ABT 2020 Audi RS6 Avant: How To Make A Grocery Shopper Wagon Faster Than The Latest R8 V10

By looking at the spec sheet of Audi Sport’s new RS6 Avant, it’s hard not to fall for what is essentially a very practical, very spacious, and very luxurious wagon, that also happens to be capable of embarrassing genuine sports cars on the road.

Nought to 62 mph (0-100 km/h) takes a 3.6 seconds and the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 develops 592 HP (600 PS / 441 kW) and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque. ABT was not that impressed by the performance and decided that the super estate needs even more muscle: 690 HP (700 PS / 515 kW) and 649 lb-ft (880 Nm) of torque.

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Obtained by adding their engine control unit, the extra oomph helps the car shed 0.3 seconds off the 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) acceleration dropping it down to just 3.3 seconds. If that hasn’t blown your mind yet, the this will: the tuned RS6 Avant is faster than the base 2019 R8 V10 coupe! The German supercar, which shares many components with the Lamborghini Huracan, including a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 that produces 562 HP (570 PS / 419 kW) and 413 lb-ft (560 Nm), does the 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in 3.4 seconds. Just imagine yourself driving home loaded with a van’s worth of supermarket stuff in your trunk and going toe-to-toe with an R8 – not that you would, but think about it.

In addition to the engine upgrade, you won’t find much else on the tuner’s shelves for the new RS6 Avant, apart from a couple of entrance lights. However, their offering will soon expand to include new alloy wheels, which will suit other models as well. Although they did not say it, we expect some subtle exterior and interior tweaks for the fast wagon in the near future, but until that happens, you can play with their online configurator found here, which has different vehicles from Audi, Cupra, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen.