keep the same 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8, but upgrade from 560 hp to a nice, round 600 to put it ahead of the competition and in league with supercars. Considering that the existing RS6 Avant is already capable of cracking the four-second barrier to 60 and tops out at over 190 miles per hour, we're sure the Plus version will positively annihilate the Autobahn, all while bringing your whole family along for the ride.
Unfortunately it doesn't look any more likely that Quattro GmbH's latest Plus model will make the transatlantic journey to American showrooms, but we can hope that maybe Audi will perform similar modifications on the RS7 Sportback we do get here.
Autoblog
by Noah Joseph
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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