Audi RS 6 Sedan (Model C6 | 2008-2010) - 20th anniversary Audi RS 6

Audi RS 6 Sedan (Model C6 | 2008-2010) The C6: the history of the crowning achievement in engine construction continues In 2008, six years after the first RS 6, the second generation followed. Audi increased not only power and displacement, but also the number of cylinders for a total of ten. There were still two turboloaders, and now five liters of displacement. Altogether, that meant 580 PS and 650 Nm of torque, available starting at 1,500 rpm. At the time, those numbers even exceeded the R8, which had a maximum of 560 PS in the R8 GT. For three years, Audi produced the largest RS engine ever. The V10 is a force of nature. It weighed 278 kg (613 lbs). To ensure the oil supply when driving through curves at high speeds, Audi turned to dry sump lubrication – a principle borrowed from motorsports: the separate oil tank allowed the V10 engine to sit in a low position, giving the whole car a low center of gravity. The system was designed for racing; it supplied up to 1.2 g of oil for longitudinal and lateral acceleration. Stephan Reil remembers well how systematic the Audi developers were in their use of every centimeter of installation space: “With its two turbochargers and manifolds, the V10 already looks like a work of art. And it&powerful. I don’t know of any engine compartment that is filled better than the one in the RS 6 C6.” As was already the case with the C5, the ten-cylinder also needed a transmission that could handle power. The six-gear automatic that it used...