Production chronology2002–2004; 2008–2010; 2013–2018; 2019–2025
Discrete sourced production/model years; omitted years are intentional gaps, not an implied continuous run.
Wikipedia infobox ↗19 years
← Audi
Audi / Model record
AudiRS6
Production2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Recorded originGermany
ClassSports sedan
Power592 hp
Background
The Audi RS 6 is a high-performance variant of the Audi A6 range, produced by the high-performance subsidiary company Audi Sport GmbH, for its parent company Audi AG, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, from 2002 onwards.
Text adapted from “Audi RS 6” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2003
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗1 year
Canadian NRCan model years2021–2026
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗6 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2003–2021
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗19 years
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.
Research notes
High-performance A6/A6 Avant across 4 generations (C5, C6, C7, C8). C7 and C8 sold exclusively as an Avant estate, a benchmark performance wagon. Limited variants have included the C5-based RS 6 Plus (999 units) and C8-based RS 6 Avant GT (660 units).