The new Audi RS 6 Avant is (for now) the final chapter in the history of the RS and Audi high-performance vans — the first RS appeared in 1994, the seminal RS 2, developed by Porsche. And to do that, Porsche had to start somewhere and Audi S2 Avant , which appeared a year earlier, was the starting point.
If the RS 2 Avant was “born” from the Audi S2 Avant, it is clearly not lacking in potential, as this example that we bring you brutally demonstrates. Incredibly, it still keeps the 2.2 l in-line five cylinders, but the power “exploded” from 230 hp to over 700 hp — more than triple!
It's a 709 hp monster, something you'd never say watching it from the outside, but it accelerates like it's got the devil in its body.
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In this AutoTopNL video, we can see various accelerations between 100 km/h and 200 km/h. It's crazy to see that it can do it in less time than the original S2 did from 0 to 100 km/h: 5.6s against 5.9s, respectively! Respect — and what's with that tachometer?
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