those diamond-stitch seats are stunning

As an owner of a 16 S6 with similar work done to it, I can tell you that the car DOES NOT HAVE SPRINGS. I lowered the car via the factory air suspension, and the car does handle better. In terms of exhaust, I did downpipes but chose to leave the factory sport exhaust. It is loud under WOT with dynamic mode/trans in sport, but in auto or comfort, it is super quiet. I plan on adding exhaust cutouts soon for that "fuck you" noise that I desire once in awhile.

With the owner out of the car, atleast people cannot complain about him, another great one take Matt

after owning and driving an audi for so long its hard not to appreciate the sheer beauty and quality put into them, unparallelled by american vehicles

Greetings from germany. Once, I was a co-driver in a 2015 Audi RS6 Avant. It was a great joy, extremly fast for such a heavy car and so practically. A shame that they are not sold in U.S.

thank you owner of the s6 for letting Matt drive it you have a amazing car! its beautifull machine stunning!

He seems surprised what kind of a good car this is.. It's an Audi buddy, they are ALWAYS good

Those downshift blips sound crazy from the outside.

what a freaking beautiful car. can't go wrong here

I love that car. Audi does such a good job at making fast cars you can live with every day

As an owner of an s6. The biggest insult the car ever gets from others is “it’s a dad car” “ it’s to heavy to perform or compete” I’ve driven a m4 an m3 a c63s and many more cars that are lighter. It feels the same for majority of the ride. Like you said extremely light on its feet. It may be heavier but it doesn’t feel that way. And when you push it up to big numbers it can do more than compete

Hands down my favourite car still, years after seeing this video the first time. I have a 400-450hp APR stg2 A6 and saving for an S6. An S6 at stage 2, with RS turbo on it (a legit option supported by APR), make 600hp/617tq on 91, 634hp/671tq on 94 gas (what I would do), and peak 707/714 on race gas!! That's the same power as a Hellcat !!!

The sound of the car passing by is awesome.

Nice review, i recently got a tune on my S7. Amazing how much it wakes up the car!

matt, i'm supposed to be doing homework and studying. I've been watching one takes for the past week. Keep up the awesome work!

Ive never liked Audi's but that thing is just stunning.

Sounds amazing! and those seats are sick

Holy hell those downshifts are just sublime!

This car is so beautiful. Understated beauty is what I love.

Man alive, does that thing sound spectacular. Sweet ride.

That exhaust note gave me life!

Great video Matt! I've really been feeling the S6's lately and this gave me a good idea on how to make mine. You should do a GT-R next ^_^ I really liked the Supercharged Acura Type-R AND the Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo video. Thank you Matt for always delivering and making each video enjoyable for us to watch! I also haven't been feeling any BMW's because I feel like they've lost their excitement. To me they just seem like regular cars. I've never owned one so I wouldn't know.

When you said "weeee" coming out the corner haha you're something else Matt, great video!

Sick! You were moving very quick!

The DSG box has torque limiters for each gear which is why it upshifted early even in manual mode, you can have the DSG box remapped to change the rev limiter. When tuning things like the Golf R you usually tune the box when you do the engine but maybe if this tuned V8 engine was already pushing the gearbox anyway maybe better to have that margin of protection. That's said it is robbing you of some of that top end power.

a debadged modified S6 would make a great sleeper car! the 'non flared arches' add to the stealthiness compared to the RS6

I just bought a 2018 A6 and its such a comfortable vehicle to drive, and gorgeous to look at, as well. Doesn't have to be an S or RS for me, I just love how they look and make other people look 😉

Look at those seats

From the outside, that is easily one of the best sounding cars out there. It's strikes me as odd that when people list great-sounding engines, you almost never hear anyone bring up those fantastic Audi V8's.

That is a nice car, man. I'm really loving it, too. Huge step up from my old 1994 Mercedes C280 I drove years back. Both Euro luxury, but this S6 blows it out of the water in terms of power.

Great review as usual Matt! Thanks!

Those V8s sound so great! :)

Look at those beautiful seats

I would probably put the S6 among my favorite cars. Great power, balanced chassis.. and let's not forget Quattro AWD.

So much want. I love the way Audi engines sound.

I love The Upshift into Corners Great Setup

+1.. Great review. .. Gotta luv the S6 owners generosity. .. Thanks!

This is such a good looking car!

That is such a good looking car, tint all around helps also

That thing is savage. Nice ride

Those seats. mmm delicious

This is a great daily car fast, loud, and luxurious.

Matt wants pads and fluid on everythang

This looks fast and also looks like it carries a lot of speed in the turns. Tight turn radius for the size of this car.

Oh shit. Matts R32 GTR in the background!

Awesome sound!

Sounds so good!

I love this car.

The 1.8t was the deep Roots where all these new Audi motors came from. Where they learned how to make big torque out of small displacement efficiently.

lovee this car..keep making more audis, try some 6 speeds too. they are fun

Saw your new R32 in the background, no excuse not to film it then! I reeeeeeally wanna see that.

Audi's scream class love it!

What a beast! Sounds great, and drives the part too. Blending agility & ride quality, and authoritative loudness & quiet cruising isn't an easy feat. But by god, this S6 has done it! And it will only get better from there. My '89 Grand Marquis should be something like this 2 years from now speed-wise. An all aluminum 302 with forged everything should save me at least 150 pounds, while making more power, more reliable power, and more usable power than stock. Won't be making 520 at the wheels, but she'll only weigh some 3450 pounds without me in it. Not bad for old iron. :-) Brakes, chassis, and transmission needs to get done first though. 4R70W swap, poly everything, big brakes, etc.

That R in the background though. can't be unseen.

I read 420 HP from a TT 4L V8 & immediately knew that shit was ready for more power.

beautiful, well taken care.

Kick ass seats those are!

I'm not a big Audi fan but that thing is beautiful.

Need this as my daily!

We all appreciate you thank you for that post,,,,TEAM AUDI 0000

Cool car nothing outrageous just luxury and power

THE SOUND OF THE EXHAUST AFTER THE DRIVE BY WHEN YOU "BLIP IT" !!

Digging the S6.

Great Sound

Love those downshifts

I have the last gen V10 S6 as my daily. the new one is on the want list some day.

Damn I'd love to see it with those ADVs on. Very impressive though, when you evaluate the loss of power to quattro this thing is making well over 600bhp.

What a beauty!

the new audis are so nice.. damn

AWE makes some great sounding exhausts. It's what I wanted on my Audi before I sold it.

Coffee... check Computer booted... check One Take... check Let the day begin!

You can tell that guy in the MX-5 was checking out Matt's Skyline

@TheSmokingTire considering APR makes and has done RS7/6 turbos swaps onto S7/6 models the dual clutch can most likely hold these lower levels of power.

it sounds like love

Matt, traction control is keeping the rev locked a grand below where you want it... Disable it and it will not restrict you from go higher. Not sure why Audi chose to do that but its the same on the S4 and most of the s models in general. Nice review by the way

Is it possible to get an exact exhaust system spec on this S6? This is by far the best exhaust sound I've heard on an S6.

He said, "Go at it alone 😀." Very generous indeed.

Check out Metcalf Road in San Jose, it connects to the San Felipe Road with great uphill and a ton of S curves . I am actually adjusting my suspension just for this road.

Hey Matt & guys at the smoking tire, do you think you could include exhaust notes at the beginning of the video while doing the intro? tell what exhaust it is and a little rev or 2. just a suggestion I really love watching your videos! Thanks again!

I genuinely wish these had a manual option. Fun to drive, reliable, and a clutch replacement away for more power.

The stock DSG box does automatic down and up shifts even in manual, which is a pain. The fix is a DSG remap, which can make the manual mode like an actual manual :)

Dads got a 2014 S6 but refuses to tune it! He's no fun at that game haha. Great video!

my god. I'll kill for that car.

Beautiful car😀

an Audi s6 is my dream car...

I love my S8 even more than my old S6.

stunning car, too bad the owner did'nt wanna appear on camera. thats one of the best sounding engines of all time imho.

I know this is a super old video, and somebody probably has mentioned it, but if you push the shifter right in the D/S position, it puts it in full manual mode and won't auto shift.

reminds me of Harris' red s4, fast and subtle. This is just alot cleaner lol

I like THAT! Done RIGHT!! Nice AUDI ..

Really looking into the RS3! The 5 cylinder really pulls and sounds amazing

I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE, MATT'S LINE OF SKY.

skyline in back!

excellent

Audi/quattro GmbH also said the 5spd auto in the C5 RS6 was the only transmission that could handle the increased torque from the 4.2 biturbo; lo and behold the hundreds of broken trans and torque converters since then (at stock power levels, mind you)! I'm sure they'll find the limits of the dual clutch in the S6 soon enough. Speaking of transmissions, Matt Farah, when will we see your Vanquish?!

The car aside i would like to take a ride on this road!

At stage 3, with RS turbos, they run basically 11s dead quarter miles, at 707hp/714tq.

Would love to see you do a review on the grey R32 in the background!!!If you're ever in the UK it would be great if you could have a go in mine :)

There's a couple companies that make tunes for DSG that will make manual mode more true to name where you will bounce off the rev limited, bog the engine etc... all the beauties of a real manual. More importantly they will increase the revs for the launch control. BTW disappointed you didn't do a launch. Love your work though.

@Winstan Audis are the shit people have been sleeping on them for a while