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Oh man, C5 RS6, that takes me back. I had a test drive of an ABT-tuned one (550ps) and the Audi dealer was right next to a long section of unrestricted autobahn. As is the norm in Germany, they take a photocopy of your id/passport, make you sign a form, and then throw you the keys and say "be back in an hour". I got it up to 175mph, it was wild and crazy. #GoodTimes. I ended up buying an A6 2.7 Turbo instead, more than enough power, but that RS6 was fun 😁
My Car! Thank you James for the video, the car is listed for sale on car and classic if anyone is genuinely interested, the lure of a Maserati has become too great
C5 RS6 is definitely my next interesting daily of choice, unfortunately timing doesn't quite line up - can't believe this is a manual and so reasonably priced! So, so good
@@TJG239 So true...back when interiours were quality and didn't feel like a flashy yoghurt cup in your hands. Real exhaust sounds, real drivers cars without a whiney and numb electrical steering and a flat screen in your face, everywhere you look.
Mine isn't a manual, but Mugello blue with silver interiour, upgraded transmission and 512PS. My childhood dreamcar. It's true, the seats are too high in this car, especially when you're 1,90m but the boot is very spacious. Just two days ago I transported easily four 19" rims in cartons and four 275/30 19 tyres in the trunk all at once. I own it for about a month now and it is so much better than I hoped! Perfect cruiser, zooms to 200km/h in no hassle and time, perfect for country roads, very stable at 300 on the Autobahn with corners and thanks to double glass windows so quiet. I really love it
@@lptomtom I always drive my cars efficiently, while not being slower than anyone else. I just happen to drive with less consumption while still doing full throttle occasionally. With that in mind and considering I have mostly country roads with city and seldom Autobahn, I'm at 13L/100km on average. That's what, 22 mpg UK? Only country road an Autobahn at 130 it's 10,5l/100km or 27 mpg. My V10 Touareg sits on 27 mpg
@@GERntleMAN18 cylinders & only two cars. Not many get close to this will less four vehicles. Hehe 😮 We’re on a count of ten cylinders on my driveway, sixteen if I include two three cylinder motorcycles. Enjoy, while you still can.
@@GT380man In total there are 34 cylinders over 4 cars 😄 But that was exactly my thought, with the EU being practically braindead, it's only a matter of time until you are forbidden to drive a real car
Mine's also Mugello, albeit wrapped in Satin Graphite atm. Had it totally rebuilt just before Covid, packing 550hp now and just finished a road-trip UK->Krakow plus detours (2,000km+). Is a beast and had no problems - except NEVER drive these cars over cobbled roads when 40 or less profile tyres. Killed electrics all over the car twice before rebuild. Love that it is not a flashy car, a true wolf in sheepish attire, is practical but drinks like a viking marauding party, sounds like Thor stubbing his toe and when it starts up in underground car parks, you can set other car alarms off. Is great fun and the kids in the back go wild.! ;-)
I love a fast estate. ANY fast estate. Versatile and a hoot to drive. Quick estates bring back happy memories of following the old Lombard RAC rally route every year with a bunch of mates - guerrilla spectating, stage-hopping, getting stuck in the snow, driving through the night, kipping in the seats or snoozing in the back... Sandwiches, flasks of tea, Pot Noodles, choccy digestives, fizzy pop, the bellow of an approaching Quattro or 6R4 echoing through Kielder and Grizedale... Bl**dy marvellous. Yay for fast estates.
Thats big engined Audis in general. Impressive cars when they are working, but pretty terrifying once you have to start changing things on them. VERY complex and strangely designed. Better have deep pockets before comitting to one long term.
That’s a rare rs6 plus. Only 57 uk rhd were ever on the road - now much less than that. The light silver metallic paint was only on the plus version and power out of the factory was 480bhp and a raised speed limit to 174mph. I owned a silver one in 2009 to 2010 and I thought that was mine initially. Luckily mine had a full Audi extended warranty and during 18 months the engine was out 4 times - be very aware of reliability issues..!
@@stevebatt9643 No reliability issues. There are very few things engine wise which you have to look for. Much less than the competitors. Turbos like on any car, especially when people don't know how to drive turbos, the turbo manifolds, the circulation pump for turbo cooling, the throttle body and camshaft tensioners. Oh and there is one pressure tube on the left side intercooler, the lower one ages prematurely and slips off on boost. That's about the worst stuff, where half of it is proper service. There is a reason there are still so many on the road and for sale with 300.000km in Germany. They are extremely reliable when it comes to high performance high volume cars. An M5 or E55 aren't more reliable and there isn't much else in that class of car from that year/era. The difference is, no one talks about a Peugeot 206 or Opel Astra and their issues, but an RS6 is an investment and so you subjectively inflate problems which aren't out of the ordinary really
It’s not a plus. Plus all have a solar sunroof. It’s a very late registered car (2005) and as such had the dark optics and wheels which makes it look makes it look like a plus - easy mistake to make.
people need to be aware of the repair cost... There is a little oil filter deep within the engine that often gets clogged as i found out to my cost ... causes engine to stop. The filter itself costs less than 10 pounds but labour cost is astronomical... its basically an engine out job for a part that is literally the size of a 2 pence piece
Hi Darren! I know the BCY and BRV engines better than the back of my hand. There isn't a little oil filter which gets clogged up. There is a Bufkin pipe in the secondary oil cooler which commonly breaks. It is positioned close to the engine oil filter. However this pipe replacement job can be done with the engine in place, no need to remove 🙂
Owned one for the best part of 8 years, plenty of people on forums / social media have manual swapped these although I think the slush box (albeit made from chocolate) suits the nature of the car. Personally a B7 RS4 would be a more preferable cost effective option if that were the intention going into the market for a C5 wanting a manual wagon!
I once knew a bloke that had previously owned a C5 RS6 and he told me that the car had given him the two best days of his life - the day he bought it and the day he sold it! He owned it for approximately 9 months and in that time it cost him over £9,000 in repair bills. It spent more time in a garage than it did on his drive!
As a lover of interesting, cool, fast and slow estates, I love this. Understated styling, the stance is absolutely perfect, sounds unreal and I’m sure is a hoot to drive. All things which are more impressive than my diesel E36 touring🤣
I used to seriously covet these cars back when they were new! This (and to some extent the C6 gen) was from the time when performance Audi styling was still tastefully discreet and understated, and also before the RS badge became common and associated with obnoxious types. Things have certainly changed since then, and not entirely for the better it must be said. Respect to anyone willing/able to put in the time and money to keep these old monsters going, because they are not easy or cheap to work on! They are incredibly versatile machines though, and hark back to that lovely era when Audi was still something of a cool and alternative prestige brand.
Had one of those long time ago, albeit with automatic gearbox. Top speed factory limited to 280kph. Stable like a train, which is not surprising as it weighs about the same as a train.
@@jimmymifsud8353 Mine got a rebuild with upgraded clutch packs for 3900€. Not a lot of money considering what car one drives. That's what you pay for three regular services when you have a modern car in a vaguely similar power class like a GTI, RCZ, M3, C43 or Boxter.
Ah memories of the greatest time when life was exciting and roads weren't surveyed with police state cameras EVERYWHERE ..... My Boss / Mate had a heavily tuned Kim Collins@ QST and that Bad Boy pushed 200 plus easily back then ! when I had the pleasure of grinning ear to ear as The Driver feeling how planted it was watching the wipers skip on the screen and lorry's looked like a flash 😂
I recall this generation of 500-horse executive cars prompted one of Road and Track’s eminence grises to proclaim that manufacturers had gone too far, 500hp was simply too much
There was only 1 RS6 ever made with a manual transmission! It was the MTM RS6 Clubsport Plus and had 680HP and a fully roll cage but no rear seats! And there is also 1 BMW E39 M5 Touring! It is a 1999 in black and the mileage is still under 20.000! It is driving only inside the BMW factory in Munich (not in the M factory in Garching), I've seen the car, and I touched it!
Audi actually bought Cosworth Technologies back in the late 90s to support high performance engine development. Then they sold the division to MAHLE in 2005 creating MAHLE Powertrain as an independent powertrain consultancy. They are still based in Northampton, sharing a car park with Cosworth.
I have a manual W8 Passat here in NZ. There were 5, now there’s 4 as I parted another manual one out. The manual conversion is destined for a C5 RS6 I reckon
I have the C7 RS6, mostly driven by my wife, she love wagons, but i still think both the C6 and C5 are prettier, but they dont drive as well as the C7 or C8.
I believe when new, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd bought 2 of these as his daily load luggers. I think he knows a thing or two about fast cars! Praise indeed I would say.
I've always been a big fan of the C5 RS6 and I'm sure the manual is a lot of fun. However my own little dream is to see one ZF 8HP swapped. This gearbox could drastically elevate this car's performance, improve the reliability and tunability and yet maintain the comfort for day-to-day driving. Every now and then I keep looking on youtube and digging through forums but I don't think anyone has ever done that (same for the C6 RS6 because eventhough the 6HP was much more reliable, it is still very sluggish compared to the 8HP).
MAKE MANUALS GREAT AGAIN, Manufacturers like Ford, Toyota and Honda high performance are manuals (or manual only for some) I always loved the RS4 manual, but never persued Audi (when i could afford one, stopped doing new manuals)
@@GeckoForReal This is real, my 2005.5 Audi B7 S4 got stolen just parked in a random street. It was -10 degrees F outside and the plastic coolant reservoir burst in 2 different places so I was forced to park it until a tow could pick her up. Parked it out front of some old couple's place and they promised to watch it, even called and told me someone tried taking it before they told them to stay away from it. Well, the next day rolled around and they left the house but before I could get there with a tow truck someone must've been watching it. They snagged it first chance they got... probably in a chop shop now sadly.
They didn't, it's a common conversion though. 01E gearbox from a TDI C5 Allroad or a 0A3 gearbox from a B6/7 S4, some other drivetrain bits and a bit of coding and then Voilà! 🙂
@JayEmmOnCars given our taste in cars and collections are so similar, if you can make it to Austin (F1?), I will let you take out my factory manual v wagon with a slick top and Recaros.
typically goes like: this reminds me why I love german cars week later, starts fucking up in some ridiculous way: this reminds me why I don't buy german cars recently experienced this firsthand..
Me today when my 25 year old German car's fuel pump died for no reason at the tire shop. I think the key is: for every X German cars you own, you must own one Toyota.
@@dr.mattpavlic305 Toyota rust away in the time you are still driving your German car. That's why there aren't many in Germany. And as a German car only owner of currently 4 and 29 in the past, of which none I bought with less than 210.000km on the clock, I don't know where people get the notion of unreliability. I own a 07 V10 Touareg, a 03 RS6 C5, 01 TT Roadster 225, Jaguar XJ12 Series 2 and a Q7 4.2 from 2007. Service your cars and if they reach 200.000, the first normal things need repairing. Until last year I drove 40.000km a year on these cars, never a problem which left me stranded. Haven't heard of a Toyota which never needed a steering pump, alternator, throttle body or exhaust manifold
At the start of the video you compare a C8 nimbleness to that of a hatchback, what are you comparing it to exactly? I'm finding it hard to understand how a car that weights over 700kg more than something like a Fiesta ST, is more nimble.
This is undoubtedly THE best looking RS 6 of them all, and one of the best looking Audis of all time. Truly a golden age of car design, compared to which the modern ones looks absolutely hideous and ghastly. Audi design language really has gone down the drain after the 2000s, although that can be said for most other brands as well.
While I agree on dire stylings of most modern cars, what I find surprising is how few people realise it’s intentional. Ask yourself if it’s plausible that all the talented automotive designers retired in the early noughties, or instead all lost the plot. It’s not. Therefore, there’s been a coordinated auto make cars equally awful. This will be because, like all publicly traded corporations, equity custodians can & do twist the arms of company boards. Knowing what’s good for their professional careers, they almost all complied. Interestingly, nothing similar seems to have happened to motorcycle manufacturers. Their products, the sporty ones anyway, retain sins of passionate designers.
@@GT380man I'm indeed aware of such a possibility (although I cannot 100% surely say that that's what it is), but I will also say that a large majority of car designers do seem to have lost the plot. Because not only are the production cars hideous, but the concepts (which are not supposed to be hindered by regulations and laws) are just as awful. With the possible exception of Porsche, I don't think there's a single mainstream car brand today that has made a truly timelessly beautiful car in over a decade. Just look at sports cars and performance cars from the 90s and 00s, absolutely gorgeous. Today? I could hardly name a handful.
Audi probably makes the best sport wagons out there. But I must say, I'm disappointed with the exhaust note on this one. But that's about the only thing I can as a fault with this car. Looks great for a wagon. Even in silver.
The "Ultra-Rare" Manual Audi C5. Boy my heart breaks at such a thing, lack of choice and manual transmissions these days. Whatever happened to: "If you want it done right, Do it Yourself?" Or : "If it isn't broke, Don't Fix it"? Manual transmissions can be simple yet elegant if done right. It's the connection to the car and being in control that makes a manual transmission such a perfect way to drive an automobile. Next, you'll tell me soon cars can drive themselves and I won't need to steer either. And that I'll win the lottery and be a millionaire.
I really like C5 RS6, but I don't understand the power figure. All kinds of reworking *plus* twin turbo, and it made barely 100hp more than the standard 4.2. Is it underrated?
Sorry mate, it’s not your first C5 RS6. You drove a Performance version in saloon guise, I think it was blue, and you complained about the stiff suspension. The video now appears to be deleted.
No, I think out of an A6 Allroad. I'd guess the prop shaft from the allroad can be used also but being the same engine in the B7 RS4 the gearbox would probably be ok in one of these. Maybe they're harder to obtain and costlier out of the RS4.
Owned V8 C5 Audi's for 20 years. My S6 and RS6 have never left me on the side of the road, just the odd puncture in 20yrs of V8 ownership. I can't complain really...
@@jamesengland7461 And yet said BMW is much easier to work on. Factually speaking. Best to know what argument you are advancing. To have no intelligence on the matter and comment all the same is the act of a dullard,
New cars in general are shit. I don't plan to buy anything newer than 2020 or so in the future, for as long as I can manage. I wouldn't swap my 2019 car for the newer version of it, even if it was a free upgrade. I'd consider it a downgrade. #HandsOffMyButtons #LessNannyStateFeatures
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Oh man, C5 RS6, that takes me back. I had a test drive of an ABT-tuned one (550ps) and the Audi dealer was right next to a long section of unrestricted autobahn. As is the norm in Germany, they take a photocopy of your id/passport, make you sign a form, and then throw you the keys and say "be back in an hour". I got it up to 175mph, it was wild and crazy. #GoodTimes. I ended up buying an A6 2.7 Turbo instead, more than enough power, but that RS6 was fun 😁
My Car! Thank you James for the video, the car is listed for sale on car and classic if anyone is genuinely interested, the lure of a Maserati has become too great
@@laurence4ull watch M539 Restorations and think again. Nice car by the way :). Great design for the age it has
@@laurence4ull if I find a buyer for my b7 rs4 I’m coming to view this !! First on my list !
C5 RS6 is definitely my next interesting daily of choice, unfortunately timing doesn't quite line up - can't believe this is a manual and so reasonably priced! So, so good
I'd stick with this over a troublesome and not even quicker Maserati?
Nice to see this in person a few weeks ago. Been waiting for the video to come out since you mentioned it. Mike
Not a Audi fan at all but Layer Cake made me an admirer ofthe RS6
from a time before pops and bangs had to be mapped in to generate interest, and cars weren't marketed around gimmicky head and tail lights.
@@TJG239 So true...back when interiours were quality and didn't feel like a flashy yoghurt cup in your hands. Real exhaust sounds, real drivers cars without a whiney and numb electrical steering and a flat screen in your face, everywhere you look.
Mine isn't a manual, but Mugello blue with silver interiour, upgraded transmission and 512PS. My childhood dreamcar. It's true, the seats are too high in this car, especially when you're 1,90m but the boot is very spacious. Just two days ago I transported easily four 19" rims in cartons and four 275/30 19 tyres in the trunk all at once. I own it for about a month now and it is so much better than I hoped! Perfect cruiser, zooms to 200km/h in no hassle and time, perfect for country roads, very stable at 300 on the Autobahn with corners and thanks to double glass windows so quiet. I really love it
What's the MPG like?
@@lptomtom I always drive my cars efficiently, while not being slower than anyone else. I just happen to drive with less consumption while still doing full throttle occasionally. With that in mind and considering I have mostly country roads with city and seldom Autobahn, I'm at 13L/100km on average. That's what, 22 mpg UK? Only country road an Autobahn at 130 it's 10,5l/100km or 27 mpg.
My V10 Touareg sits on 27 mpg
@@GERntleMAN18 cylinders & only two cars. Not many get close to this will less four vehicles. Hehe 😮
We’re on a count of ten cylinders on my driveway, sixteen if I include two three cylinder motorcycles.
Enjoy, while you still can.
@@GT380man In total there are 34 cylinders over 4 cars 😄 But that was exactly my thought, with the EU being practically braindead, it's only a matter of time until you are forbidden to drive a real car
Mine's also Mugello, albeit wrapped in Satin Graphite atm. Had it totally rebuilt just before Covid, packing 550hp now and just finished a road-trip UK->Krakow plus detours (2,000km+). Is a beast and had no problems - except NEVER drive these cars over cobbled roads when 40 or less profile tyres. Killed electrics all over the car twice before rebuild. Love that it is not a flashy car, a true wolf in sheepish attire, is practical but drinks like a viking marauding party, sounds like Thor stubbing his toe and when it starts up in underground car parks, you can set other car alarms off. Is great fun and the kids in the back go wild.! ;-)
I love a fast estate. ANY fast estate. Versatile and a hoot to drive. Quick estates bring back happy memories of following the old Lombard RAC rally route every year with a bunch of mates - guerrilla spectating, stage-hopping, getting stuck in the snow, driving through the night, kipping in the seats or snoozing in the back...
Sandwiches, flasks of tea, Pot Noodles, choccy digestives, fizzy pop, the bellow of an approaching Quattro or 6R4 echoing through Kielder and Grizedale...
Bl**dy marvellous. Yay for fast estates.
Thank you for that trip down memory lane. Truly a highlight that’s equal in pleasure to recalling watch live guitar bands in the Britpop era.
I never liked any estate. I prefer sedans. Cars that don't look like they carry coffins.
This car represents exactly what made Audi successful. And what it completely forgot merely half a decade later.
I've been following the project B5 RS6 on Not Economically Viable TH-cam channel. Brave cars to work on!
Thats big engined Audis in general. Impressive cars when they are working, but pretty terrifying once you have to start changing things on them. VERY complex and strangely designed. Better have deep pockets before comitting to one long term.
That’s a rare rs6 plus. Only 57 uk rhd were ever on the road - now much less than that. The light silver metallic paint was only on the plus version and power out of the factory was 480bhp and a raised speed limit to 174mph. I owned a silver one in 2009 to 2010 and I thought that was mine initially. Luckily mine had a full Audi extended warranty and during 18 months the engine was out 4 times - be very aware of reliability issues..!
@@stevebatt9643 No reliability issues. There are very few things engine wise which you have to look for. Much less than the competitors. Turbos like on any car, especially when people don't know how to drive turbos, the turbo manifolds, the circulation pump for turbo cooling, the throttle body and camshaft tensioners. Oh and there is one pressure tube on the left side intercooler, the lower one ages prematurely and slips off on boost. That's about the worst stuff, where half of it is proper service. There is a reason there are still so many on the road and for sale with 300.000km in Germany. They are extremely reliable when it comes to high performance high volume cars. An M5 or E55 aren't more reliable and there isn't much else in that class of car from that year/era. The difference is, no one talks about a Peugeot 206 or Opel Astra and their issues, but an RS6 is an investment and so you subjectively inflate problems which aren't out of the ordinary really
It’s not a plus. Plus all have a solar sunroof. It’s a very late registered car (2005) and as such had the dark optics and wheels which makes it look makes it look like a plus - easy mistake to make.
That’s not a plus. The plus came with RNSE
@@laurence4ull The most obvious thing, is the number plate on the console with XXX/999 on all Plus models.
If these came with a manual there would be a lot more of them about. So many of these were scrapped because of the dismal 5HP gearboxes.
Best looking rs6 of the lot. Beefy arches but subtle. I'd even argue they sound alot better than c7/c8 shape with no fake pops and bangs
Cracking engine in a decent car, manual gearbox makes this VERY tempting!
....also you are getting those spammer back in the comments, already reported a few 👍
@@ianturner9894 ooh no.. you the little narky internet police,gimme a break.
I think the only car more fun than a hot hatch is a sleeper wagon/estate. Makes a nice noise, too.
Great to see this, I work with the guy who put it all together. Awesome machine!
people need to be aware of the repair cost... There is a little oil filter deep within the engine that often gets clogged as i found out to my cost ... causes engine to stop. The filter itself costs less than 10 pounds but labour cost is astronomical... its basically an engine out job for a part that is literally the size of a 2 pence piece
Isnt the c7 the same?
Hi Darren! I know the BCY and BRV engines better than the back of my hand. There isn't a little oil filter which gets clogged up. There is a Bufkin pipe in the secondary oil cooler which commonly breaks. It is positioned close to the engine oil filter. However this pipe replacement job can be done with the engine in place, no need to remove 🙂
a filter that causes engine to stop.?...lol...wtf you on fella,
Always loved the E55 AMG Estate❤
Layer Cake, that pull away, the country road scene and The Cure. I’ve listed after this car ever since. 20 odd years ❤
Owned one for the best part of 8 years, plenty of people on forums / social media have manual swapped these although I think the slush box (albeit made from chocolate) suits the nature of the car. Personally a B7 RS4 would be a more preferable cost effective option if that were the intention going into the market for a C5 wanting a manual wagon!
I once knew a bloke that had previously owned a C5 RS6 and he told me that the car had given him the two best days of his life - the day he bought it and the day he sold it! He owned it for approximately 9 months and in that time it cost him over £9,000 in repair bills. It spent more time in a garage than it did on his drive!
My new dream car 😮
@@_TCR_ Buy one and it will become your worst nightmare!
As a lover of interesting, cool, fast and slow estates, I love this. Understated styling, the stance is absolutely perfect, sounds unreal and I’m sure is a hoot to drive. All things which are more impressive than my diesel E36 touring🤣
I used to seriously covet these cars back when they were new! This (and to some extent the C6 gen) was from the time when performance Audi styling was still tastefully discreet and understated, and also before the RS badge became common and associated with obnoxious types. Things have certainly changed since then, and not entirely for the better it must be said. Respect to anyone willing/able to put in the time and money to keep these old monsters going, because they are not easy or cheap to work on! They are incredibly versatile machines though, and hark back to that lovely era when Audi was still something of a cool and alternative prestige brand.
So need to get a manual swap in my C5 RS6
Had one of those long time ago, albeit with automatic gearbox.
Top speed factory limited to 280kph. Stable like a train, which is not surprising as it weighs about the same as a train.
For taking a grandfather clock along the autobahn at high speed? How efficient of those crazy Germans.
I reckon I’d just hire a man with a van TBH.
Had one for 3 years . Loved it, until the inevitable gearbox failure .
@@jimmymifsud8353 Mine got a rebuild with upgraded clutch packs for 3900€. Not a lot of money considering what car one drives. That's what you pay for three regular services when you have a modern car in a vaguely similar power class like a GTI, RCZ, M3, C43 or Boxter.
Hey, thanks for these videos, thanks for the ride at Silverstone 🎉
Ah memories of the greatest time when life was exciting and roads weren't surveyed with police state cameras EVERYWHERE ..... My Boss / Mate had a heavily tuned Kim Collins@ QST and that Bad Boy pushed 200 plus easily back then ! when I had the pleasure of grinning ear to ear as The Driver feeling how planted it was watching the wipers skip on the screen and lorry's looked like a flash 😂
Best car channel on TH-cam!
Your description/talks are great. It's worth your preparation.
Those are proper Audi interiors on that C5 and the V10 gen. ❤
I'm sure this car is from the Gloucester area... gorgeous machine 👌
The best looking of all Audi RS6s
I recall this generation of 500-horse executive cars prompted one of Road and Track’s eminence grises to proclaim that manufacturers had gone too far, 500hp was simply too much
There was only 1 RS6 ever made with a manual transmission! It was the MTM RS6 Clubsport Plus and had 680HP and a fully roll cage but no rear seats!
And there is also 1 BMW E39 M5 Touring! It is a 1999 in black and the mileage is still under 20.000!
It is driving only inside the BMW factory in Munich (not in the M factory in Garching), I've seen the car, and I touched it!
Audi actually bought Cosworth Technologies back in the late 90s to support high performance engine development. Then they sold the division to MAHLE in 2005 creating MAHLE Powertrain as an independent powertrain consultancy. They are still based in Northampton, sharing a car park with Cosworth.
I have a manual W8 Passat here in NZ. There were 5, now there’s 4 as I parted another manual one out. The manual conversion is destined for a C5 RS6 I reckon
C4 S6 came with both V8 or 2.2 5Cyl turbo , but the V8 was never sold in UK .
I love that he feels it necessary to specify that this ESTATE is ok as a 'daily'!
I have the C7 RS6, mostly driven by my wife, she love wagons, but i still think both the C6 and C5 are prettier, but they dont drive as well as the C7 or C8.
Could do with a specialist to help with the rev dropping off abit to quickly but looks like real fun 😊
I believe when new, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd bought 2 of these as his daily load luggers. I think he knows a thing or two about fast cars! Praise indeed I would say.
I've always been a big fan of the C5 RS6 and I'm sure the manual is a lot of fun. However my own little dream is to see one ZF 8HP swapped. This gearbox could drastically elevate this car's performance, improve the reliability and tunability and yet maintain the comfort for day-to-day driving. Every now and then I keep looking on youtube and digging through forums but I don't think anyone has ever done that (same for the C6 RS6 because eventhough the 6HP was much more reliable, it is still very sluggish compared to the 8HP).
Had an avant, loved it but it’s gearbox went kerplunk 🤪 great cars but let down with bad suspension & torque converter auto box.
My bank holiday is complete
Sounds cool 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
ahh yes the only other RS6 we got in the US. and we only got it in a sedan, and only for the 2003 model year.
Nice car, nice shirt!
MAKE MANUALS GREAT AGAIN, Manufacturers like Ford, Toyota and Honda high performance are manuals (or manual only for some)
I always loved the RS4 manual, but never persued Audi (when i could afford one, stopped doing new manuals)
Heart says ‘Yes!’, Head says ‘Audi part availability is non existent on a 20 year old car’
Yeah this is true for the main dealer. However most genuine parts are still available through Audi Tradition or after-market 🙂
The problem I see with owning one is the insurance. Burglars and thieves want this like flies want.. well, you know what.
@@GeckoForReal This is real, my 2005.5 Audi B7 S4 got stolen just parked in a random street. It was -10 degrees F outside and the plastic coolant reservoir burst in 2 different places so I was forced to park it until a tow could pick her up. Parked it out front of some old couple's place and they promised to watch it, even called and told me someone tried taking it before they told them to stay away from it. Well, the next day rolled around and they left the house but before I could get there with a tow truck someone must've been watching it. They snagged it first chance they got... probably in a chop shop now sadly.
Didn't know these existed in manual
They didn't, it's a common conversion though. 01E gearbox from a TDI C5 Allroad or a 0A3 gearbox from a B6/7 S4, some other drivetrain bits and a bit of coding and then Voilà! 🙂
@@LimeyDude Do you know which garages are renowned for undertaking this swap?
Quality content as ever, keep it up!
I know it's been modified but how does it compare to a Maser QPV James? Is it any more fun to drive on B roads?
Beauty but I think its a bit low.
@JayEmmOnCars given our taste in cars and collections are so similar, if you can make it to Austin (F1?), I will let you take out my factory manual v wagon with a slick top and Recaros.
it’s perfect
typically goes like: this reminds me why I love german cars
week later, starts fucking up in some ridiculous way: this reminds me why I don't buy german cars
recently experienced this firsthand..
Me today when my 25 year old German car's fuel pump died for no reason at the tire shop.
I think the key is: for every X German cars you own, you must own one Toyota.
@@dr.mattpavlic305 What absolute tosh. You don't need a Toyota - it just means you need more back-up German cars
@@dr.mattpavlic305 I put a Toyota V12 in my 928 Porsche instead.
@@dr.mattpavlic305 Toyota rust away in the time you are still driving your German car. That's why there aren't many in Germany. And as a German car only owner of currently 4 and 29 in the past, of which none I bought with less than 210.000km on the clock, I don't know where people get the notion of unreliability. I own a 07 V10 Touareg, a 03 RS6 C5, 01 TT Roadster 225, Jaguar XJ12 Series 2 and a Q7 4.2 from 2007. Service your cars and if they reach 200.000, the first normal things need repairing. Until last year I drove 40.000km a year on these cars, never a problem which left me stranded. Haven't heard of a Toyota which never needed a steering pump, alternator, throttle body or exhaust manifold
Thats a rare car. Im german and i lived in germany all my life and i cant remember ever seeing one on the road.
Its pretty rare to see this era of Audi deisgns anynore. Most have long since been thrown in the junk yards.
TY J 🙏🙏
A beauty.❤
I'm happy with my 01' RS4 Avant, in reality I can't afford the tax, insurance above 2.8ltr😅
Jay please find a Laguna 2 Grandtour GT 205 to review would love to listen your thoughts on it.
😂😂😂 scrap
Early 2000s cars were just better
At the start of the video you compare a C8 nimbleness to that of a hatchback, what are you comparing it to exactly? I'm finding it hard to understand how a car that weights over 700kg more than something like a Fiesta ST, is more nimble.
He's chatting BS as usual
This is undoubtedly THE best looking RS 6 of them all, and one of the best looking Audis of all time. Truly a golden age of car design, compared to which the modern ones looks absolutely hideous and ghastly. Audi design language really has gone down the drain after the 2000s, although that can be said for most other brands as well.
While I agree on dire stylings of most modern cars, what I find surprising is how few people realise it’s intentional. Ask yourself if it’s plausible that all the talented automotive designers retired in the early noughties, or instead all lost the plot. It’s not. Therefore, there’s been a coordinated auto make cars equally awful. This will be because, like all publicly traded corporations, equity custodians can & do twist the arms of company boards. Knowing what’s good for their professional careers, they almost all complied.
Interestingly, nothing similar seems to have happened to motorcycle manufacturers. Their products, the sporty ones anyway, retain sins of passionate designers.
@@GT380man I'm indeed aware of such a possibility (although I cannot 100% surely say that that's what it is), but I will also say that a large majority of car designers do seem to have lost the plot. Because not only are the production cars hideous, but the concepts (which are not supposed to be hindered by regulations and laws) are just as awful. With the possible exception of Porsche, I don't think there's a single mainstream car brand today that has made a truly timelessly beautiful car in over a decade. Just look at sports cars and performance cars from the 90s and 00s, absolutely gorgeous. Today? I could hardly name a handful.
I didn't know you could get one!?!?!?!
Nice job on the conversion!
Audi probably makes the best sport wagons out there. But I must say, I'm disappointed with the exhaust note on this one. But that's about the only thing I can as a fault with this car. Looks great for a wagon. Even in silver.
Great style, great noise, great performance……looks broken with that stance tho 🙃
hmm you can manual swap the v10 rs6 too
The "Ultra-Rare" Manual Audi C5. Boy my heart breaks at such a thing, lack of choice and manual transmissions these days. Whatever happened to: "If you want it done right, Do it Yourself?" Or : "If it isn't broke, Don't Fix it"? Manual transmissions can be simple yet elegant if done right. It's the connection to the car and being in control that makes a manual transmission such a perfect way to drive an automobile. Next, you'll tell me soon cars can drive themselves and I won't need to steer either. And that I'll win the lottery and be a millionaire.
New armrest from vw/Audi rattles to 😂 and cost around 70 euro and more 😢
If only the B8 RS5 came in a manual.
If You want to own an old Audi You must be your own mechanic... or have a mechanic friend that won't charge you labor 😃🤣
I really like C5 RS6, but I don't understand the power figure. All kinds of reworking *plus* twin turbo, and it made barely 100hp more than the standard 4.2. Is it underrated?
5.5k for audi manual. aston works service 30 k ?
The car looks good, the engine sounds great with that V8 burble but the exhaust sounds awful, definitely needs an upgrade.
When they brreak.. you'll soon be reminded why you HATE German Cars..
Still driving my 2009 A6 Avant. APR tuned to 410 HP. Rock solid reliable at 190,000 miles. Is "practical supercar" an oxymoron?
Sorry mate, it’s not your first C5 RS6. You drove a Performance version in saloon guise, I think it was blue, and you complained about the stiff suspension. The video now appears to be deleted.
I think you're remembering a video I did about engines - where I moved the car about 30 yards. Definitely never driven one properly until this
@@JayEmmOnCars that could very well be, Jay.
Presumably this is the gearbox from the manual RS4?
No, I think out of an A6 Allroad. I'd guess the prop shaft from the allroad can be used also but being the same engine in the B7 RS4 the gearbox would probably be ok in one of these. Maybe they're harder to obtain and costlier out of the RS4.
My C5 2.0 cdi has 160k up it but still dusts everyone at the lights
How does the Bose stereo sound? I was looking to get a C5 with that.
any word on selling it?
cars are just too wide, sick of having to worry about width restrictions
DO 'we' 'love' audi? I'm going to say no at this point (at 00:00 minutes in) but I'm happy to be convinced otherwise, good luck James!
The usual reason cars are rare is price !!! Or in this case the buying public don’t want a manual.
If you watched the video you would understand that it’s rare because it was never offered
I thought they all came the sluggish crappy auto! Why didn't more people get these as a manual !
Special car for sure
The oil up screen when the crank decide to come out of front of engine in mg metro had to dump it in weston super mud lol lal💜🙏💜🧙♂️
That slowed me down luckily I had another not mg cooper 1000 tune and exhaust lol 💜🙏💜🧙♂️
I think this car is up on Car & Classic.
Got took to court by 2 captains in the Sally army in a quatro back when they won rallies lol 💜🙏💜🧙♂️
obviously you dont work on them
*Avont 😂
You must als like garage visits and breakdown trucks
Owned V8 C5 Audi's for 20 years. My S6 and RS6 have never left me on the side of the road, just the odd puncture in 20yrs of V8 ownership. I can't complain really...
Audi is hilarious. You have to pull off the front end simply to get to the radiator!
@@stephencurry8552 try doing anything to a V10 M5……
@@donaldc5 LOL. Perhaps you do not have either the skill or the proper tools...
@@stephencurry8552 I think he's merely saying the Bimmer is just as hilarious
@@jamesengland7461 And yet said BMW is much easier to work on. Factually speaking. Best to know what argument you are advancing. To have no intelligence on the matter and comment all the same is the act of a dullard,
@@stephencurry8552 tell me you don’t know what I do for a living, without actually telling me……
Audi is the latin word for understeer...
Aren’t these horribly unreliable?
@@thomassmith3817 no
Older German cars maybe. New ones are utter scheiße.
New cars in general are shit. I don't plan to buy anything newer than 2020 or so in the future, for as long as I can manage. I wouldn't swap my 2019 car for the newer version of it, even if it was a free upgrade. I'd consider it a downgrade. #HandsOffMyButtons #LessNannyStateFeatures