Audi RS6 vs Mercedes-AMG E63 S - Carfection

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Henry Catchpole puts the Audi RS6 up against the Mercedes-AMG E63 S to see which is the best super estate. Who will win?
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[@Tbland0930]

RS6 still looks so sleek and menacing. I love it.

[@TedwardDrives]

Bummer about the Audio issues but good work recovering and using the footage! It happens. Glad you didn't scrap the video because of it

[@Anashere_Narrnda]

Even thou the RS6 is almost 7 years old But still the best looking estate until this day

[@justenough2326]

Jag XF says hi ;)

[@patsy115]

even now in 2022

[@PKmode]

Exterior, the Audi looks better. Interior is showing its age but let's be honest, Audi designed that interior in 2009 and it went into production in 2011. Of course it looks dated. The C8 platform is being released this year so I'd expect the new (C8) RS6 and RS7s to follow late next year.

[@Gez492]

PKmode still one if best interiors ever put in a car though. When you are in one you realise it very quickly

[@shadowgaming6660]

C8 RS6/7 coming out late this year.

[@Chrissy-H]

Compared to most things on the road the rs6 would still an awesome place to be. I still get positive comments about the interior of my c6 A6 , and that's 12 year old now. The merc, with those huge screens, will date badly I'm afraid.

[@mayyassakaji]

i think the audio is messed up, i barely hear you when you talk while driving

[@bunkaaa8726]

Good, checking it wasnt just me .,..

[@Altruistic00]

Better to have more car sound than the presenter imo. if you have to hear what he's saying, turn on the CC

[@rych7852]

Not just that, who the fk thinks its a good idea to have sh1tty music as well playing in the background! It's not hard to make good videos!

[@bilibiliism]

Its funny those big title media companies like motortrend and carperfection always mess up audio and editing when overdone it, doug demuro nailed it with starter level finalcut.

[@TH4RG3]

bilibiliism doug has had his fair share of mic issues! So many crackly videos.(mostly down to crap mics) seems like he has cracked it now though. I'm sure carfection is using the gopro as backup audio as the mic attached to him didn't record.

[@ricardoefcbrito]

I would love that AMG makes a Black Series version of this wagon... It would be awesome!

[@dodgybloke4441]

the 2 best wagons right now forgot to mention, in MY opinion

[@stubones]

Not really. The Alpina B5 Touring is just as good as either.

[@marijnvanvliet9957]

Sport turismo turbo kinda nice

[@1xtra299]

Can't get it in the states unfortunately, nor the Audi. I don't know why the US hates wagons, they're the best for everyday if you don't want an SUV imo.

[@edmaluf]

No. In MY opinion. 😡

[@ALMX5DP]

1xtra299 The E63S is actually available in the US, so rejoice!

[@MFH20]

Mercedes estates have always looked a bit too much like hearses to me.

[@ant0n13l]

Bryan thought it was me alone who thought that

[@mthonde4950]

Especially the W210. In black.

[@nathangerzen3727]

Totally agree lol

[@360FAMOUZ360]

They usually depreciate like mad too

[@SenanuKAnku]

Bryan i thought i was the only one with that view about mercedes estate

[@cong0707]

E63 looks like funeral car

[@drmawac]

Bugs designed by fabulous Mercedes🙄

[@derpinated]

Perfect for the ricers and overconfident fuckboys you’d encounter trying to take you on

[@essayedgar]

@@derpinated it's a sleeper, literally the opposite of a ricer

[@Dave-us5fq]

John Doe he’s talking about the ricers that would try to take on the Merc thinking it is a funeral car. He didn’t mean the Merc being the ricer🤦🏻‍♂️

[@quentinfreeman7516]

The RS6 must be in the back lol

[@Closertotruth2]

Thanks for not delaying it. The tremendous content is what truly matters. Great job!!

[@bwest6275]

If I could only have one car and had the money. E63s Estate hands down. Brutal power, intoxicating v8 soundtrack, next level interior, practical space, RWD drift mode, and it even looks gorgeous. A solid home run and dare I say the best road car ever made.

[@InteriorDesignAnderson]

I love both but I think I’d have the RS6 cause it looks incredible

[@mafb023]

Audi sport estates are in an whole other level. RS Avante any day.

[@a.3160]

True u can't beat audi estates

[@stefangrubesic2708]

I just like the RS6 more, it looks much better, it sounds a little bit better and it's a little bit cheaper

[@Shant2]

Stefan Grubesic and it’s legendary RS6 !!

[@stefanvuckovic7412]

@Holo40 it's a standard rs6 exhaust. a sports exhaust for the rs6 would be milltek or akrapovic. the AMG has also standard amg exhaust so I don't think you know the difference between your opinion and facts.

[@stefanvuckovic7412]

@Holo40 🤣yeah...

[@stefanvuckovic7412]

@Holo40 your dad probably has grey hair and likes to pay a lot more for the name Mercedes.. I don't think you know the real purpose of why an rs6 is being used...😅😅

[@depayanmondal]

this is the review I've been waiting for a long time please do a extended review that would be awesome

[@tan9640]

Rs6 all day, wait till the new one

[@kwallen78]

@Heino Arly Madsen Just announced yesterday its coming to the states next fall.

[@VEDEMRACING99]

Hmm I would choose the Audi! Great video

[@user-mf9bn1yt9d]

Thank you for this good clip !

[@PaddyMcQueen]

that intro music is just perfect suits the channel so well ! Good work ! Great wagon btw ! Volvo polestar one day? :D

[@hmm2928]

Such a nice video , but the audio is scrwed while you speak inside the car .

[@imxd1698]

Just wait for the new RS6 it will destroy everything

[@gazman9468]

Not on a track. Still haven't fixed their drivetrain layout problem.

[@Chrissy-H]

Gazman who would actually take an RS6 on track though, unless they want to waste all their money paying for tyres and brake discs. No, the rs6 is just for destroying everything on the public road.

[@MrZillas]

@Uak - Why can Audi-fanboys mostly argue with "wait for the new one" ????? ...... How about this: Wait for the 2025 Merc AMG.

[@john2357]

MrZillas Because this RS6 is from 2013 making it 4 years older than the E63. The age gap between them is smaller if you compare it to the 2019 RS6

[@DouglasRosser]

That Audi is so, so pretty.

[@sreevishnu4729]

Upload again with good audio. This is a good video.

[@666demonknight666]

Performance Estate car wise, the RS6 is sick ass. But the AMG exhaust notes sound the best!

[@Guuggel]

Too bad there's no new RS6 yet.

[@555n555]

Guuggel it's coming at the end of the year

[@m1ch43l_k]

555n555 in 2020

[@robbae9307]

no it is this year

[@stefanfreestylez]

Audi always styles their wagons so fucken nicely. The materials ans performance usually arent as good as merc or bmw but if ur getting wagon go for rs6.

[@astrolapse1668]

Merc interiors look nice until you touch them and then they seem cheap and nasty

[@RizM820]

Love your work guys but why not incorporate subtitles? Would have masked the audio problem and still be good to understand what Henry was saying.

[@christiand910]

i like that term "wonder wagons"

[@iea96]

Another stunning film no matter the audio

[@longtailgt]

I like the front of the E63 more but overall, the RS6 looks smooth and clean. I'd go for the E63 just because you can drift it so easily.

[@veemacks7255]

0:28 "The RS6 has really had no competition" What? The RS6 has always had competition, ever since it first came out. There has always been an AMG E class estate, right back to the very first RS6. BMW had stopped and started with the M5 Touring also.

[@HenryCatchpole]

Drive Fast Should have clarified that I was including the all-wheel drive element as well as the estate element. Thought it, didn’t say it. Fail on my part. Sorry!

[@stefanbraem]

Has there ever been an M5 Touring?

[@veemacks7255]

But the E63 AMG Estate got all-wheel drive in 2013. I had one, it was great.

[@PKmode]

Yes, there was an M5 Touring in Europe. The US never got it.

[@HenryCatchpole]

Drive Fast Ah, that’s me being too UK focused - we only got RWD in the UK until now.

[@anaswarjayakumar852]

Still would choose the RS6. Even if that means moving to Europe

[@SuperTobbe12]

RS6 looks a lot more aggresive, looks better and prefer it in nearly every way

[@wilduntamedphotography1260]

I still would take the Audi RS6 Performance - EVERY DAY!! What a beautiful and super quick car........love it

[@MegaLacedup]

The RS6 has no competition.

[@wheremyshekelsat1430]

When does new RS6 and RS7 are coming out?

[@0090Blue0900]

probably sometime next year for the RS6 , there are pictures of the S6 around which they say will be presented at the end of the year

[@PKmode]

Late next year.

[@tadassimasevicius9641]

2020

[@TTurbo_]

Nice

[@owentreadgold8658]

The RS6 looks better even though the car is much older, I feel like they will ruin it with the new generation

[@daniellll03293]

thankfully they didn't.

[@aabidamn]

I don't like the rear bumper/diffuser on the new one.

[@Morag11951]

In my opinion the c7 RS6 is one of the greatest cars ever made absolutely cannot wait for the c8 model in 2019 it will destroy the amg’s & M estates.

[@thomasbinda5194]

The Porsche Panamera Turbo S e-hybrid Sport Turismo will still be my favorite but nice video!

[@vevitier]

What is this beat at the beginning of this video?

[@moneyparhar]

AUDI is most beautiful machine and like the front of Benz but back is not impressive

[@johnrogers2826]

Spot on! AMG all day. Plus, the RS6 isnt available in Canada. Until next year anyway.

[@theonlyguyman]

Awesome music, what is the name of the Intro Track? :)

[@martinevans1343]

Amg everytime 👌🏻

[@Leu4Life]

It’s absolutely shocking how NO reviewers of the RS6 mention the fact that that interior is now about 7 years old !!! Exterior design also a few years old but still manages to look incredibly good. That’s something that needs to be said when reviewing the RS6 ffs !!

[@BlackMountain17]

Merc looks a bit old...

[@Peanutdenver]

It need a different set of wheels to fill the arches and the rear end looks kinda of frumpy, like it's ass it being dragged around. The RS6 looks like a dad super villain-mobile. So much sleeker. I am a AMG fan but I'd go C63 S AMG coupe over this meat wagon.

[@Chrissy-H]

Patrick Steinmark yeah the e class estates have never had the aggressiveness of the Audi models.

[@chandansardar2747]

BlackMountain17 reffv

[@SharBTV]

Black mountain you can not pay focking hater fucking pussy

[@averagebro413]

Wagon class is audi's territory. audi looks much more natural there, so that's why i would choose audi.

[@TheKniperlight]

Lol, 3 days ago I searched audi rs6 vs e63s on youtube, didnt really find anything usefull. Now i see that this vid was uploaded 2 days ago :)

[@keitheugenethegreat9513]

I would take the rs6 as it looks more agressive and shows more presence on the road

[@melvynkenobi44]

The AMG is insane. But the Audi RS6 has always been a fav of mine, they pretty much established the super estate. So that's my pick. Can't wait to see what the next generation RS6 has to offer.

[@xf99]

I couldn't make out much of what Henry was saying a lot of the time because of muzak and engine noises. Can Carfection improve driver miking when storming around circuits and narrating at the same time?

[@bluehue83]

i'm left wanting more

[@Ulisseseabra]

RS6 for life

[@ZeeBri]

Both would fit the bill for the perfect one car garage

[@rockstar7773]

Name of the intro track?

[@mondeomk5]

What's the song?

[@stubones]

There is a third option. Slightly left field because the mainstream manufacturer doesn't produce it, but the Alpina B5 Touring is a direct competitor.

[@donovangray2206]

Wow RS6 looks awesome 👍🏽

[@carsandbikez]

E63s faster in every aspect. AMG has always been faster.

[@aminebarhoumi9969]

the king of wagons cars without doubt is audi rs6

[@victorlicht6765]

they are just to perfect bout no need to fight over them....oh damm its love

[@jameslovett8697]

Waiting for the new RS6 :DDDDD

[@MadProductionsink]

I don't get Audis obsession with estates. The RS6 is an estate unlike its main competitors the M5 and the E63, the A3 "sportback" is a mini estate, the Q7 is just like a jacked up estate. And if you ask most people they would tell you that estates are lame and used by market sellers to sell their fruit and vegetables or for construction workers.

[@onehorsepower]

@Henry Catchpole Ref. the comment of the one car garage, I agree these offer practicality and the performance of a sports car. There is however a different kind of estate for the one car garage. The ones based on Hot hatches. Then you can have similar (s)pace but a car that weighs 500kg less then these. That should help? 4wd DSG you have the Golf R estate and Leon Cupra ST 4drive. Myself I drive a FWD manual Cupra ST that weighs 550-650kg less than the real weights of each of these respectively, or similar to a GT4 or an Evora S. Not saying this is better, but you can have space, good handling and a weight that isn't north of 2 tonnes... And where some complain modern HH are too refined, perhaps they become perfectly balanced as an estate... And with HH it is usually easy to add a little power reliably too, realistically making then just as fast on real roads as the above... Something to have a closer look at as they don't get so much attention?

[@TechGamesAU]

Dat cabin noise

[@Flukeful]

Bradley Wiggins got fed up of cycling

[@CFDonaldson]

cinermatography Charlie, George, and Matt?

[@thepedwac]

Audio mixing seems messed up... Can barely the presenter over the car sound. Makes viewing a bit unpleasant

[@ravirajyaguru5905]

No drag race whatsoever huh!?

[@alexcockram673]

Can't help but think that these super estates are too big (wide) for a lot of UK roads. The new RS4 and C63S seem like much better alternatives - still offering staggering performance, but in a more useable shape (width!)

[@larsgomez3536]

intro song?

[@luedriver]

closed captions would've helped understand what he was saying, even youtube's auto-generated subtitles can't "hear" anything to write from

[@aidenp5768]

People love to avoid videos BMW M5s vs E63s that’s what we all want don’t we?

[@ryanm3797]

Luckily, the GTI is a great lightweight, torquey alternative take on the “practical sports wagon” for us mere mortals. If I didn’t have need for a truck as my practical vehicle, I’d definitely have one in the garage alongside something sleek, RWD and highly impractical :)

[@Vazin]

Audi always did the best wagons!

[@antoniodias3145]

As.much as I love listening to the cars I can barely hear Henry c

[@Gunthazv2]

Why did you bother when there will be a new rs6 soon?

[@etelfer]

Both mega! I didn’t notice any audio issues, V8 heard loud and clear.

[@rickyvanamson]

Where is the drag race tho? 😕

[@graemecollie9233]

sadly it would seem in preparation for the new C8 platform, the RS6 Performance in the UK at least is no longer available new unless an order is already in the dealer network or it is factory allocated although the 560PS standard RS6 is. Difficult to compare a 5 year old car to a 1year old interior wise but then that's how the manufacturers stagger their productions cycles, C63 makes a far better noise and its AWD is more advanced for sure, interior is subjective. Exterior still the C7 As for the C8 RS6, plenty of rumours abound however base will be a TTV8 with around 600bhp, the 'Performance' variant will likely be the hybrid lifted from the Panamera

[@wordpress4373]

You havent raced them?

[@Diggerless]

Are you sure you’d choose the Merc Henry? I was convinced you’d pick the RS6!

[@Gez492]

I like the front if the merc but from the side and rear its a "hearse" ohhh but the RS6 still looks way way better and carries so much more street cred' its to the RS and Audi's credit that this car being right at the end of its long model life can compete so well with the brand new E63s. This doesn't bode well for the Merc when the new RS6 hits the show room 2019.

[@fang75429]

Where is the Alpina B5 Touring?

[@edmaluf]

More of these "rapid reviews" please.

[@PNEFC95]

Theres no way in hell id choose that funeral car over the sexy rs6

[@richardanthonygilbey]

Well the Audi is missing its usual 4.2l V8 turbo so that'll cost the RS6 some pace, the presenter says get the carbon ceramic brakes but your much better off with the Audisport gearbox, prop shaft, differential, drive shafts and hubs, to increase efficency by 35% with the same horsepower, until then you don't need carbon brakes. Trust me.

[@ICEMANZIDANE]

You say that the AMG is faster on the track (which is true) and then you say that its not the point of this video. Why make this video then in the first place? These are the sportiest models of these cars, they have to be tested on the track.

[@Vollgasmus7]

I‘m really looking forward to see how the new RS6 will do against the E63 :)

[@insomniacryan9916]

Both are brilliant, I really like the sleeper car looks of the Merc. Pull off the badges (and I absolutely would) and it's just a ghost. The RS6 (both this gen and the one we have out now) are shouty things. No subtlety at all. Which is fine- Audi has the right to peacock occasionally, too- but not really my thing. Besides. Drift mode is kind of a killer USP, and I would want to support Merc in coming up with something so wonderful.

[@mockz4090]

Curious why the Audi doesn't have the virtual cockpit , either way the rs6 looks way better

[@DimitarAngelkov]

Guys, congrats for the efforts. Like the concept of your videos, but the sound while speaking inside the cars is terrible. Otherwise, great work!

[@Gez492]

My God its taken Merc and AMG 2 generations to get to a car that is the equal of the RS6, that is testament to how good this last of the line thunder wagon was and is. The RS6 still looks better outside and although the Merc has installed its latest interiors in their car and by definition they will be more modern, its hardly an interior to rave about, as as I'd wager as many people who like the Two tablets jammed upright in the tarts boudoir, there will be equally as many who hate it. The iconic RS6 is the king of uber wagons, the E63s is the pretender here and holds the crown just until the new RS hits the tarmac.

[@pavelp6179]

I was waiting for drag race at the end 😥

[@Theseones]

I want to see a proper head to head with the newest Audi rs6 when it comes

[@obfuscator]

Nobody takes these to the track. Nobody should. These are street machines, land conquerers.

[@aboys3608]

The greatest wagon of all time is an el falcon with cut springs, purple tints and a hoonigan sticker

[@FishingBenB]

So much want!

[@lindocebekhulu9440]

I don't think its fair to compare those interiors more so the screens when you don't have the digital cockpit on the Audi , you literally called it dated