Efficiency wagons are having a little bit of a resurgence in America. The Audi RS6 Avant entered the US market in 2020, and the brand new M5 Touring has been confirmed for BMW’s US lineup subsequent yr. However Europe continues to be the champion of quick estates, with vehicles just like the RS4 Avant and the M3 Touring. Bringing the 2 collectively for a drag race is barely pure.
French-language publication Motorsport Journal needed to see how the 2 German sport-wagens matched up in a straight-line drag, pitting them in opposition to one another in a 1000-meter (round 0.6 miles) race.
The 2 station wagons are pretty shut on paper. The RS4 makes 443 horsepower and 443 pound-feet of torque from a twin-turbo V-6, getting energy to all 4 wheels by way of an eight-speed automated. The M3 will get 503 hp and 479 lb-ft from a twin-turbo inline-six, and just like the Audi, will get energy to all 4 wheels via eight ahead gears.
The Touring’s further 60 horses are put to make use of instantly firstly, with the M3 taking an early lead. Issues solely worsen from there for the Audi; by the point it reaches the 1000-meter mark, it is over two seconds behind the BMW, or what seems to be like a dozen automobile lengths distinction.
Up to now Audi’s iconic Quattro system probably would’ve given the RS4 an early leap and presumably a win, however lately the quickest M vehicles make use of their very own model of xDrive to place energy to the bottom, successfully stomping any benefit the Audi might have had.
