Audi RS6 vs dream garage - specifications

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On the road price/total as tested "£77,730/£79,085" "£21,545/£22,515" "£26,900/£27,360" "£25,545/£29,170"
"Residual value (after 3yrs/36,000)" "£39,642/51.0%" N/A/N/A "£13,988/52.0%" "£9,554/37.4%"
Running costs/contract hire "218ppm/£1,676" N/A 76.9ppm/£444 64.1ppm/£459
Annual tax liability std/higher rate "£5,369/£10,738" N/A/N/A "£1,883/£3,766" "£1,226/£2,452"
Annual fuel cost (12k/20k miles) "£4,057/£6,762" "£2,223/£3,705" "£2,650/£4,416" "£2,246/£3,744"
Ins. group/quote/VED band/cost 46/£945/G/£400 N/A/£275/C11/£185 45/£475/G/£400 19/£341/D/£145
Cost of 1st/2nd/3rd service £420/£580/£450 £300/£300/£300 £180/£260/£180 £118/£190/£180
Length/wheelbase "4,928/2,846mm" "3,100/2,225mm" "4,315/2,650mm" "4,830/2,850mm"
Height/width "1,460/1,889mm" "990/1,575mm" "1,325/1,815mm" "1,512/1,886mm"
Engine "V10/4,991cc" "4cyl/1,600cc" "V6/3,498cc" "4cyl/2,179cc"
Peak power "572/6,250 bhp/rpm" "150/6,900 bhp/rpm" "309/6,800 bhp/rpm" "173/3,500 bhp/rpm"
Peak torque "650/1,500 Nm/rpm" "162/5,350 Nm/rpm" "358/4,800 Nm/rpm" "420/1,750 Nm/rpm"
Transmission 6-spd auto/4wd 5-spd man/rwd 6-spd man/rwd 6-spd man/fwd
Fuel tank capacity/spare wheel 80 litres/sp. saver 36 litres/foam 80 litres/sp. saver 70 litres/sp. saver
Boot capacity (seats up/down) "565/1,660 litres" 120 litres/N/A 235 litres/N/A "542/1,733 litres"
Kerbweight/payload "2,025/630kg" 550kg/N/A "1,532/288/kg" "1,793/527kg"
Turning circle 11.5 metres 10.0 metres 11.3 metres 11.8 metres
Basic warranty (miles)/recovery "3yrs (60,000)/3yrs" 1yr/none "3yrs (60,000)/1yr" "3yrs (100,000)/1yr"
Service intervals/UK dealers Variable/135 "6,000 miles/two" "9,000 miles/209" Variable/781
Driver Power manufacturer/dealer pos 11th/16th N/A 26th/22nd 20th/26th
Euro NCAP: Adult/child/ped./points N/A N/A N/A 5/3/2/92 (hatch)
0-60/30-70mph 3.0/4.6 secs* 5.5/5.5 secs 5.8/5.3 secs 9.1/8.9 secs
30-50 in 3rd/4th 6.1/9.1 secs* 3.2/4.9 secs 3.4/4.7 secs 3.2/5.1 secs
50-70 in 5th/6th 8.8 secs/N/A 5.9/9.2 secs 6.4/8.7 secs
Top speed/rpm at 70mph "155mph/2,000" "122mph/3,500" "155mph/2,500" "130mph/2,000"
Braking 70-0/60-0/30-0mph 46.9/34.5/8.7m 50.4/41.8/10.2m 48.3/34.8/8.8m 48.5/35.5/9.0m
Noise levels outside/idle/30/70mph 67/50/61/70dB 71/70/80/91dB 56/53/65/71dB 67/50/61/70dB
Auto Express economy/range 16.0mpg/282 miles 29.2mpg/231 miles 24.5mpg/431 miles 32.3mpg/497 miles
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined 13.8/27.4/20.2mpg N/A 16.6/32.1/24.1mpg 33.6/57.6/45.6mpg
Actual/claimed CO2/tax bracket 408/333g/km/35% 223g/km/N/A/N/A 266/280g/km/35% 234/165g/km/24%
Airbags/ABS/parking sensors Six/yes/yes No/no/no Six/yes/£395 Seven/yes/yes
Air-con/leather/heated seats Yes/yes/yes No/£250/no Yes/no/no "Yes/£1,250/yes"
Alarm/xenons/active dampers Yes/yes/yes No/no/no Yes/yes/no Yes/£300/£650
Met paint/stability/cruise control Yes/yes/yes "£1,150/no/no" £460/yes/no £375/yes/yes
Sat-nav/CD changer/MP3/Bluetooth Yes/yes/yes/yes No/no/no/no No/yes/£130/yes "£1,200/y/y/£150"

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