With the brand new A6 shown its face to the public, and the 2013 Audi RS6 planned for a release somewhere next year, it is time to say goodbye. Goodbye to an amazing machine, thrilling and insanely fast, yet remarkably controllable and useable too. The mid-size sports-focused second-generation Audi RS6 C6 has become a statement in the world of luxury power sedans and was a basis for a large number of tuners.

One of those tuning specialists is MTM from Wettstetten, Germany. Known for their upgrade kits fitted to numerous Audis, they introduced a Clubsport program in April of 2010 further improving the track characteristics of the V10-powered luxury saloon car. We took MTM’s RS6 Clubsport for a drive through Monte Carlo, experiencing the tuned 5.0 FSI V10 Biturbo Quattro Tiptronic engine and its improved handling in the streets of the Principality. We even got the change to test its capabilities on a small closed section of the Formula 1 race track, between Tabac and Rascasse corner.

For most people, you’d think an all-wheel drive estate with 572bhp and 650Nm of torque is quite enough. Not MTM, they improved the engine up to a whopping 730hp at 6,360rpm and a limited 785Nm between 2,750 and 6,280rpm. The 0-100km/h dash drops a whole second from 4.6sec to 3.6sec. Zero to 200 is done in 11 seconds, while the top speed rises from an electronically restricted 250km/h to either 279km/h, 290km/h, 310km/h or 340km/h depending on tyre speed homologation. A maximum top speed of 362,5km/h was reached at Nardo last year proving the RS6 Clubsport as an ultimate high-speed luxury sedan.

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