Audi did little to celebrate 20 years of the RS6 - Abt to the rescue...
Nothing is quite certain in the world of fast cars at the moment, so it’s quite reassuring to see an Abt overhaul that’s exactly how you might expect. It hasn’t branched out into different manufacturers, or tried out a fresh approach, or reined itself in one bit. This Abt creation was a fast, luxurious Audi; now it’s an even faster, even more luxurious Audi, with very few to be made for what will likely be an awful lot of money. Just like it always has been, which is nice.
The Abt Audi RS6 Legacy Edition has come about, it seems, because things won’t be how they’ve always been for very much longer. Abt describes it as the ‘crowning glory of two decades of RS6 history’, with a graphic on the engine reminding everyone that this Audi is very much powered by a V8 and this car celebrates that legacy.
The Legacy Edition also benefits from Abt coilovers and its own anti-roll bars which ‘ensure that the performance is perfectly transferred to the road’. Helps it look mean as hell on 22-inch forged wheels and slightly-wider-than-standard Goodyear Eagle F1s, too. Abt says nothing about the ride, so neither will we.
Everything else that marks out the Legacy is cosmetic, including the carbon bonnet insert that Abt is especially proud of. Not only does it help get heat out of that monster engine, it’s also passed what are likely very strict head impact tests for type approval in Germany. Bravo Abt. Additional carbon bits include the mirrors, side skirts, rear diffuser and rear wing. Arguably the LE still hasn’t made the C8 a truly handsome RS6, but there’s undoubtedly impact.
The interior gets more Alcantara than standard, as well as plentiful badges and embroidery to remind you what Abt you have and how many others there are. If you didn’t like the RS6 interior before, you won’t now. But then Abt has never really been about that bit of modifying. Maybe it will be in the brave new world that’s coming. For now, just 200 RS6 Legacy Editions will be made, surely all to be snapped up pretty quick by those desperate to get hold of Abt’s final farewell to an Audi icon.
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