How Much Quicker Is The 552bhp Audi RS6 Compared To A 'Normal' Fast Estate?
In normal company, our trusty Skoda Octavia vRS longtermer would be considered a pretty quick car. 217hp isn’t a huge amount in Interwebz terms, but in the real world it’s more than enough to get you in trouble. However, at the other end of the ‘fast estate’ scale, I recently had an Audi RS6 on test. If you read my blog about the experience, you’ll know that it’s pointlessly fast but utterly bewitching - it’s by no means ‘normal company’, basically.
We throw these power figures around online to give you an idea of on-paper performance, but they don’t really mean anything without context. So just how much difference is there between a 552bhp, all-wheel drive mega wagon and a 217bhp front-wheel drive family estate? Watch the video above to find out… quite a big difference, right?
The test we conducted was a 0-60-0mph test to allow us to not only compare acceleration, but also how quickly the pair could gather themselves up and get stopped.
We didn’t have timing equipment available at the time, however the vRS scrabbled its way to a pretty decent 0-60mph time of around six seconds; the RS6 managed the same sprint in around half the time. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of our impromptu test was the fact that the RS6 managed to hit 60mph and get to zero before the Octavia had even started braking!
It’s no surprise that the big Audi absolutely destroyed the poor Skoda, but by quite how devastating the victory was is what’s so impressive. The Skoda’s no slouch, but it was left in the RS6’s dust. So next time you’re wondering how much of a difference big power (and Quattro, of course) makes, remember this video.
Comments
The RS6 started braking even before the Octavia was out of 1st gear! I would be very sad if I had just bought the Octavia
I wouldn’t feel too sad, the RS6 is nearly three times the price after all!
The moment a Prius says it’s sad it only bought an Octavia
I paid 20600 for mine as an ex demonstrator with good spec, 2months old and 1300 on the clock. You pay more than that for an 8/9 year old rs6 with less than 70k on the clock.
Not in the slightest bit sad here mate!
you pay too much insurance and taxes and dont forget the gas
for a everyday car I would take the Octavia
Watch out for the RS6 Performance!
The RS6 is the perfect family car…the kids will also never be late to schoo
and they’ll love the rides to school :D
I just wish either one of these ever get to America. We get the worst cars
You get the Golf GTI and RS7 which suit your market better I guess
Well our Camries and Accords are way more powerful than the vRS at least…
Didn’t Driving (supplement to Sunday Times) do a comparison of a Skoda Octavio estate against an E63 AMG estate and RS6 recently?
I’m a BMW enthusiast but even I have to admit that audi definitely makes the best estates/wagons in the market.
Mercedes E63 /////AMG S WAGON
Cadillac CTS V wagon. Wish it was more available in Europe though
I love it when ppl go full r-tard and makes this kind of head to head happen, something that the others wouldn’t even consider.
This is why I have serious doubts about the Leon cupra estate being the fastest around the ring. It’s a track, there’s no way a competent pilot would be slower in a car with twice the power and AWD versus FWD.
Ring times should probably be taken with a pinch of salt.
Matt’s laugh and comment at the end: I continue to see similarities between us.
But, for me, the word is not “violent” but “psycho.”
You know, my word for driving hard, getting airborne and proper hooning is “psycho.”
That was my comment! I’ll remember to use psycho next time.
The only RS6 that Octavia is beating is Jon Olsson’s.Too soon?
Still. Yup. 😂