Audi A6 Avant
Audi premieres its new, lighter and more powerful A6 AvantThe weight-loss regime Audi started with its all-new A6 sedan has carried over into the A6 Avant, which made its worldwide debut in Berlin last night.
About 20 per cent of the all-new wagon is made from aluminium rather than steel, pulling the weight down by 70kg to the old Audi A6 Avant and helping to improve the fuel economy of some models by 18 per cent.
With the base 2.0-litre turbo-diesel A6 Avant weighing 1640kg, the Avant takes advantage of an engineering decision to move its front axle forward by 71mm to improve its balance and handling.
None of that has compromised the load-carrying capability, though, and the Avant still carries 565 litres with its rear seats up or 1680 litres with them folded flat.
It will launch in Europe with six different engines, starting from a 130kW turbo-diesel four cylinder that consumes just 5.0 litres/100km on the combined fuel economy cycle – which is almost 50mpg.
Available as either a front- or all-wheel drive, the A6 Avant remains under five metres, with a 4.93 metre overall length and to make parking easier, it debuts a 360-degree view from above the car onto the MMI screen, thanks to four small cameras around the car.
The Avant will arrive in Germany in the second half of the year at a base price of €40,850 (approx. $54,470 AUD), though the thumping 230kW twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 diesel will be considerably more expensive than that and will tow 2100kg. It will sprint to 100km/h in 5.4 seconds, which used to be supercar country only a decade ago, and there is also a 220kW petrol V6, which is force fed with supercharging.
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