ORANG50
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My co-worker brought her husband's Audi S6 into work earlier this week when we had to attend a meeting at another facility and discussed carpooling. She thought it was a MY15, but wasn't sure. When she had mentioned it before, I looked up some numbers and noted that the MY16 S6 had a few more ponies than the 2015 GT, and a little more weight, but was nearly a second better in the 0-60 and 1/4 mile than the 2015 GT. I later went back and did more research, and found that the 2016 S6 numbers were estimated, and the estimates had since been revised to be very close to the 2015 GT. Anyway, back to my time in the passenger seat of the S6...
My co-worker is definitely a bit of a conservative driver, but she hammered on the gas a couple of times from a 5mph roll, and the car seemed to have excellent throttle response and quick acceleration with no turbo lag that was noticeable by me. Also, the car felt very controlled and refined in acceleration, quick yet casual. Interior materials seemed to be a notch above a GT Premium (although I haven't seen a Premier Trim in person yet), as did the tech. The engine however was very quiet, and so where the turbos. The tire/road noise, however was not very quiet at all at highway, which I found to be distracting and very disappointing.
While the S6 certainly seemed to play the part of luxury sports sedan very convincingly and seemed to be a bit more refined and advanced than a decked out S550, I'm didn't not feel like the MSRP jump was justifiable...not that I'm contemplating buying an S6 anyway.
However, down to brass tacks...if the opportunity arose to put that car head to head with my GT PP when I get it, how are the chips gonna fall, stock for stock? But speaking of chips, also, what if the S6 got chipped/tuned and the GT PP where whippled?
My co-worker is definitely a bit of a conservative driver, but she hammered on the gas a couple of times from a 5mph roll, and the car seemed to have excellent throttle response and quick acceleration with no turbo lag that was noticeable by me. Also, the car felt very controlled and refined in acceleration, quick yet casual. Interior materials seemed to be a notch above a GT Premium (although I haven't seen a Premier Trim in person yet), as did the tech. The engine however was very quiet, and so where the turbos. The tire/road noise, however was not very quiet at all at highway, which I found to be distracting and very disappointing.
While the S6 certainly seemed to play the part of luxury sports sedan very convincingly and seemed to be a bit more refined and advanced than a decked out S550, I'm didn't not feel like the MSRP jump was justifiable...not that I'm contemplating buying an S6 anyway.
However, down to brass tacks...if the opportunity arose to put that car head to head with my GT PP when I get it, how are the chips gonna fall, stock for stock? But speaking of chips, also, what if the S6 got chipped/tuned and the GT PP where whippled?
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