2013 Audi A6 Reviews, Pictures and Prices, History

2013 Audi A6 Reviews, Pictures and Prices

The 2013 Audi A6 is ranked #3 in Luxury Large Cars by U.S. News. See the full review, specs, pictures and prices.

Now inflowing its 20th year, the Audi A6 mid-size luxury automobile is a emergent competitor near the prolonged control of the BMW 5-Series with Mercedes-Benz E Class amid German luxury four-doors. Launched into 1995, the A6 was the van the re-established Audi's U.S. reputation behind the retirement of the media-tarnished 5000 model.

Joined representing parts of its years by the higher-performance with sportier S6 sedan, the A6 sort has also incorporated the Avant cart and--briefly--the Allroad intersect utility vehicle. While the Allroad label has returned to the U.S. market, it's instantly useful near the carriage version of the A4--one footstep beneath the A6 fashionable the Audi hierarchy.

A new Audi A6 went on sale representing the 2012 copy year. Offered simply when a vehicle hence far, the A6 splits its drivetrains into two function clear()
offerings. A build 211-horsepower, turbocharged four-cylinder is opposite with a incessantly patchy transmission and front-wheel drive, although the 310-hp supercharged V-6 version gets quattro all-wheel drive with an eight-speed automatic transmission amid open paddle shifters. There's nix contest when near which we prefer: the four-cylinder CVTs fashionable Audi's former hold been fuel-economy specials, while this A6 by the six-cylinder is a spectacular straight-line performer, amid worried cycle control with happy steering, admittedly with miniature feedback.

For extra by the current model, including prices, options, and specifications, spot our full check of the 2013 Audi A6 with S6.

The A6 now offers tech skin galore, commencing in-car wireless Internet advantage to steering amid Google Earth mapping. It's all cutting-edge, except all of the features we want canister originate on the much additional pretty Audi A7, a mechanical clone amid a sexy tailgate group and a V-6-only marketing position. It's rated because a Top Safety Pick near the IIHS, nevertheless the central administration has not assigned any crash-test scores while of yet.

2013 Audi A6 4-door Sedan FrontTrak 2.0T Premium Plus Steering Wheel

The formerly American-market A6 inwards fashionable showrooms because a 1995 model. concerning that generation, the A6 name just enthused near the open Audi 100 armature by a effortless facelift. But 1998 brought a additional divergent pristine A6 into equally vehicle plus Avant cart forms. Offered amid a catalog of four-cylinder plus six-cylinder engines, the A6 and had front-wheel drive, presented quattro all-wheel drive, and a abundance of physical with involuntary transmissions--along amid pristine features comparable stability control, piece airbags and a routing system.

For the third-generation Audi A6, which inwards into the U.S. as a 2005 model, Audi went for a added dramatic outer style. An upswept "tornado" procession across its lessen sills gave the new A6 a more pronounced hold shape, although awake face its deep, chrome-framed probe lent it immediate distinction. Inside, the A6's arena became a insignificant extra plasticky with busy, with LCD screens for navigation and every sorts of pristine tech features. An MMI controller old a breaker sweep near navigation through the LCD screen's GPS, audio and climate functions.

On the piece front, the everyday combination of four-cylinder turbo engines plus V-6 powerplants came with options representing Tiptronic involuntary transmissions (the normal gearbox on approximately models was a incessantly patchy transmission); quattro all-wheel drive; with later, a V-8 copy came only amid quattro with the automatic. An Avant cart returned near the sort fashionable 2006, plus an S6 sport-sedan amid a Lamborghini-derived V-10 engine revitalized the assortment into 2007. Then, fashionable 2009, the A6 swapped its dull V-6 engine representing a supercharged six, selection awake a mild ornamental refresh on the matching epoch representing its mid-life update.

In the finishing years of the third generation, the Audi A6 was sold fashionable together sedan and wagon body styles, with an amazingly quick and tenacious architect in the grow of the S6. Priced somewhat lessen than the routine German clash pitted this A6 alongside the likes of the Volvo S80, Lincoln MKS with Acura RL--at least, fashionable terms of price, proviso not image. Its happy lashing deem plus the still-fresh exterior form complemented its supercharging, close injection, curtain airbags, with pristine versions of the MMI controller, ration the A6 continue its "otherness" once compared with the Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5-Series.

2013 Audi S6

The high-performance S6 van rejoins the U.S. schedule fashionable the 2013 exemplary year, donation a pristine twin-turbo 4.0 TFSI V-8 engine creation 420 horsepower with adept of accelerating to 60 mph in less than 4.8 seconds. The S6 gets additional working improvements comparable a sport differential, sport-tuned adaptive space suspension, and a seven-speed S tronic transmission--plus exterior changes like a four-outlet exhaust, special wheels, with two additional, elite 'S' colors: Estoril Blue and Prism Silver.

The new RS6 carriage provides an equal hotter thing package, nevertheless that copy isn't estimated representing the U.S. market; instead we'll find the RS5 Cabriolet with an RS7 fastback.