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12 October 2009 - 11:00

RS6 Avant hits 214mph

Fancy a 344km/h RS6 Avant, anyone? Then give MTM a call. That's what its Audi clocked at a recent speed event on the Nardo high-speed bowl in Italy.

To hit that sort of speed, the Audi tune-meisters had some boffins look at the RS6's 5.0-litre V10, then fiddle with it until 523kW was being sent to the wheels. No wonder it did 0-200km/h in German) in 11 seconds... which is still nearly four seconds off the Veyron's time. Hmm, disappointing.

Still, we bet Hammond would've liked one of these when he raced those skiers down a mountain...