Not everything’s electric – this is a new petrol and diesel-powered model from the prestige German brand.
Initially launched as an estate model, the Audi A6 has also gained a traditional saloon offering. Don’t confuse it with the A6 e-tron, which is fully electric – the regular A6 comes with a tried-and-trusted pair of 2.0-litre engines.
The new A6 saloon is the most aerodynamic engine-powered Audi ever – so it’s even slipperier than the R8 supercar.
It elbows into the executive class to compete against its long-time rivals, the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes E-Class.
Audi A6 prices and specs
When the A6 saloon goes on sale on Tuesday 13 May, it’ll start from £50,560 for a 2.0-litre petrol in Sport trim, with S Line and Edition 1 trims costing £53,360 and £58,260 respectively. Swapping to diesel power adds £4,270 to each trim level.
Prices for the estate start from £53,285 for a petrol Sport model, or £57,555 if you want a diesel. S Line is a £2,800 upgrade, and Edition 1 costs an additional £4,900, meaning prices of £60,985 for the petrol and £65,255 for the diesel.
Sport trim brings all the equipment you’d expect from a posh Audi, such as Matrix LED headlights, four-zone climate control, surround-view cameras and park assist. Jump up to S Line and your extra £2,800 buys you bigger wheels, lowered sports suspension and a more athletic look inside and out. Edition 1 is similar, but with even bigger 20-inch wheels and black detailing.
10 colours are available, most being white, grey or blue, while there are also new leather colours and optional wheels up to 21 inches in size.
Interior
Inside, there’s an 11.9-inch Virtual Cockpit digital instrument cluster and a whopping 14.5-inch OLED touchscreen that runs Android Automotive software. The voice assistant runs on ChatGPT artificial intelligence, and an additional touchscreen for the front passenger is fitted on the top-spec Edition 1 model.
Despite being almost five metres long and having an estate body style, the A6 Avant only offers a 503-litre boot – around 60 litres fewer than the outgoing model. That’s a mere 11 litres more than the saloon offers, too.
Engines
Both the 2.0-litre diesel and 2.0-litre petrol produce 204hp, although the diesel is noticeably quicker off the line – seven seconds to 62mph versus 8.3 seconds for the petrol – because it includes Audi’s quattro four-wheel-drive system.
The diesel engine also includes MHEV plus, a 48-volt mild-hybrid system coupled to a 1.7kWh battery. While we don’t know fuel economy figures yet, Audi tells us that the system enables low-speed manoeuvring and coasting on electric power. Strong brake regeneration and computer-controlled brake-by-wire tech work out when to use the motor to slow down and when to use the brakes.
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