zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
Tuner ABT Will Build 25 Audi RS6-based Super Wagons With 690 HP
Tuner ABT Will Build 25 Audi RS6-based Super Wagons With 690 HP-December 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:09

Image for article titled Tuner ABT Will Build 25 Audi RS6-based Super Wagons With 690 HP

I think we can all agree that Audi’s RS6 Avant is one of the coolest cars of the last decade. What’s not to love about a twin-turbo V8 AWD mega wagon? Well, okay, it’d be cooler if it had a manual transmission. And were available in brown. Where were we? Oh, right! ABT Sportsline is here to make that mega wagon into a super wagon. Hyper wagon? The limited-to-twenty-five-units ABT Audi RS6+ is what happens when an old-school tuning company gets its hands on every single system in the car. Badassery.

Immediately noticeable is the exterior carbon fiber aero and trim package. It’s extensive, as you’d expect it to be. This car is all about excess, and to that end it features carbon on the front lip, canards, mirrors, grille trim, side skirts, rear valance and roof spoiler. All of that carbon trim is coated in gloss, so you can stunt on everyone at the cars and coffee.

Obviously this car is more than about looking good, as it cranks up the handling capability of the already bonkers Audi. ABT has also fitted the car with special home-grown stiff anti-roll bars for better on-track performance. To keep the car glued to the road, a bespoke set of 22-inch wheels and sticky tires are bolted on, one to each corner. It doesn’t hurt that the wheels look pretty damn cool.

Image for article titled Tuner ABT Will Build 25 Audi RS6-based Super Wagons With 690 HP

The biggest part of the package that you’ll notice from behind the wheel is the power increase. Thankfully, ABT hasn’t had to so much as swap the turbochargers for this RS6+ build, as the engine remains all factory. With just a stainless cat-back exhaust to free up some backpressure and provide some massive 4-inch tips out back, and a “sophisticated ABT Engine Control unit” the 4-liter V8 is cranked up to 690 horsepower and 649 lb-ft of torque when you fill the tank with high test. That’s an impressive jump over the stock 591 horsepower and 590 foot-lubs that Audi gives you.

The final pieces of the puzzle are found in the special interior components that ABT has drummed up. The shift knob, shifter paddles behind the wheel, and dashboard trim have been swapped out for carbon fiber to give a visual interior hint as to what you’re driving. Tack on some “1 of 25” sill plates and special RS6+ floor mats, and you’ve got a mild taste that this is more than just a ‘normal’ RS6.

ABT doesn’t specify exactly what the plus package will cost, but if the lower-tier RS6-S package (which consists of carbon trim, wheels, anti-roll bars, and sport exhaust) will run you $36,500. Tack on another ten grand or so for the interior trim and the 100 horsepower bump, and you’re probably in the right ballpark. So that’s around 45 grand on top of your already $116,000 Audi wagon, but with only 25 built, you’re not likely to see another one on the street. And, I mean, can you think of a cooler dad-mobile?

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
Blip: I Was Close
Blip: I Was Close
Remember when , way back in those halcyon days of last month? Back then, using the highly technical and in-depth modeling algorithm known as “educated guessing.” Well, (for the JDM model, at least), and I’m curious: How’d I do? The new Civic’s horsepower is likely to change for the...
Dec 3, 2025
Toyota Is Spending Billions More on Electrification
Toyota Is Spending Billions More on Electrification
Toyota is spending billions on battery production, Berkshire Hathaway has sold some BYD shares, and internal strife at Faraday Future threatens to oust an executive. All that and more in for Wednesday, August 31, 2022. I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but electric cars are the future. Even Dodge...
Dec 3, 2025
The 2023 Mitsubishi Mirage Drops the Manual Transmission and Gets a Price Hike
The 2023 Mitsubishi Mirage Drops the Manual Transmission and Gets a Price Hike
has raised the price of the 2023 Mitsubishi Mirage and dropped the option for a manual gearbox on its long-running economy car. But before I delve into the nitty-gritty of this latest update to the , I just have to ask the following: Why? Just, why, Mitsubishi? What compelling...
Dec 3, 2025
Remember When GM Dropped A V8 in its Compact Pickup Trucks?
Remember When GM Dropped A V8 in its Compact Pickup Trucks?
There are an awful lot of examples where GM does something great. Sadly, the automaker often takes away those good ideas just as swiftly as they were introduced, leaving everyone baffled. It happened to the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon: For a few years, GM dropped a small-block V8...
Dec 3, 2025
Traffic Jams: High School Musical Cast - 'Stick to the Status Quo'
Traffic Jams: High School Musical Cast - 'Stick to the Status Quo'
Put your pitchfork down! Let me tell you why this song and music video could be one of the funniest pieces of content on the internet. “Stick to the Status Quo” from the first of the High School Musical saga,and its music video literally have everything. Weird choreography. A bad...
Dec 3, 2025
Renault Opens Reverse Assembly Line to Harvest Used Parts from Trucks
Renault Opens Reverse Assembly Line to Harvest Used Parts from Trucks
Renault is opening a “used parts factory” in France where its trucks will be broken down and their major parts harvested for use in trucks that are still running. The facility will have a reverse assembly line that’s supposed to extend the lifetime of the heavy duty vehicles sells...
Dec 3, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved