The Supercar-Killing Audi RS6 Avant We Should've Had in America. | 444HP Sleeper
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- You're looking at one of the most powerful and important Audi RS products of the early 2000s. The Avant of this generation (C5) was never sold on this side of the Atlantic, so naturally the one I'm driving today is a Japanese import because who wants to settle for four doors when you can have five! Under the hood is a twin-turbo 4.2L V8 pushing 444 hp. Truly an epic Audi that no one is talking about.
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Just ignore the soft focus during the mid-video segment :/ mistakes were made haha. Epic car. Enjoy :D
It's fine.. these rs6's aren't looker (a major reason I think makes them less revered).
You probably did the car a favour.
@@starfox_wr-45e93 the smaller grill suits smaller leaner cars like the A3 and A4 better than the fatter ones although I think the D3 A8 pre facelift pre single frame grille is a really good looking car.
You say it’s not a rare car, well it actually is. It’s the first RS6, there were only 8081 made and only 30 were delivered to Australia, I have one of those and the the owner before me spent 6 grand on a full gearbox rebuild and it handles everything thrown it’s way.
By the looks of it this was a German RS6 C5 - meaning the original license plate with D (Deutschland) is still on there. It looks very mint, however owning / driving these on a daily basis can financially hack into your budget. Maintaince is mandatory and the costs can grow intense. Esp with the age they have now. A single sensor somewhere near the Turbo replacement? You can get the whole engine out. The DRC was a good concept but had serious flaws, it could simply leak and that's why it's bin replaced with aftermarket shocks. The tune looks relatively low at just 444HP but that was because the AT was'nt capable of doing anything higher. Any launch you do and esp. when fluids are still cold will put huge strain on the AT. So only launch when it's hot and put it in Sports mode since a 3rd cooling goes open. I owned a B5 RS4 for 3 years with over 500HP. They can be tuned massively - however the AT is after adjustment only good for approx 700HP. Ive done into this matter years ago because i wanted one. Frankly the country i'm in now (Portugal) raises a huge stupid tax for importing cars within the EU. They would basicly charge an additional 36k for having it road legal in Portugal. And the 2nd problem was finding an insurance that would go all risk with a car like this. Anything older then 7 years is pretty much impossible. Enjoy that thing!
BTW: cosworth used to tune most Audi S/RS models - and did have certain proprietary stuff in those engines such as the heads, the way they where casted and such. The people behind cosworth are fantastic - they did provide me with so much support back in the days. If you open up the ECU, you likely going to see a little EPROM soldered straight on top of the existing EPROM - that's actually a hardware scrambler to make it more difficult to extract the exact tune Cosworth did to those engines. There's alot of stuff going on in there that interesting to know.
Tune was at 444 hp, cuz there was RS6 C5 plus with 480 hp.
My little fantasy is to see someone swap a ZF 8HP in this car (and also the next C6 RS6) because that would make it so much better, more modern and probably quite a bit faster as well. People are swapping that gearbox everywhere, especially older BMW-s so it must be possible with these as well.
😮 does anyone know lol
America did like wagons, that was like 40 years ago though.
The 5V is superior. The FSI had carbon buildup, timing chain issues that can lead to catastrophic engine failure... also come on, 5 valves per cylinder, how cool is that?
Wait until you start having sensor issues with these, lol.
@@vanderlinde4you it's a reliable car, in 207K miles 5V engine is still doing great
Yes, but de-carboning it's not that bad, only once every 150k, no need to remove the engine. Upper timing tensioners are relatively easy to change, by the time the lower ones goes bad, it's pretty much the end of the car... 350 - 400k.
Wagons over CUVs any day
The usual swap choice for this gen of RS6 or even the auto version of the S6 is the DQT gearbox. It's a diesel box and torque is no stranger to it. Also has the tallest possible 6th gear ratio at 0.560 and if you adapt the final drive from an auto box at 0.355 instead of the usual 4.111, it can cruise at 200km/h (120mph) at under 3000 rpm. Just need to use REALLY good transmission and diff oil. The sound of exploding diff at high speed is probably one of the worst sounds you can hear.
Btw, this generation of RS6 and S6 is the one i feel most comfortable in. It just doesn't care if you are setting off to the polar circle. I love the lazy nature of the 40Valve V8... feels absolutely effortless. And yeah - while no latest gen torque vectoring LSDs, it sacrifices sportiness for refinement.
Is there any write ups on the DQT swap ? I'm curious, thanks 🙏
Lazy nature of the Audi V8 40v? This is revvy, sport high powered engine with 7500 rpm redline. Go and ride S6/S8 with singlemass clutch and manual transmission, and you will feel this mechanical engine.
5hp makes this car lazy, not engine.
*RS6 V10 left the chat*
Fun fact. This engine was used in the super car - gumpart Apollo modified
Love these. It's funny that Latin American markets were open to b5 RS4 and C5 RS6 wagons while Canada and the US weren't for whatever reason...
Audi had a bad taste with America after the audi 5000 lies, why send a country super cars to people who would have their foot on drive as they put their car in gear lol, then blame the vehicle for 'automatic sudden acceleration'
Canada indeed wasat least more than the US.
Love these cars.
The NA's you can live with, but all twin turbo's (2.7, 4.2, 5.2) have a running joke - the first step to every fix regarding engines is - remove the engine :D
I never had to remove the 2.7 for whatever reason. The 2.7 is easier to work on then the 4.2V8.
I have the C5 S6 4.2L and also have never had to remove the engine in over 200K miles
Canadian tastes are very different to the tastes in the USA.
I have an RS6 avant here in BC in Daytona Grey. Love it
Love to see it. I have a 2000 E55 wagon among other cars. Went to go look at a RS6 wagon for sale in richmond. Didn’t buy it though.
@@kudynski I saw that one for sale, something wrong with it?
Are you the one parked at Bridge Studios on Boundary?
I own one of those. It is a piece of machine that pleasures me a lot every weekend I take her out of the garage.
Great video, thinking of getting one in the UK and this has sealed the deal 👌
This one was low mileage, I'll be curious to see when the first big maintenance bill comes in for the current owner haha.
One of the most incredible sounding Audi estates ever ❤🤍💙
RS6 C5 - Best Car ever
I think the normal A6 4.2 also had those fender flares.
Yes the 4.2 A6 had flares, used to own one.
Its longer and wider than a standard a6 iirc
@@eustahijelifetips look up "Audi A6 4.2 Retro Review" I think it has the same fender flares
All V8 c5 had the Same body a6, s6, rs6
@@h0mo3rectus69 it looked extremely similar to me so thanks for confirming
The 4.2 5v is actually a Little Bit more often, a8 d2 and d3, vw pheaton etc. They are n/a But same base Engine
I'm from the uk I don't think I've ever seen one in person but have seen the s6
I have an 03 RS6 Sedan and 21 RS6 Avant. I can't wait till I'll be able to import one of these to the US!
Wow the suspension is basically like Toyota X-REAS from the 5th gen 4Runner.
Hell no it’s awesome. I want one because of Layer Cake
This model is a riot to drive. You can't get a twin turbo V8 anymore in a chassis this small. That's part of the appeal of it, my manual swap on mine is underway
Oooh what trans are you using?
@@RoadsUntraveled more than likely a 6sp 01E. It's what's behind the 4.2L in my B6 S4 Avant 😈
@@ElRayDelRio B6 S4 manual not 01E, B6 S4 0A3 gearbox
@@rambustibi you're right bro! slight confusion in my statement, what I meant to comment was 03A. My C4 urS4 & B5 S4 have the 01E 6 speed 🤙🏽
@@RoadsUntraveled Using the 6spd 01E from the B5 S4. It will be getting upgraded shift collars and carbon synchro's from JHM motorsports. Rear LSD and a Clutch master twin disk clutch for the drivetrain conversion. The 6spd also allows for larger turbos to be mounted as the trans is smaller than the 5hp24a trans. TTE960 turbos are then a possibility....
You describing the transmission and the throttle makes it seem like you point this in one direction, foot on the gas and then rubbery smoothly it will just catapult you in that direction.
Edit: Now you talking about the brakes it all seems very congruent.😂 Just an absolute rocket ship, emphasis on both rocket AND ship.
Feels like a slingshot. Wind up and BOOM! Rocket and ship. Yes. Love that.
@@RoadsUntraveled EXACTLY that!
dream :)
@dougdemuro daddy Doug did u see this lol
No german cars in america !!
I never saw rs6 avant in US…
Any chance this belongs to Dave, the guy that sold Doug demuro his rs2?
This one is owned by a new owner who hasn't had it too long. However, the previous owner had it for years. It's possible. Can't imagine too many people are importing these. This is the first one i've seen.
Can't say much about it now, but at the right time I'll return with more details maybe even a video :)
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just sold my RS4 b7 4.2 loved it but ran into all the usual issues with suspension and engine
Yes!
Stock was 450 crank hp in the 03 US sedan.
My car C5 RS6 Avant 2.8V6 biturbo engine swap + manual 6sp gearbox swap etc....😉
curious as to why you swapped out the 4.2 for the v6? clean build! just never seen something like it
Please review the same manual 😂
Don't these come in a v10 aswell? Or is that the next generation?
Next gen! The one everyone remembers.
You need a co host another voice sound and another persons opinions to add some contrast i love the channel this video just seemed long at the end to me
Definitely helps when the owner of the vehicle or other people are on video! I agree. Have shot a couple more vlogs recently and chats with owners. More voices is *usually* a good thing haha.
What a charismatic machine!
drug dealer car
What an amazing machine
More of this! Please!
Kann aber nicht sein das der nur 444 hp hat den der serien RS6 c5 hat 450 serie und der plus 480 ps
HP ist nicht gleich PS. Daher kommt der Unterschied.
We had the rs6 just not the avant
Yup!
Great video. Unfortunately here in America, a wagon RS6 was never offered, just a sedan, one model year only in 2003. Lots of manual swaps now. I had a 2005 S4 V8 sedan in Nogaro Blue with a manual transmission. Would love to add an RS6 someday, with a manual swap, of course.
No we did get them in North America especially in California I've seen them on semi truck trailer beds being transported from auctions the one he's driving is a European domestic model which they had to import the ones that came to North America had a V10 biturbo this V8 biturbo he's in is a downgraded one
@@EYESLAPJEWS RS6 Wagons were never sold new in the U.S. perhaps you saw an S4 which did come in a wagon
@@GlennsCarCollection during the time I seen it I was working at an auto body shop and yes they did come into the US it was registered in California
@@EYESLAPJEWS RS6 wagons were never sold new in California or anywhere in the U.S. We only got the sedan and it was one model year, 2003…You can call Audi corporate headquarters and they will tell you that. Perhaps you saw an S6 and not a RS6 ? Or perhaps the RS6 you saw was registered in Canada?
@@GlennsCarCollection I don't know what the big deal about it is it's not that hard to export or import cars bro you know we live in the land called America which has freedom as long as you got the money you can do anything you fucking want I know what Rs6 advants look like my guy im not some bozo the 🤡... Just because you feel like you know it all doesn't mean you know it all ‼️✌️