This was always going to be an interesting one. An Audi supercar, or an Audi super estate? Which do you fancy in a flat out drag? The automatic go-to would be the light weight mid-engined V10…
DEC 01st 2016
Video: Can an Audi estate beat a Audi supercar?
That assumption would be ill-advised. More-door RS Audis of old took on supercars for kicks. Their bulbous bodywork was always telling of the seriously mad power within, and the current generation RS6 Performance is no exception. It can repeatedly take you, your family and your luggage to 60mph in under 4 seconds, but can it gap the R8? Auto Express got them together to find out. Find the race, noise and results, in the video above.

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