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Most Fun, redux.(review of Audi's RS6)(Brief Article)

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| April 08, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

When we named Audi's ultra-high-performance RS6 Most Fun car at the Geneva motor show (AW, March 18) and then bestowed upon it one of our annual Best of the Best (page 28) trophies, we hinted it might head stateside. At the New York show, Audi of America vp Len Hunt confirmed our suspicions: The A6-based five-passenger RS6 sedan comes stateside by mid-2003.

Packing a bi-turbocharged, 4.2-liter five-valve-per-cylinder V8, the 450-horsepower RS6 reportedly goes 0 to 60 mph in a mere 4.6 seconds and tops out at an electronically governed 155 mph. The engine develops 415 lb-ft of torque from 1950 to 5600 rpm. A five-speed Tiptronic ...

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