RS6 Avant Deposit/Order- Waiting & Chat Room

[AstleyJ]

I sat in the new RS6 Avant yesterday at the Munich Airport showroom. They had a bright red one that was completely kitted out with pretty much everything, including carbon ceramics, Performance Plus package, etc. I will upload some images of the car. I currently am in first position for a car here in Boulder and was super excited to see the car in person. I wasn't expecting they would have one there to see. The car feels smaller than the 6 series I remembered. The interior is amazing with the steering wheel having the perfect feel. The dash and electronics are amazing and cant wait to see some driving videos of it. I will also add that the front end/headlights are awesome.

Price was 169,000 euro's which included the 19% German tax. Base price was 117,000 euros.

Images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oAc...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qEW...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14NV...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Boe...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vsG...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UKv...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10US...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bNm...ew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DnG...ew?usp=sharing

What is that powder blue color in the last photo? That is interesting.

BTW, supposedly I was "first position" as well.. Haha. I'm not interested in paying over MSRP though so if I need to wait I will. Sounds like me and you will be driving them around before anyone else around here though. Will meet you on top of the parking garage at 17th and Pearl for a photo shoot when we take delivery! What color combo are you thinking? I'm leaning Nardo at the moment. But again, that powder blue strikes a weird fancy.

[MBrock]

[ad2330]

That's what I'm talkin' about....

[Smooremin]

So glad they started doing black rings from the factory. Looks so much better with Black Optic.

[linden]

That is perfect. Someone got their's early I guess?

[CanuckRS]

MMM, HELLO!
Almost as nice as this....
Almost.

[Treeskier]

I have no words...

[Jimminez]

MMM, HELLO!
Almost as nice as this....
Almost.

I mean that’s nice but I’ll take the RS6. This ass will eventually sag.

[snohman]

Love that blacked out trim through the lights over the chrome piece

[Treeskier]

Will it? They do some amazing things with modern medicine these days...

I suppose worst case, there's always the "refreshed new model year"

I mean that’s nice but I’ll take the RS6. This ass will eventually sag.

[MBrock]

The Front:

[ad2330]

The Front:

Best looking wagon in the world. Cannot get over what a difference the BO/carbon makes. Just totally transforms the aesthetics.

[4RCFED]

Carwow first test of the RS7

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOhJux8iEc

[Treeskier]

Agreed. Opinion question on the front grill - with black optics rings, black rs6 badge and NO license plate, do you feel that the grill area is too large with too much black?

I'm planning to go BO and debadged. In PA, we don't have front plates. I'm leaning towards doing silver audi rings just so there's something to breakup / add some contrast to the giant front opening since I won't have a plate there.

Thoughts?

Best looking wagon in the world. Cannot get over what a difference the BO/carbon makes. Just totally transforms the aesthetics.

[MichaelScott]

In IL, will be ordering BO/Silver Rings/No plate. I'm going to use heavy duty zip ties til IL gets their shit together and fixes the front plate law.

Agreed. Opinion question on the front grill - with black optics rings, black rs6 badge and NO license plate, do you feel that the grill area is too large with too much black?

I'm planning to go BO and debadged. In PA, we don't have front plates. I'm leaning towards doing silver audi rings just so there's something to breakup / add some contrast to the giant front opening since I won't have a plate there.

Thoughts?

[MadAboutCars]

Interesting, especially revving when stopped:

[theatrus]

Interesting, especially revving when stopped:

From another video, the 4K rev limit seems to be while in park. The visual limiter lifted at least in neutral.


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[GeoJoe]

Can you launch an RS6 or RS7?

Asking for a friend.

[DGS6]

Can you launch an RS6 or RS7?

Asking for a friend.

C7 RS7 not a true launch control. Brake pedal until 2k plus RPM. C8 rs7/rs6 looks to come with launch control as seen in the videos.

[Jimminez]

The rev limitation won’t be in place in the US apparently.

[theatrus]

The rev limitation won’t be in place in the US apparently.

Curious. What about a count limiter on the launch control?


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[kj71109]

RS6 Nardo Grey at 5:30

[MichaelScott]

I mean that's just fucking beautiful. I rralllllllly wanna see the kemora on the RS6 tho

RS6 Nardo Grey at 5:30

[FuchsB]

My dealer just reached out and said look for 300 or less cars for the 2020 MY. Anyone else hear anything?

[theatrus]

My dealer just reached out and said look for 300 or less cars for the 2020 MY. Anyone else hear anything?

Dealer reached out this week and said “very very limited”.


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[Smooremin]

My dealer just reached out and said look for 300 or less cars for the 2020 MY. Anyone else hear anything?

I wasnt given specific numbers, but there is one key thing that I was told in this statement

[FuchsB]

I wasnt given specific numbers, but there is one key thing that I was told in this statement

Let the Audi Sport dealers allocation games officially commence

[MichaelScott]

Do tell...

I wasnt given specific numbers, but there is one key thing that I was told in this statement

[Smooremin]

Do tell...

Not yet

I have had my run in with the internet police before lol

[nh4]

Anything on when we should expect to hear (or start to pester) our dealer about getting order specs and starting Audi Exclusive discussions? I'm already either 1 or 2 on my dealer's list, I'm just getting impatient on wanting to start the order and spec'ing process!

-Jamie.

[FuchsB]

Anything on when we should expect to hear (or start to pester) our dealer about getting order specs and starting Audi Exclusive discussions? I'm already either 1 or 2 on my dealer's list, I'm just getting impatient on wanting to start the order and spec'ing process!

-Jamie.

With today’s news on ~300 stateside for 2020 I’m curious to see if Exclusive will even be available on 20’s. With that low of production I hope it’s not pushed back or start for MY21.


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[nh4]

With today’s news on ~300 stateside for 2020 I’m curious to see if Exclusive will even be available on 20’s. With that low of production I hope it’s not pushed back or start for MY21.

The initial video reviews that came out all (or at least the ones that mentioned anything at all) indicated that it would be the second half of the year before the Avant is released to the US. I think some said fall-ish. If we only get 3-4 months of 2020 MY production, it might make sense that we only get 300-ish cars in total for that MY. It might make sense from an Audi Corporate standpoint to play it that way. Plan to allocate about 300 build slots to the US market, if we gobble them up, cool, allocate more for 2021 MY, if not, sternly tell us we let them down, take their allocations and send them back to the EU.

-Jamie.

[CanuckRS]

The initial video reviews that came out all (or at least the ones that mentioned anything at all) indicated that it would be the second half of the year before the Avant is released to the US. I think some said fall-ish. If we only get 3-4 months of 2020 MY production, it might make sense that we only get 300-ish cars in total for that MY. It might make sense from an Audi Corporate standpoint to play it that way. Plan to allocate about 300 build slots to the US market, if we gobble them up, cool, allocate more for 2021 MY, if not, sternly tell us we let them down, take their allocations and send them back to the EU.

-Jamie.

Audi didn't go through all the hoops of certifying the wagon for north america to only sell a few hundred of them for 6 months. You can't sell a european model here and vice versa.
The cost is incremental to keep selling the same vehicle for many years to come once the initial investment has been made. It would make no sense to stop selling even with low volume.
Worst case scenario is they only build ones that are already sold much like mercedes does for the e63amg wagon.
The big negative comes with the C9 model, if we don't' buy enough C8, see ya later.

[Treeskier]

I agree with this, as discussed earlier in the thread. If they keep it to a "custom build / order" car, there's almost zero incremental financial risk for them with the C8 as it'll already be certified and if they only build what they sell, there's no excess cars sitting on dealer lots...so it wouldn't make sense to stop selling.

Now, that said, they could limit the number of NA models due to manufacturing line capacity. This simply becomes a timing issue - 600 people could order cars but it takes 18 months to produce all of them because of line capacity, speed, etc (I just made those example numbers up) but the incremental cost / risk is limited because all the cars are "paid for" as confirmed sales here.

Ultimately, it'll be interesting to see how they approach it but it seems safe to say (and was mentioned in a quote from an audi Exec at Frankfurt) that everyone who wants and can afford one can get one, it'll just be a matter of the timing associated with manufacturing capacity. It would be crazy for them not to fulfill 500, 600 or whatever number of confirmed orders if they get them. We're all just impatient and want to get our hands one one, hahaha

Audi didn't go through all the hoops of certifying the wagon for north america to only sell a few hundred of them for 6 months. You can't sell a european model here and vice versa.
The cost is incremental to keep selling the same vehicle for many years to come once the initial investment has been made. It would make no sense to stop selling even with low volume.
Worst case scenario is they only build ones that are already sold much like mercedes does for the e63amg wagon.
The big negative comes with the C9 model, if we don't' buy enough C8, see ya later.

[kj71109]

I agree with this, as discussed earlier in the thread. If they keep it to a "custom build / order" car, there's almost zero incremental financial risk for them with the C8 as it'll already be certified and if they only build what they sell, there's no excess cars sitting on dealer lots...so it wouldn't make sense to stop selling.

Now, that said, they could limit the number of NA models due to manufacturing line capacity. This simply becomes a timing issue - 600 people could order cars but it takes 18 months to produce all of them because of line capacity, speed, etc (I just made those example numbers up) but the incremental cost / risk is limited because all the cars are "paid for" as confirmed sales here.

Ultimately, it'll be interesting to see how they approach it but it seems safe to say (and was mentioned in a quote from an audi Exec at Frankfurt) that everyone who wants and can afford one can get one, it'll just be a matter of the timing associated with manufacturing capacity. It would be crazy for them not to fulfill 500, 600 or whatever number of confirmed orders if they get them. We're all just impatient and want to get our hands one one, hahaha

So much this!

[Al Pettee]

I agree with this, as discussed earlier in the thread. If they keep it to a "custom build / order" car, there's almost zero incremental financial risk for them with the C8 as it'll already be certified and if they only build what they sell, there's no excess cars sitting on dealer lots...so it wouldn't make sense to stop selling.

Now, that said, they could limit the number of NA models due to manufacturing line capacity. This simply becomes a timing issue - 600 people could order cars but it takes 18 months to produce all of them because of line capacity, speed, etc (I just made those example numbers up) but the incremental cost / risk is limited because all the cars are "paid for" as confirmed sales here.

Ultimately, it'll be interesting to see how they approach it but it seems safe to say (and was mentioned in a quote from an audi Exec at Frankfurt) that everyone who wants and can afford one can get one, it'll just be a matter of the timing associated with manufacturing capacity. It would be crazy for them not to fulfill 500, 600 or whatever number of confirmed orders if they get them. We're all just impatient and want to get our hands one one, hahaha

Yes, there will be only 300 RS6's for NA for 2020...if there are only 300 buyers....

The car can be made to order. If purchasing demand were high enough, that could delay the timing to get the car after ordering as suggested above, but all this talk of "restricted" allocations by sales guys, requiring deposits, is just designed to make the car sound like a limited edition model. It is only limited edition if there are limited buyers....

[Saracen]

[ad2330]

I agree with this, as discussed earlier in the thread. If they keep it to a "custom build / order" car, there's almost zero incremental financial risk for them with the C8 as it'll already be certified and if they only build what they sell, there's no excess cars sitting on dealer lots...so it wouldn't make sense to stop selling.

Now, that said, they could limit the number of NA models due to manufacturing line capacity. This simply becomes a timing issue - 600 people could order cars but it takes 18 months to produce all of them because of line capacity, speed, etc (I just made those example numbers up) but the incremental cost / risk is limited because all the cars are "paid for" as confirmed sales here.

Ultimately, it'll be interesting to see how they approach it but it seems safe to say (and was mentioned in a quote from an audi Exec at Frankfurt) that everyone who wants and can afford one can get one, it'll just be a matter of the timing associated with manufacturing capacity. It would be crazy for them not to fulfill 500, 600 or whatever number of confirmed orders if they get them. We're all just impatient and want to get our hands one one, hahaha

To this point, however, you'd think they'd be a little more on top of their shit as far as those orders go. You'd think the sooner they know how many, the better they can strategize the manufacturing hurdles, and potentially capture more orders. Every week that goes by and we're further away from the 'hype', the likelihood of them capturing a larger number of orders goes down.

Just my 2 cents.

[CanuckRS]

To this point, however, you'd think they'd be a little more on top of their shit as far as those orders go. You'd think the sooner they know how many, the better they can strategize the manufacturing hurdles, and potentially capture more orders. Every week that goes by and we're further away from the 'hype', the likelihood of them capturing a larger number of orders goes down.

Just my 2 cents.

IF they want more pre-orders, get the farking websites updated so we can build them out and put down a deposit.

[MichaelScott]

This. I can't believe they made such a big deal/announcement for US without the build tool & more info ready to go.

IF they want more pre-orders, get the farking websites updated so we can build them out and put down a deposit.