Unless your memory is failing you, as an unwelcome side-effect of being cooped up at home all the time, then you might recall our news story on the Abt Audi RS7-R Sportback from a few days ago. Well, if you were sitting there and feeling a bit glum, wondering why the German tuning house hadn't worked on the RS 7 Sportback's muscular estate sibling and created the ultimate A6 Avant instead, lament no more - this is the Abt RS6-R. Usual rules apply: just 125 kits will be available from Abt for RS 6 owners craving a 740hp/920Nm hit, and you need to have the RS Dynamic Pack, the RS Suspension Plus with Dynamic Ride Control, the Carbon/Gloss Black exterior package and dark-coloured door-mirror caps all fitted to your Audi to begin with; the work will cost €69,900 (roughly £61,365) and comes with a two-year guarantee, which doesn't affect the manufacturer warranty; and, for that cash, you get new Abt turbochargers, a new Abt intercooler, an ECU remap, an Abt exhaust with 102mm-diameter carbon-fibre quad tips, Abt ride-height adjustable suspension and anti-roll bars, and a whole host of exterior and interior styling gewgaws from Abt that are specific to the RS6-R. You're basically looking at our new dream lottery-win car, to be honest.
Matt Robinson - 6 Apr 2020