BMW M3 Touring v Audi RS6: DRAG RACE

It’s time to find the ultimate performance estate of 2023!

We’ve got Mat in the New BMW M3 Touring, and he’s going head-to-head against the almighty Audi RS6!

So let’s see how the two compare. Starting with the BMW, it’s powered by a 3-litre twin-turbo straight-six that can produce 510hp and 650Nm of torque. It drives all four wheels, weighs in at 1,865kg, and the price starts from £85,000.

As for the Audi, it’s packing a 4-litre twin-turbo V8 under the bonnet that’s good for 600hp and 800Nm of torque. It’s equipped with Quattro all-wheel drive, tips the scales at 2,075kg, and the price starts from £113,000.

So what do you think - will the BMW’s weight advantage be enough to snatch the win? Or will Quattro AWD seal it in these damp conditions? There’s only one way to find out… LET’S RACE!

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[carwow]

M3 Touring or RS6... Which are you choosing?

[HiddenWen]

The side profile of the cars while racing in the fog looked amazing.

[jimmycbz]

I reckon you should start adding the 0-60mph times with your specialist timing gear and start a league table!

[Limburg]

Anyone noticed the m3 suspension staying straight even with that power while the rs6 back is diving into the asphalt?

[slickidrich]

That BMW is an absolute animal. Get that on the dyno now!

[mattkendrick]

I want to see this again in the dry. They are just so close in performance. It seems to be whoever gets the most traction off the line who wins.

[farmboyx]

1 day, 1.2M views! Indeed, this is the race we have been waiting for.

[needbeat]

Xdrive did a miles step ahead in last years, also points for BMW for no soft limiter, have myself a 340i and having blast with it :)

[PaoloGagliardi]

Amazing match, with 2 top examples of engineering. I have one suggestion: you guys could swap sides, because the track could be dirtier or just more wet on one side.

[manjot]

The guest had a great passion and energetic tone. It would be nice to see him in more videos. He made the video quite exciting along with Matt.

[DavidGarcia]

I truly believe Audi slept on their laurels with the C8 gen. The C7 was such a monster they thought the new gen would not need much changes, and the competition (no pun intended) caught them up so vastly that the cars in the class below are as fast if not faster.

Once said this, the M3 has to have more than 510hp. The way it keeps up is mighty

[ijoker]

The test was Wowwww!
It could be also interesting to see you, the drivers, switching the cars ...

[mrcommentator]

The ppl asked for the M3 Touring, and BMW over delivered 😏👌🔥🔥🔥

[Auditography]

Kudos to BMW. The new M3 Touring is an awesome car. The RS6 C8 just has too little power since day one.

[bzilla-di]

As a lover of BMW and estates, that M3 truly is a bucket list car, wow I'm seriously impressed.

[TonyKimtheamusementparkfan]

You can hear the wheel spin from the BMW M3, but the way it puts down the power with that xDrive AWD is brutal and it takes off really well, I mean so did the Audi RS 6, with that amazing Quattro AWD. BMW's AWD system definitely gives you a more brutal launch, but Audi's AWD system gives you that perfect grip in these kinds of conditions with torque vectoring.

[bcboii]

Man, BMW never lets you down, love it 🖤💙🤍

[MP-wmgb]

The best decision BMW made recently was to make the estate M car. The only thing I don't like is the digital TVs they place these days in vehicles. I mean - I really liked the LCi F10 digital instruments, but intensely dislike them ever since, any digital instruments were placed in cars. But the good thing is that the worst thing you can see as digital displays is in Audi.

[gratifi_]

I believe they're actually equally matched.. best reaction/launch wins the race!!

[sinegood]

the bass im getting on my cans from the idling is insane