Audi A6 Avant 1.9 TDI Review

With the Audi A6 did the design team get the blue prints mixed up? Somehow the Audi A6 seems as though things were just bolted together and before you knew the Audi A6 was born.

The new design of the present Audi A4 and A6 are not massively different from the 80 and 100 ranges they replaced. The Audi A6 is not as elegant or as well proportioned as the Audi 100 which preceded it. The acceleration is not very brisk is the car under powered?. Admittedly once on the motorway speeds around the national limits are reasonably relaxing but overtaking or any manouevre needing an upward change of pace needs planning and probably a change down of gears.

Whilst the car is big on the outside you wonder after getting in what happened to it all; you end up with a car that feels big on the road - an advantage sometimes yes but at other times certainly not - but is small inside.

Performance is below class average and handling and ride are nothing special. Adequate but not as good as you would expect after shelling out £23k for it. Whilst the 1.9 diesel engine version provides a low-cost entry level car in the A6 range I think Audi would be better without it. It moves the car downmarket unnecessarily.

The A6 is probably a safe car and it is very reliable. Inside though the lack of room and dreary black interior are depressing.

Key Features of the Audi A6 Avant 1.9 TDI

Engine: 1968cc, 4-cylinder, turbo diesel
Gearbox: 6-speed manual
Max Power: 134bhp at 4,000rpm
Max Torque: 236lb ft at 1,750rpm
Max Towing Weight: 1,700kg
Combined Consumption: 53.3mpg
CO2 Emissions (tax band): 139g/km (E)
0-62mph: 10.7secs
Max speed: 127mph
Insurance group: 13

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