Anyone interested in a rare Audi V8??

[Sea-Doo]

Hi all,

My parents live in Spain and my Dad has just picked up a LHD 1997 Audi S6 V8 6 speed Manual in Black.

I believe these cars are quite rare, I have only ever seen the 2.2 turbo models in the UK.

This is all the info I can find on it...

'For 1995, the S6 was powered by a 2.2 L turbocharged five-cylinder engine producing 230 PS (169 kW/227 hp) at 5900 rpm and 326 Nm (258 ft.lbf) at around 1950 rpm. The powerful engine gave the S6 surprisingly good performance, it had a top speed of 235 km/h (151 mph) and went from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 7.1 seconds; 160 km/h (99 mph) was reached in 17.5 seconds. The vehicle came standard with a six speed manual gearbox (5 speed only in the USA), and Audi's Quattro all-wheel-drive system. It was available as both a sedan and an "Avant" (station wagon) to European and United States customers, but only as a saloon in Canada, Asia and Australia.

Audi had made a high-performance, 4.2 L V8 available as an option in the first generation European S4s, and made the decision to continue to do so with the S6, making a 290 PS (213 kW/286 hp) version of the 4.2 available as an optional upgrade over the 5-cylinder. Unlike the turbocharged version, the V8-powered S6 was shipped with automatic transmission by default, but kept the Quattro four wheel drive. A 6-speed manual gearbox was available as an option.

An even more powerful and very limited-production S6 Plus, powered by another version of the 32 valve 4.2 litre V8 (engine code AHK, later to be seen in the Audi S8, as AKH), was briefly available to European customers. Developed by Quattro GmbH, it was available for sale only during the 1997 model year(production from 04/96-07/97). Only 952 cars were produced in total - 855 Avant (Estate) and 97 saloons. Audi's performance division reworked key parts of the engine and increased the power output to 326 PS (240 kW/322 hp). During this process they also made revisions to the suspension, brakes and transmission. With so much power on tap, the S6 Plus could reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from a standstill in 5.6(saloon) and 5.7(avant) seconds, making it compareable in terms of acceleration to vehicles like the Porsche 944 Turbo.'


Does anyone know how many of these were made or have any other info on them?

[agent006]

If it's an S6 plus then it's rare. If it's just an S6 v8 then it's not. S6 was only available as a 2.2 in the UK but both 2.2 and V8 in europe. Regular V8 wasn't much cop, hence the talking down of the official figures on the (much) cheaper 2.2 and the introduction of the S6+.