Audi A6

Model reviewed: A6 Avant
“Audi’s latest A6 Avant is a dependable, comfortable and refined long-distance load-lugger – just as it always has been, historically.”
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Model reviewed: A6 saloon 3.0-litre diesel automatic S Line
“The A6 has all the hallmarks of a new class leader in the executive saloon segment. It offers a potent range of engines, bags of technology and a comfortable experience wrapped in a handsome body.”
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Model reviewed: 40 TDI Avant
Score: 9 / 10
“We’ve loved the big Audi’s spacious boot, upmarket interior and relaxed and efficient motorway manners.”
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Model reviewed: A6 Avant
Score: 8 / 10
“The new Audi A6 Avant is proof that an SUV needn’t be the default choice for family buyers.”
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Model reviewed: A6 saloon
Score: 9 / 10
“The Audi A6 blends sleek styling with cutting-edge tech and unimpeachable build quality.”
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Model reviewed: 40TDI quattro Avant
“It’s still a strong engine and, on a fine chassis, it was easy to forget about the larger tail.”
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Model reviewed: S6
Score: 8 / 10
“The hybrid power is directed through an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox to a permanent four-wheel-drive system, which at extra cost can be specified with a sport central differential to sharpen the car’s agility in corners.”
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Model reviewed: A6 saloon 2.0-litre diesel
Score: 8 / 10
“Overall, the A6 is a convincing effort. The 2.0 TDI will be the mainstay, and there’s an argument for specifying it with as little optional hardware as possible.”
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Model reviewed: A6 Avant
Score: 8 / 10
“This fifth-generation Audi A6 seems to represent an interesting shift in thinking. A deliberate decision, perhaps, to put the handbrake on its attempts to play ‘anything you can do’ with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, and to head back towards the approach that made its cars so revered, in their way, a quarter-century ago.”
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Model reviewed: S6
Score: 10 / 10
“It’s refined, luxurious and long-legged at a cruise, but rich mid-range torque and a rear-biased if secure chassis make it highly engaging point-to-point.”
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Model reviewed: A6 saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“The A6 is a great place to spend time. It’s quiet, comfortable, well-appointed inside, has a tech list just this side of the USS Enterprise and is very spacious – all you need if you’re a middle management type.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
Score: 8.6 / 10
“Does the Audi A6 finally have an edge over the 5 Series and E-Class? We reckon it does. The BMW is still the sharper drive and the Mercedes still the most opulent. But the A6 is the most sophisticated executive car you can buy.”
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Model reviewed: (range review)
Score: 7 / 10
“It’s available in saloon and estate body styles, is powered by four- or six-cylinder powertrains, and in this latest generation is predominantly all-wheel drive.”
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Model reviewed: S6
Score: 8 / 10
“S6’s transition to diesel power is a success – it’s a real mile-muncher and not bad in the corners either.”
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Model reviewed: A6 saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“New A6 improves on its predecessor and beats rivals for quality, but others are more fun.”
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Model reviewed: A6 saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“The 2.0-litre diesel will make more sense for the majority of people. Resist paying more for the V6 diesel, though – not only is it expensive, the gearbox is frustrating and the car feels noticeably heavier than the four-cylinder diesel.”
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Model reviewed: A6 Saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“This is the most luxurious car of its type, and so good that you almost wonder why Audi — or you, for that matter — need bother with the A8.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre V6 diesel automatic 50 quattro
Score: 6 / 10
“Good looking and ultra high-tech, but strangely bloodless executive saloon. The cabin is beautifully presented but the technology tricky to master via touchscreens. Stay away from the gormless calibration of the V6 diesel and buy the new four-cylinder diesel with front drive and little of the headline technology and you’ll have a fine car.”
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Model reviewed: S6
Score: 7 / 10
“The steering is positive, the brakes strong, and if you option up the four-wheel steer and sports diff, you get a car capable of disguising its mass like a funhouse mirror.”
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Model reviewed: A6 saloon
Score: 8 / 10
“A brilliantly-designed item. Every inch the mini-A8, but not as good to drive as a BMW 5 Series.”
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Model reviewed: saloon range
Score: 8 / 10
“The A6 is quiet, comfortable, spacious and an impressive luxury car all round, even if it isn’t quite as thrilling to drive as the class best.”
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