2024 Audi RS 6 E-Tron spy footage

With Audi set to launch its last gas-powered car in 2026, most models in the automaker’s lineup will transition to electric powertrains in the coming years, including those from the Audi Sport division.

Audi Sport is responsible for S- and RS-badged Audis (as well as the R8 supercar), and with the E-Tron S and RS E-Tron GT there are already electric models that carry both badges.

Our latest spy footage shows what is probably another electric RS model, an RS 6 E-Tron based on the upcoming A6 E-Tron.

The prototype might look like some of the testers for the regular A6 E-Tron, but closer inspection reveals details like flared wheel arches and an upgraded brake package with red calipers.

2024 Audi RS 6 E-Tron spy footage – Copyright: Baldauf

A 2021 concept of the A6 E-Tron featured a 100kWh battery and dual-motor powertrain that produced 469 hp and 590 lb-ft. The performance of the RS 6 E-Tron should at least correspond to the maximum 621 hp that the gas-powered RS 6 Avant offers.

Interestingly, there will likely also be an RS 6 Avant E-Tron, as Audi has hinted that the regular A6 E-Tron will have an Avant wagon option with the A6 Avant E-Tron concept shown last March.

Audi A6 Avant E-tron concept

The A6 E-Tron, and by extension every RS version, was designed around Volkswagen Group’s new PPE modular EV platform for high-volume luxury models. The platform will debut later this year in the Audi Q6 E-Tron crossover, which is also expected to spawn an RS variant.

The A6 E-Tron will also appear later this year. The RS version will likely lag it by around six months to a year.