2013 Audi RS6 Avant

Shortly after uncovering the first details on the upcoming Audi RS6 sedan, our spy photographers were able to catch the Avant version testing during winter conditions somewhere in the coldest areas of Sweden. A more aggressive front fascia, wider track, and add-on fender flares make this a pre-production prototype of the RS6 Avant.

Like its sedan brother, the RS6 Avant will feature some modifications on the lower intakes, but the add-on flares will have integrated fender flares and possibly box flares like those seen on the Ur-quattro. Audi, along with everyone else, is also working on reducing the car’s weight by as much as possible, meaning that many of the car’s elements - like the front fenders we’ve already seen on the RS3 - will be built in lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP). The wheels have also received big ceramic brakes.

Where power is concerned, the future RS6 Avant will feature the same 4.0 TFSI bi-turbo V8 recently seen in the S6 and S8 models, as well as in the new Bentley Continental GT V8. In these models, the V8 engine delivers 500 HP, so with the reduction in weight and added aerodynamic features, expect it to produce the same output -580 HP - as in the current V10 model.

The new Audi RS6 Avant will go on sale sometime in 2013.

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