US/Can Specs from AoA for the RS6 are up. No pricing.... yet.

Ernesto (ERT) · 10-27-2002, 09:58 PM

Interesting items:
* 200 shift programs to match drivers needs
* Headliner upholstered in Alcantra
* Rear window wiper and washer
* Front and Rear Parktronic
* Tire Pressure Monitor System
* Immobilizer III

Options:
* PWX- Solar Sunroof, Power rear and manual sunshades
* Rear side airbags
* Audi Navigation
* Carbon Fiber Interior Trim
* Motorola Digital Phone
* 1yr of Onstar

Specs:
* 21.7gal fuel tank

There's no space between the R and S6

BryanR2.7T · 10-27-2002, 10:30 PM

Aries · 10-28-2002, 04:57 AM

the RS6 video testers (Kabel1 video program)commented were not as high quality as the trims in M5 and E55 AMG? Hopefully carbon fiber looks better quality and nicer.

Pity the beautiful Recaro seats (with non-slip leather!) are not offered. What kind of support will the regular A6 sports seats give when you have to use the added performance capabilties of the RS6? AoA should have brought in an RS6 for a promotional event, invite us to test drive it and then send it for crash testing to get the Recaro seats approved for the US market. Or get buyers to sign a disclaimer if we want the Recaros... well, maybe not.

I couldn't see any 19" wheel/tire options for this type of high performance car that I think are available in Europe.

Audi is still listing 0-60mph (0-100km/h)performance at 4.6 sec. Kabel1 video testers got only 5.5 sec for 0-100 with the RS6 against the E55AMG and M5 (see video in my Oct 15 post and translation of commentary in my latter post). EVO mag testers (Oct 2002) couldn't break 5 sec for 0 to 60.

Otherwise the rest of the package looks very good. AoA needs to make better RS6 color choices than they have made for the A6 recently, given the great range of Audi colours available to the Europeans.

Thanks, for this very helpful info!

schvetkaaks · 10-28-2002, 08:22 AM

Finman · 10-28-2002, 09:05 AM

I'll definitely be going for either the poplar or the piano black...carbon fibre looks like plastic...cheesy...I saw Len Hunt's 911 with the carbon package ($8000 in CF...yeah, right)...and it looked like the crap that ricers stick inside their Civic Si-s...

No offense to anyone with CF but I just think it looks cheap...if you like it, screw what I say!

jc · 10-28-2002, 09:31 AM

carbonLORD · 10-28-2002, 09:40 AM

I'm looking for the Piano black or Grey Birch like the S8 has.

CF trim always looks like fake trim weather real or not. Better for the Honda/Acura crowd, not German super sedans.

Finman · 10-28-2002, 10:15 AM

not to decorate the interior of a fine automobile!

Aries · 10-28-2002, 02:28 PM

and BMW." That leaves the piano black then... I wish I could see an RS 6 in each trim.

Ricer? Finman, we have to send you for orientation in a Honda Factory in Japan for a month, before sending you to Ingolstadt.

10-27-2002, 09:58 PM	#1
Ernesto (ERT) Member Account #: 1585 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 4,085	US/Can Specs from AoA for the RS6 are up. No pricing.... yet. Interesting items: * 200 shift programs to match drivers needs * Headliner upholstered in Alcantra * Rear window wiper and washer * Front and Rear Parktronic * Tire Pressure Monitor System * Immobilizer III Options: * PWX- Solar Sunroof, Power rear and manual sunshades * Rear side airbags * Audi Navigation * Carbon Fiber Interior Trim * Motorola Digital Phone * 1yr of Onstar Specs: * 21.7gal fuel tank There's no space between the R and S6 __________________ _____________________________________ "Life itself is a race, marked by a start, and a finish. It is what we learn during the race, and how we apply it, that determines whether our participation has had particular value. If we learn from each success, and each failure, and improve ourselves through this process, then at the end, we have fulfilled our potential and performed well." Dr. Ferdinand Porsche- 1952 _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ <

10-27-2002, 10:30 PM	#2
BryanR2.7T Member Account #: 36363 Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 563	Are they actually running a 14V battery? Or is this a typo? __________________ BryanR '02 A6 2.7T 6spd Ming Blue Mods = Just about everything!

10-28-2002, 04:57 AM	#3
Aries Junior Member Account #: 28279 Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 720	Has anyone seen the optional Carbon Fiber Interior Trim inserts to replace Poplar Wood Inserts that the RS6 video testers (Kabel1 video program)commented were not as high quality as the trims in M5 and E55 AMG? Hopefully carbon fiber looks better quality and nicer. Pity the beautiful Recaro seats (with non-slip leather!) are not offered. What kind of support will the regular A6 sports seats give when you have to use the added performance capabilties of the RS6? AoA should have brought in an RS6 for a promotional event, invite us to test drive it and then send it for crash testing to get the Recaro seats approved for the US market. Or get buyers to sign a disclaimer if we want the Recaros... well, maybe not. I couldn't see any 19" wheel/tire options for this type of high performance car that I think are available in Europe. Audi is still listing 0-60mph (0-100km/h)performance at 4.6 sec. Kabel1 video testers got only 5.5 sec for 0-100 with the RS6 against the E55AMG and M5 (see video in my Oct 15 post and translation of commentary in my latter post). EVO mag testers (Oct 2002) couldn't break 5 sec for 0 to 60. Otherwise the rest of the package looks very good. AoA needs to make better RS6 color choices than they have made for the A6 recently, given the great range of Audi colours available to the Europeans. Thanks, for this very helpful info!

10-28-2002, 08:22 AM	#4
schvetkaaks Junior Member Account #: 34329 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,000	How can there be a rear window wiper and washer? that's for Avant and there's no RS6 Avant in US __________________ <schvetkaaks> --sunny coastal Southern Cal-- --Porsche Boxster S, Mercedes-Benz E500 sport, Audi A6 Avant--

10-28-2002, 09:05 AM	#5
Finman Elder Member Account #: 12452 Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 12,700	The color choices are the same as those in Europe...plus CF looks like ass anyway... I'll definitely be going for either the poplar or the piano black...carbon fibre looks like plastic...cheesy...I saw Len Hunt's 911 with the carbon package ($8000 in CF...yeah, right)...and it looked like the crap that ricers stick inside their Civic Si-s... No offense to anyone with CF but I just think it looks cheap...if you like it, screw what I say! __________________ 2001 A6 4.2 "Superfast Silver" *SOLD* :( 2002 S6 Avant "Cop-Camouflage Amulet" 2003 20AE GTI *SOLD* 2008 Land Rover LR3 2008 Mercedes E320 Bluetec

10-28-2002, 09:31 AM	#6
jc AudiWorld Super User Account #: 318 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 9,338	No 19s??? __________________ ---- Santa Cat Gonna Get ya...

10-28-2002, 09:40 AM	#7
carbonLORD AudiWorld Uber User Account #: 33185 Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 42,983	I second that and I am a LORD of the stuff I'm looking for the Piano black or Grey Birch like the S8 has. CF trim always looks like fake trim weather real or not. Better for the Honda/Acura crowd, not German super sedans. __________________ "Change is inevitable" \| RS 6 Stuff \| www.carbonLORD.com \| 08 TT 2.0

10-28-2002, 10:15 AM	#8
Finman Elder Member Account #: 12452 Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 12,700	WOW! I never thought YOU would agree! Good for keeping things light and strong... not to decorate the interior of a fine automobile! __________________ 2001 A6 4.2 "Superfast Silver" *SOLD* :( 2002 S6 Avant "Cop-Camouflage Amulet" 2003 20AE GTI *SOLD* 2008 Land Rover LR3 2008 Mercedes E320 Bluetec

10-28-2002, 02:28 PM	#9
Aries Junior Member Account #: 28279 Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 720	OK. NO Carbon Fiber ricermobile unLORDed. NO Poplar Wood "not complete as high quality as Mercedes and BMW." That leaves the piano black then... I wish I could see an RS 6 in each trim. Ricer? Finman, we have to send you for orientation in a Honda Factory in Japan for a month, before sending you to Ingolstadt.

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