3 March 2011

All-New Audi A6 goes on sale

The all-new executive class Audi A6 is now open for order priced from €43,300 with first customer deliveries in early April. This is the latest offering from Audi and the seventh generation of the model.

It has been redesigned from the ground up, and benefits from the brand's most advanced weight saving construction techniques, engine efficiency measures, chassis developments and in-car technological innovations.

Customers will have a choice of five engines - two petrol and three diesel - teamed with manual, multitronic or S tronic transmissions. Diesels include the 2.0 177hp, 3.0 204hp and 245hp, while petrols are a 2.8 204hp and a 3.0 300hp. Two specification levels will be offered here, SE and S line. Each includes alloy wheels, leather upholstery with seat heating and lumbar support, cruise control and front & rear parking controls, Bluetooth phone preparation. The S-line adds 18-inch alloy wheels, xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights, sports suspension, upgraded upholstery.

The A6 2.0 TDI 177 SE manual is the most efficient derivative, returning 57.7mpg for the combined cycle test. It is capable of doing 0-100km/h in 8.7 seconds, and has a top speed of 228km/h while emitting 129g/km C02.