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The RS models

Since 1994 the RS models, with their high-performance

engines and quattro permanent all-wheel drive, have formed

the dynamic spearhead of the Audi model program. quattro

GmbH has been responsible for these vehicles since 2000.

The rst model the RS 2 based on the Audi 80 Avant wascreated in collaboration with Porsche in 1994. Its 2.2 liter, ve-

cylinder engine used our-valve technology and turbocharging to

produce a powerul 232 kW (315 hp). Both perormance and the

brakes were in the same league as those o powerul sports cars.

The RS 2 was only on the market or two years, but it established

a new vehicle class the high-perormance sports station wagon.

The rst RS 4 Avant in the year 2000 carried on with this concept.

It was powered by a 2.7 liter V6 engine with twin turbochargers,

generating 279 kW (380 hp). The second generation RS 4 Sedan

introduced in 2005, on the other hand, used a high-revving,

normally aspirated V8. The engine eatured direct uel injection

and generated 309 kW (420 hp), which it delivered to the wheelsvia a newly developed center dierential biased toward the rear

axle. The new RS 4 was the rst to be oered in three body styles:

Sedan, Avant and Cabriolet.

The RS 5 made its debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The

V8 FSI in the elegant coup delivers 331 kW (450 hp), and the

drivetrain eatures the latest evolution o quattro technology

the sel-locking crown gear center dierential. It is more efcient,

precise and capable than the component it replaces, and it oers

even greater traction and driving dynamics.

The RS 6 appeared in the A6 amily in 2002, and both Sedan and

Avant models were available. It eatured the versatile 4.2 liter V8;

with twin turbos supplying air, the engine generated 331 kW

(450 hp). An innovative shock absorber technology, Dynamic Ride

Control, used purely mechanical means to eectively oset pitch

and yaw. The 2005 RS 4 also beneted rom this technology. The

RS 6 an even higher powered (353 kW/480 hp), limited produc-

tion vehicle ollowed in 2004.

The second generation o the RS 6 appeared in 2008. Under thehood it had a 5.0 liter FSI V10 with twin turbochargers for 426 kW

(580 hp), the most powerul engine ever in an Audi passen-

ger car. Since the 2010 Geneva Motor Show an RS 6 once again

appears in the lineup, but once again as a limited production

vehicle. Power has remained the same, but the top speed has

been increased to 303 km/h (188.28 mph).

Since 2009, dynamic RS models have also represented the top-

o-the-line in the compact class as well. The TT RS and the TT RS

Roadster both take up the Audi tradition o ve-cylinder engines,

with their 2.5 liter power plant with direct injection producing

250 kW (340 hp). Coupled with the lightweight body made prima-

rily o aluminum, it not only provides or explosive perormance

but also high uel efciency.

Source: DVD quattro Highlights 2010 | Status: 03/2010

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