RS 6
Audi · on record 2002 to 2025
The Audi Rs6 is Audi Sport's high performance A6, especially associated with very powerful Avant estates that combine executive space with supercar level pace. The Rs6 appealed mainly to buyers seeking a more sporting or distinctive choice than the maker's ordinary range. As the Rs6 ages, condition, continued usefulness and the strength of owner interest increasingly determine which examples remain rather than its original position in the new car market.
GROWING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
5,702
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
100.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed
981
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 5,702 in 2025 · +273 vehicles a year, five year trend
Population history
Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. The filters below apply to the family population, MOT and registration figures. They do not alter the generation history above.
Licensed
SORN
Latest census observation
Inside the surviving fleet
AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.
First registrations by year
When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.
New registrations
Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| The grooves of the tread pattern are not at least 1.6mm throughout a continuous band comprising the central three-quarters of the breadth of tread, and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre | 575 | 2.4% |
| An outer constant velocity joint gaiter missing, split or insecurely mounted to it's housing | 438 | 1.8% |
| Amalgamation of failures for all headlamp testers | 347 | 1.5% |
| A tyre has any of its ply or cords exposed | 319 | 1.3% |
| A constant velocity joint gaiter missing or excessively damaged, deteriorated or insecure to the extent that it would no longer prevent the ingress of dirt etc | 261 | 1.1% |
| Deterioration of a rubber, synthetic bush or mounting resulting in excessive movement (see note) | 194 | 0.8% |
| A fluid leakage serious enough to indicate that the fluid seal of the shock absorber has failed | 174 | 0.7% |
| A tyre has a cut the length of which is in excess of 25 mm or 10% of section width, whichever is greater, deep enough to reach the ply or cords | 157 | 0.7% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the RS 6 remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.
| Postcode area | Vehicles tested | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| HP | 17 | 94% |
| B | 17 | 94% |
| RG | 15 | 87% |
| NG | 15 | 80% |
| PO | 14 | 79% |
| TN | 14 | 71% |
| NN | 13 | 77% |
| CO | 12 | 83% |
| NE | 12 | 92% |
| PE | 11 | 82% |
| SL | 11 | 91% |
| ST | 11 | 73% |
| RH | 11 | 91% |
| YO | 10 | 80% |
| DE | 10 | 100% |
| NP | 10 | 80% |
| DN | 10 | 70% |
| BN | 9 | 89% |
| CV | 9 | 100% |
| CR | 9 | 89% |
| GU | 9 | 100% |
| GL | 9 | 78% |
| WS | 8 | 75% |
| BA | 8 | 88% |
| MK | 8 | 100% |
| SO | 8 | 88% |
| CM | 8 | 88% |
| DY | 8 | 100% |
| G | 8 | 100% |
| WF | 7 | 71% |
| CH | 7 | 71% |
| EH | 7 | 100% |
| CW | 7 | 100% |
| ME | 7 | 100% |
| BD | 7 | 86% |
| E | 7 | 100% |
| SN | 6 | 83% |
| PL | 6 | 83% |
| SK | 6 | 100% |
| LE | 6 | 83% |
| IP | 6 | 100% |
| SG | 6 | 100% |
| N | 6 | 100% |
| NR | 6 | 100% |
| KT | 6 | 83% |
| OL | 6 | 100% |
| EX | 6 | 83% |
| M | 5 | 100% |
| EN | 5 | 100% |
| OX | 5 | 100% |
| LN | 5 | 60% |
| S | 5 | 100% |
| IG | 5 | 100% |
| SP | 5 | 80% |
| CT | 5 | 80% |
| BS | 5 | 100% |
| DA | 5 | 100% |
| IV | 5 | 80% |
| HA | 5 | 100% |
| HU | 5 | 80% |
| TW | 5 | 100% |
| NW | 5 | 80% |
| L | 4 | 75% |
| SW | 4 | 75% |
| LU | 4 | 100% |
| TR | 4 | 100% |
| BH | 4 | 100% |
| BL | 4 | 100% |
| WA | 4 | 50% |
| PR | 4 | 100% |
| BB | 4 | 100% |
| TS | 4 | 75% |
| CA | 4 | 100% |
| WD | 4 | 100% |
| CB | 4 | 75% |
| CF | 4 | 100% |
| UB | 4 | 100% |
| WR | 4 | 75% |
| AB | 4 | 100% |
| WN | 4 | 75% |
| FK | 3 | 100% |
| SE | 3 | 33% |
| HD | 3 | 100% |
| LS | 3 | 100% |
| LA | 3 | 100% |
| TQ | 3 | 100% |
| DT | 3 | 67% |
| SR | 3 | 100% |
| KY | 2 | 100% |
| WV | 2 | 100% |
| RM | 2 | 100% |
| FY | 2 | 100% |
| HS | 2 | 50% |
| PH | 2 | 100% |
| HX | 2 | 100% |
| DL | 1 | 100% |
| TF | 1 | 100% |
| DD | 1 | 100% |
| AL | 1 | 100% |
| TA | 1 | 100% |
| ML | 1 | 100% |
| SM | 1 | 100% |
| BR | 1 | 100% |
| PA | 1 | 100% |
| HG | 1 | 100% |
| W | 1 | 100% |
| SS | 1 | 100% |
| LL | 1 | 100% |
| SA | 1 | 100% |
| TD | 1 | 100% |
| KA | 1 | 100% |
| DH | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONAUDI RS6
PROCESSED20 Sep 2026
Full methodology
Population history combines DVLA VEH0120 Q4 census observations through 2013 with the annual VEH0220 census from 2014 onward. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Historical VEH0120 is used only when its overlapping UK observations reconcile to the current canonical family definition. Vehicles are grouped into this family using the DVLA GenModel together with durable routing rules for known inconsistencies.
Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Configuration is only assigned where the model description explicitly identifies it; a blank configuration is not treated as a two door Wrangler. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.
MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.