Tuesday 17th September 2002

Audi RS6

Load lugger hits sixty in 4.7 seconds

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[gaters]

Amazing that the 2--4 car does o - 62 in 4.7 secs and 4 years on with an engine that is 150bhp more powerful it only improves to 4.6secs. Whats that all about? Was the 2004 model that good?

[scooby wrx sti]

The old enemy wieght

RS6 2004 1840kg 440hp power to wieght 242 hp per ton

RS6 2006 2025kg 572hp power to wieght 282 hp per ton

40hp is not a big enough leap.

In a 700kg lotus elise yes, in a 2 ton audi no

Edited by scooby wrx sti on Saturday 8th December 16:51

[gaters]

Sccoby - what is the comparative bhp to weight ratio in the wrx

[scooby wrx sti]

not as much as i thought considering the reputation

wrx approx 180hp/ton 0-60 5.5

wrx sti approx 200 hp/ton 0-60 5.3

wrx sti ppp approx 220 hp/ton 0-60 5.0

2004 rs6 240 hp/ton 0-60 4.7

2007 rs6 280 hp/ton 0-60 4.6

i've put approx against the scoobies, i mean have you ever seen/heard a standard one

[Welshbeef]

scooby wrx sti said:

not as much as i thought considering the reputation

wrx approx 180hp/ton 0-60 5.5

wrx sti approx 200 hp/ton 0-60 5.3

wrx sti ppp approx 220 hp/ton 0-60 5.0

2004 rs6 240 hp/ton 0-60 4.7

2007 rs6 280 hp/ton 0-60 4.6

i've put approx against the scoobies, i mean have you ever seen/heard a standard one

The thing is though to get down to say 4.0 would take a big step up in bhp/tonne and to be frank would be very difficult to notice.

RS6 4.2v8 bi turbo mmmmm
Whats a good price for these now? £20-30k? and how much lower will they go? Is the old RS4 better in that respect i.e. losing less money? Also do people have an issue with buying a £20k+ car with 100k miles on it??

[NP100]

Welshbeef said:

scooby wrx sti said:

not as much as i thought considering the reputation

wrx approx 180hp/ton 0-60 5.5

wrx sti approx 200 hp/ton 0-60 5.3

wrx sti ppp approx 220 hp/ton 0-60 5.0

2004 rs6 240 hp/ton 0-60 4.7

2007 rs6 280 hp/ton 0-60 4.6

i've put approx against the scoobies, i mean have you ever seen/heard a standard one

The thing is though to get down to say 4.0 would take a big step up in bhp/tonne and to be frank would be very difficult to notice.

RS6 4.2v8 bi turbo mmmmm
Whats a good price for these now? £20-30k? and how much lower will they go? Is the old RS4 better in that respect i.e. losing less money? Also do people have an issue with buying a £20k+ car with 100k miles on it??

You can get a very good RS6 for £25,000.They really are excellent cars and exclusive,but the older B5 RS4 are very exclusive and hold there value extremely well,some still fetching over £25,000.The engines on the RS4 B5 are excellent. I currently own a B5 S4 and the sound is beautiful.I would recommend either.

Why 2 owners i will never know but this is one piece of kit i wouldn't mind owning

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/284235.htm

Edited by NP100 on Tuesday 11th December 12:06

[Dracoro]

0-60 is pretty much a crap measurement with these type of cars. Once moving, they are blisteringly quick. The weight dampens the 0-60 of course, check all the other rolling performance figures and it will be VERY fast.

It's a bit naive on somewhere like PH to read too much into 0-60 figures anyway. Most of us *should* know that this doesn't tell the whole story.

[scooby wrx sti]

i agree, i was offering an answer to the question being possed

and any how i bet everyone reading this post will know excatly what the

offical 0-60 time of their car is, it's the kind of thing people like to know.

[gaters]

Your right Scooby - not everyone on PH is a non naive walking encylcopedia - I asked the original question and you gave me an informed answer - thankyou.

I have an RS6 and I love it - the noise the pace and the feeling that it has some much speed pick up at anytime. I plan to keep it for a long while!!

Cheers