Starts at $126,600
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What's New for 2025?
Essentially unchanged, the 2025 RS 6 Avant gets relocated Homelink buttons (to the rearview mirror housing) and standard traffic-sign recognition.
FAST FACTS
"A stylistic masterpiece with a twin-turbo V8 under the hood that's masterful in its own right, the RS 6 Avant is a rolling reminder that the Germans are on a different planet when it comes to building luxury performance cars, or gas-powered ones, at least. We've seen German automakers lose a lot of ground in the EV arena because the tradecraft they bring to internal-combustion powertrains just isn't relevant to electric motors. But if you want to experience peak Teutonic ICE excellence, the RS 6 Avant beckons."—Ranked #1 out of 2 Midsize High-Performance Wagons
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Josh has been reviewing cars professionally since joining Edmunds.com fresh out of grad school in 2008, personally driving most new cars on the market every year since. He also served as the project manager for Edmunds' expert vehicle rankings from their inception in 2018, building the product out from the back end to the front end. Josh is a card-carrying member of the Motor Press Guild and a lifelong car nut who has tested, compared and critiqued a ridiculous number of cars in his career.
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