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Byline: GREG KABLE
Audi will drop a twin-turbocharged, 5.2-liter, 580-hp V10 engine under the lightweight aluminum hood of its second-generation RS6, boosting output by 145 hp over its twin-turbocharged, 4.2-liter-V8-powered predecessor.
The new RS6 makes its public debut at the Frankfurt show; although it's not planned for sale in the United States, sources in Germany say the car could make its way here by mid-2008.
As tradition dictates, the 2009 RS6 gets additional visual muscle through a subtle reworking of the S6's exterior styling. A more heavily profiled front bumper has larger cooling ducts, a revised grille boasting a brushed-aluminum frame and headlamps with bixenon lenses, halogen fog lamps and a series of LEDs nestled along their lower edges that illuminate during daytime running.
The flanks see the most significant design change in the form of bulging wheel arches. These hark back to Audi's legendary ...