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The Passenger Airbag In Certain 2021 Audi RS6 And RS7 Models Could Injure Occupants

Audi has issued a recall for a small number of cars in the United States, which may have not been assembled to the correct specification due to a supplier error.

These vehicles have a problem with the score line for the passenger airbag, which is the area that the airbag opens through in the event of a crash. Such a defect could impact the deployment and inflation of the airbag, and could also turn certain plastic parts into projectiles, increasing the risk of injury in an accident.

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There are a total of 3,388 Audis that will have to be taken back to the dealer for repairs. These include the 2021 RS6 Avant and RS7 Sportback, 2020-2021 S6 Sedan, S7 Sportback, and A6 Allroad, and 2019-2021 A6 Sedan and A7 Sportback. All of them will be thoroughly inspected by the company’s authorized technicians and, if required, the passenger airbag score-line will be reworked, which will eliminate the hazard.

As usual, the cars will be fixed free of charge, and since this is an uncommon defect, and they are still covered by the factory warranty, owners will not be reimbursed for any potential repairs carried out.

Dealers and owners will be officially notified of the issue on or before May 7, which is when the safety recall will kick off. Audi’s number for this recall is 70i2 and they can be reached at 1-800-253-2834, while the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) can be contacted at 1-888-327-4236.

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Practicality Versus Style In Audi RS6 Avant And RS7 Sportback Duel

On paper, the RS6 Avant and the RS7 look nearly identical. On the road, though, you’d never confuse them. So how different are the two cars in terms of performance?

Not much, is the answer. Both are powered by the same 591 hp 590 lb-ft 4.0-liter V8, both use an 8-speed automatic gearbox, and both have a quattro AWD system. As it turns out, that makes them remarkably well matched.

Even their body styles don’t make one all that different from the other. Despite the RS6 Avant having a wagon body style and its associated extra metal, it only amounts to ten more lbs (around 5kg) in curb weight. That does not make a huge difference, apparently.

In the standing quarter-mile, both car run an impressive 11.6 seconds. The RS6 Avant seems to have gotten a better launch, but the RS7 slowly claws its way back to a photo finish. In the sport-mode rolling race, meanwhile, the two cars are again neck and neck.

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The only really curious result is the rolling race in comfort mode. With the two nearly identical cars in nearly identical conditions receiving two nearly identical inputs, the transmission in the RS7 decides to react while the RS6 Avant’s decides not to. A quick shift down helps the Sportback speed off to an easy victory.

Those results are discounted as happenstance, though, which is kind of fair enough. It is a fine distillation of the kind of mystery that keeps automatic transmissions out of favor in high-level performance applications. That you occasionally can’t tell what the system is thinking can be frustrating.

Really, though, when it comes down to it, as you might expect, the only difference between these cars is the person behind the wheel.

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2020 Audi RS4 Bets On Its 2.9-Liter V6 Against The RS7’s V8

We’ve seen a lot of new Audi models, like the 2020 Audi RS6 Avant, RS7 Sportback and RS Q8, race each other as of late, but that’s only because most of these cars are still relatively new to certain markets.

The 2020 RS4 Avant came out in October of last year having undergone a few styling changes. Power comes from a twin turbo 2.9-liter V6 that’s mated to an 8-speed automatic and quattro all-wheel drive.

The RS4 Avant is thus capable of hitting 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 4.1 seconds, putting its 444 HP (450 PS) and 442 lb-ft (600 Nm) of torque to good use.

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As far as weight is concerned, the RS4 carries around some 1,790 kg (3,950 lbs), while the larger RS7 Sportback weighs 2,065 kg (4,552 lbs). Of course, the latter also has more power in order to deal with the extra mass.

Underneath the RS7’s hood lies a 4.0-liter twin turbocharged V8 producing 591 HP (600 PS) and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque. According to Audi, it will hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.6 seconds, so, on paper, it should outsprint the RS4.

The following video shows the two Audis race each other from a standstill and a rolling start, and perform a brake test. Moreover, the drivers executed each run (aside from the brake test) several times in order to make sure their results were as accurate as possible.

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