In 2020, no fewer than 12 Audi apprentices wanted about six months to construct the one-off RS6 GTO as a tribute to the 90 Quattro IMSA GTO. The extraordinarily rad wagon did not get the prolonged picture gallery it deserved at its debut, however fortunately, Auditography is right here to repair that with extra pictures and a video besides. Whereas this may increasingly appear like one thing you’d construct in a online game, it is as actual because it will get.
Sure, these are aspect exhausts, and very like the white wheel covers and the livery, they seem to be a nod to the IMSA race automotive from 1989. One might say the tip result’s maybe a bit on the wild aspect, however since that is solely a one-off that you will by no means discover on the Audi vendor close to you, it is comprehensible why the apprentices went to city customizing the hardcore Avant.
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A full 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) wider than a humble A6 Avant, the RS6 GTO went by means of some modifications on the within as effectively. There is a full roll cage akin to a race automotive, together with Recaro bucket seats and a rear seat delete to shave off weight. That customized engine cowl with purple accents conceals the upgraded twin-turbo V8 4.0-liter unit, now pushing out 705 horsepower and a mountain-moving 664 pound-feet (900 Newton-meters) of torque.
With a little bit over 100 horsepower greater than the usual RS6 and an additional 74 lb-ft (100 Nm) on faucet, Ingolstadt’s eccentric thought of a GTO catapults itself to 62 mph (100 km/h) in about three seconds earlier than maxing out at 193 mph (310 km/h). These are spectacular numbers for a automotive that weighs 4,960 kilos (2,250 kilograms) in customary specification for the US market.
It appears extremely unlikely we’ll ever see a manufacturing RS6 in an identical spirit, however Audi has hinted at a warmer model of its speedy household hauler. Possible referring to the Efficiency model, the 4 Rings have instructed a hybrid model might arrive later within the life cycle, presumably pushing the horsepower and torque figures to hypercar ranges from not that a few years in the past.
The RS7 Sportback is predicted to get an similar electrified powertrain, and we already know the smaller RS4 Avant will bounce on the hybrid bandwagon for its subsequent technology. In the meantime, this GTO makes us dream of a devoted racing sequence for the RS6 Avant.
