The early Audi RS6 models were famous because they basically had a Lamborghini V10 engine with turbochargers inside a normal German luxury car. But the new power wagon recently became available Stateside and seemed a bit underwhelming.
Several drag races indicated that Audi's low-slung wagon wasn't as fast as the first-ever Lamborghini SUV. This was despite them sharing the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. This somehow seemed natural, as the Urus is believed to make more power than officially claimed.
The quattro was also losing to the BMW M5 and Mercedes-AMG E 63. But the RS6 is now making a comeback. In a drag race shot on a rainy day, CarWow showed that their RS6, on loan from Audi, was faster than a Lambo SUV. And today, we've got another drag race, this time shot during a cold winter day by 888MF.
And once again, the RS6 is faster. It's not a massive gap, but you have to remember the wagon is down by 50 horsepower. And while it's a common conception that cars are lighter and faster than SUVs, there's barely anything in it here. But that's only the first race; a second one finds the Urus victorious while the tie-breaker puts the super-SUV ahead by a tiny margin.
The quarter-mile times are 11.6 seconds for both. So basically, if you have an RS6, you can tell people your wagon is cheaper and quicker than a Lamborghini... at least sometimes. Of course, if you want to go fast, cheap ECU mods will extract enough power out of Audi's engine to let it comfortably defeat a Urus. It's not just about beating the Italians, as several European tuners are striving to make the most powerful RS6, and we recently checked out one with Bugatti Veyron levels of horsepower and torque. pushing to 220 mph on the autobahn.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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