Audi RS6 — Nice

Five seats, 591 horsepower, and the silhouette of an estate car that draws no unnecessary attention. The Audi RS6 occupies a rare position in the performance world — a car that can swallow luggage for a week on the Riviera and still compress the Moyenne Corniche into a sequence of perfectly controlled corners. From a standing start, the twin-turbo V8 delivers its power through all four wheels with the kind of composure that suits the altitude changes between Nice and La Turbie. Where a mid-engine supercar might feel theatrical on the narrow climb through Èze, the RS6 simply gets on with it — long wheelbase planted, adaptive air suspension reading the surface, the driver focused on the road rather than managing the car. It is a machine that rewards precision without demanding drama. The practical dimension matters here more than spec-sheet numbers suggest. A couple flying into Nice Côte d'Azur Airport with golf bags and hard-shell cases will find the RS6's boot solves a problem that no two-seat Ferrari can. Families heading inland toward Vence or Saint-Paul-de-Vence for the afternoon have genuine rear-seat space and comfort over the D2's tighter sections. Business travellers transferring to Monaco for meetings arrive looking composed rather than contorted from climbing out of a low-slung GT. Our 2022 RS6 is available from €625 per day. Delivery can be arranged to Terminal 1 or 2 at the airport, to your hotel along the Promenade des Anglais, or to a private residence anywhere across Nice and the surrounding coast. For anyone who wants serious performance without the visual declaration that comes with a Lamborghini badge, this is the car. It moves fast, carries everything, and lets you set the tone rather than the other way around.