The products from Audi's marketing department so often mirror the actual cars it's almost uncanny. That lots of money has been invested is always evident but for every enjoyable video (
R8 V10
on a dyno) there's an absolute spudder (see Tom Hardy test driving
an RS5
). There's very little consistency basically.
Fortunately, Audi Germany has produced a brilliant little vid here using the RS6. A pair of them in fact. The combination of a frozen lake, DTM drivers and 1,120hp should be fantastic and, surprisingly, it really is. The journalistic cynicism was unfounded!
Alright, there's some contrived 'banter' before Mattias Ekstrom and Timo Schneider get out on the track but, out in the cars, they appear to be given free rein. Being touring car drivers, this is taken about six steps too far, barging each other out of the way, getting stuck and swearing rather more than you may expect. And who doesn't enjoy powersliding V8 estates?
The result can remain a secret for now but there should be more from Audi on this soon. The Deutschland channel promises 'a legendary all-wheel drive takes on new challenges' in a season of 'Quattro challenges' videos. Let's hope there are more like this one.