Post by Kasey Kagawa

Our posting schedule, Video of the Week excepted, could charitably be described as sporadic, and realistically described as absolutely pathetic and a shame to the online automotive journalism community. However, sometimes there comes a bit of news that’s so frickin’ awesome that we must shake off our protective cocoon of Cheetos bags, Mountain Dew cans, Sam Adams bottles and Xbox 360 controller cables, arise from the Naugahide beanbags where we passed out last night and do some Goddamn journalism. This is one of those times. Prepare yourselves.

Audi has announced that the RS6 will have 571 horsepower, and that’s 70 more imaginary ponies than the BMW M5, its direct rival. However, this is not nearly awesome enough to justify this post and would only rate a brief awakening and maybe a upset groan and rolling over, if not for the fact that industry rumor says instead of a paltry 571 HP, the RS6’s twin-turbo V10 will have more than 600 HP. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, a Audi sedan could have almost as much horsepower as a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. I’m sure this would be terribly exciting news if you were reading this a day or so in the past, but as it stands, it’s just really cool, and something worth commemorating in our own little part of the Intertubes. We’re going back to sleep now.

Shhhh! Audi RS6 may produce more than 600 HP [Autoblog]