Chris Harris video: RS6 vs CLS63
Audi's sledgehammer RS6 goes up against Mercedes' slinky CLS63 Shooting Brake
As standard, the RS6 is limited to 155mph. This is quite fast enough for us Brits, but ze Germans understandably have a need to go a bit quicker, so the optional Dynamic pack can take you to 174mph. Clearly this won't prove a big enough fix for your committed hedonist, so the Dynamic Plus pack, which includes ceramic front discs and appears to cost more than a Mountune Fiesta ST, raises that to 189mph.
'My kind of cars' says Harris - who's to disagree?
AMG will lift your speed limiter, as will BMW M, as will Jaguar. Does this mean the agreement has been quietly forgotten, just like the silly Japanese power limit of 280hp? I hope so.
Porsche, Alpina and Brabus refused to sign the piece of paper from the start, which probably means they retain some of the moral high-ground, but the reality is that these speed limiters can be cracked so easily they really are, and always have been pointless.
This RS6 came with the medium setting of 174mph. Suffice to say it is quite shocking how quickly the car will run straight into the electronic safety blanket. The AMG always feels like it could kneecap a junior supercar, but on road and drag strip the Audi is something else altogether.
These really are my type of car.
That would be nice, thanks!
Also why are we celebrating these? Like anyone is going to do a 0-60 sprint at the traffic lights in a built up area with 30 mph limits, or do a stop start on a national speed limit road. How moronic is that?
I can see the strange logic in owning a sports/supercar, its about the design of it, the sound of the engine, the lightness/agility of the car, the communication from the controls. These just seem like hugely fast barges. Where is the fun in driving these?
Seriously, these are nothing but statistics and bragging rights. We are no longer at school kids, or perhaps some of you are.
The ride is more than good enough on the C6 in comfort and the sound on the V8... well its just crap frankly. At least the V10 and the UR box arches.
IMHO!
I would also like to see a side by side drag race of a C6 and C7.
If you want a C6 let me know!
The prices of the cars are just stupid tho - 3 years time you'll get one of these for £25K or less, that's a staggering rate of loss meaning they'll all be in the hands of the "It's not debt really" self-deluding leasers for a while - let's hope they look after them eh?
RS6 for me - its 4WD, engine, ZF 'box and price seal it.
And for some reason, IMHO the CLS 63 looks like a posh hearse, especially with dark rear windows.
The CLS looks incredible from some angles, but from others (front 3/4 view, for example) it really is hearse-like.
RS6 looks immense.
VERY colour sensitive too - someone locally just swapped a Mk1 CLS in Black for a Mk2 in Cream and they've gone from 'obvious mafiosi hitman' to 'melted icecream puddle',
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