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The last-generation Audi RS6 Avant might not have come to the U.S., but we still love it. A twin-turbo V-8–powered wagon making over 500 horsepower is always a good time, after all. This one’s been tuned by Akrapovič, and it’s capable of over 200 mph. But it does have at least one electrical gremlin that needs sorting out.
The AutoTopNL YouTube channel was given the opportunity to do some top-speed testing on this Akrapovič RS6. The test driver doesn’t hold any of the car’s 700 horsepower back on the autobahn, taking it all the way to an indicated 324 kph (201 mph).
But a few moments after the car crosses the 324 kph barrier, something strange happens to the speedometer: It falls all the way back down to zero. The speed of the car doesn’t change, and there aren’t any warning lights that pop up on the dash. For a second or two, the computers nestled behind the dashboard thought the car had come to an extremely abrupt stop.
As soon as the speedo drops to zero, though, it jumps all the way back up to 320 km/h, and all is normal. It’s unclear why the car briefly thought it wasn’t moving, though if I had to guess, it was likely a faulty wheel speed sensor on one of the corners (though the car likely would’ve thrown an ABS fault, so who knows?)
German cars can get weird out of warranty.
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Source: Motor - aranddriver.com
