Spied: 2013 Audi RS6 Avant
Jan 26, 2012 | 08:21 AM
#31
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From: Munich,Germany
you can already configure and buy the new S6,..so this test mule just uses the looks of the S6 to keep it from being identified as anRS6 at the first glance
the car next to it might be an R8 GT
Jan 26, 2012 | 01:10 PM
#35
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From: Los Angeles
I wish we would sign up with ECE and get rid of this useless NHTSA that gave us among a list of impressively smart and useful regulations, super duper powerful airbags calibrated for unbelted adult male.
Feb 4, 2012 | 02:29 PM
#37
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From: Seattle/Maltby/Chelan
They're too dangerous to have in the states! People would be dying every single day from RS6 crashes. Sure, the A6 Avant may have passed crash testing perfectly fine, but this thing has a new bumper cover and different FENDERS! That changes everything and complete nullifies the A6 tests. Audi must destroy several of them in government crash testing before we can be confident that they are safe for our roads.
The president of Audi of America admitted that the requirement to destroy several examples in crash testing is the only reason we don't get them. He knows we want them, but not enough people want them to offset the regulatory destruction.
The president of Audi of America admitted that the requirement to destroy several examples in crash testing is the only reason we don't get them. He knows we want them, but not enough people want them to offset the regulatory destruction.
There has to be some exclusivity clause saying that the expected number of sales of a certain car would not make any difference to whether they are "safe" or not.
I was saying the same thing on another forum about how the US didnt allow the Huyara to be sold here for the same reason.
Also, on this note, do Ferrari and Lamborghini have to go through the crash testing processes to qualify for United States sales?
Regardless, this is an absolutely stunning wagon and I cannot imagine one that I would want more.
Last edited by Scootypuff Jr.; Feb 4, 2012 at 02:30 PM.
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