Official: TG's Family Car of the Year, the Audi RS6, will dance

There you go. Proof, just in case you weren't sure, that the new, twin-turbo V8 Audi RS6 will do silly, childish, but thoroughly entertaining skids. We did them, over in California, as part of our shiny new Top Gear Awards issue of the magazine.

Because the Audi RS6 is Top Gear's Family Car of the Year. Yep, a family car that'll happily sprint off into the distance and warp its way into the outer realms, but also house surf and ski boards. And the odd dog.

Photography: James Lipman

"Just because you can't disown the front driveshafts like an E63," explains TG's Rowan Horncastle in the new Awards issue, "being able to channel up to 85 per cent of oomph to the rear means you can still cut some shapes." Here it is, pre-shape-cutting.

"Make no mistake about it, this thing shifts. Speed is accrued at an astonishing rate," Signor Horncastle continues.

"It's got heaps of attitude: blistered bodywork a whopping 80mm wider than standard, a contemptuous frown (a throwback from the '84 Sport quattro) and bazooka tailpipes," Herr Horncastle adds.

So, the RS6 is TG's Family Car of the Year. For the full list of winners, click this bit, and for the shiny new Awards issue of the magazine, click this bit also.