Audi A6 test drive since 2011 sedan

Audi A6. Ice and fire

Audi A6. Price: from 1,850,000 rubles. On sale: since the spring of 2011
The birth of a new generation of Audi A6 for Russia is an event, if not iconic, then just! Therefore, the seventh chapter in the 43-year success of the success of the Bavarian Business Sedan we decided to open with a test on the legendary Sicilian highway Targa Florio: the best test landfill for the most perfect sports version A6 3.0 TFSI was impossible to imagine!
 
Test pilot
Vladimir Makkaveev, 33 years old, automobile journalist, driving experience of 14 years, personal car - Volvo C30

The Targi highway lies only in some half an hour from the Sicilian capital of Palermo. This short distillation on the autobahn allows you to enjoy all the charms of Bavarian artificial intelligence. In comparison with the predecessor, the new A6 can do a lot: to support the distance, and hold on to the strip, independently stinging in gentle turns, and the road signs recognizes and here is the trouble: most of these goodies for Russia are not yet relevant. However, on the Targa Florio highway, all these options are still useless to anything, but the Audi Quattro all -wheel drive with a directed distribution of torque and an exacerbating sensation of the feedback is an optional control amplifier with an adaptive electromechanical drive.

Narrow, like a bobslane groove, turns like chain dogs rush under the wheels of our six, frightening unknown and terrifying bottomless cliffs behind the flimsy chipsters. However, earlier, during the time of Count Trubetskoy, the chipper was not here at all, as well as the asphalt. But the main thing then was not and could not be such cars. The projection panel on the windshield allows you to monitor the speed without taking his eyes off the road: the numbers are precipitated to two signs, then again torn to three -digit indicators. To hell with the rules! It is impossible to resist the temptation of this fantastic route. Moreover, having a tool under the right foot that can spur at once three hundred horses.

However, even dressing in a civilian asphalt suit with thin silver chipper planks, Targa did not lose her treachery at all. It seems as if local residents are specially rubbed the asphalt every morning by the famous Sicilian olive oil in order to get rid of the annoying fans of Targ Florio, who come here to grab with the breeze. But such tricks do not pass with Audi A6. Sicilian ice, as we dubbed this strange asphalt, only emphasizes the perfection of the all -wheel drive Quattro. Swift accelerations as if in a kaleidoscope alternate with short, almost racing brakes.

But even with such a dynamic manner of piloting along such a crazy highway to all inside A6 surprisingly comfortable. The driver with a passenger is tightly held by optional sports seats with excellent lateral support, and a luggage grid tightly clung to the suitcases in the deep bowels of the 530 -fraud. The chances of slipping out of her embrace are as miserable as the prospects of the Mediterranean sardin to break out of the dense networks of the Sicilian fishermen.

But attempts to use the Internet via iPad during Circuito Piccolo chatter are doomed to failure. No, the built -in WLAN, which, as well as the MMI interface, the Audi six acquired after the flagship models A8 and A7, works with a bang, regardless of speed. But the Apple gyroscope goes crazy with the variety of overloads, rotating the picture on the screen, like a propeller of a turboprop aircraft.

Silver corkscrew A6 is screwed into the narrow turns of the Sicilian serpentines. Was it possible to expect such vivid emotions from such a brutal -looking car? But this brutality is, and even a certain heavyweight in the form of largely pretense. Under the heavy tweed coat of exterior, a light stylish costume of Audi A7 interior is hidden. Even the original selection of the torpedo along the windshield and designer inserts from deck parquet remained unchanged. Despite the new systems and improvement of sound insulation, the mass of the new A6 compared to the previous generation car decreased by an average of 80 kg. Only a new aluminum body allowed to save 15 kg. Is it worth it to be surprised at the lightness with which the A6 will iron Sicilian ice?

However, it should be recognized: this sports is far from pathological. If in the top version A6 devouring turns with no less frenzy than its more toned and sports brothers A7 line, then in more budgetary trim levels you do not even have to dream about it. The variety of characteristics of the line of the new A6 is impressive: from the fiery enthusiasm of the A6 3.0 TFSI Quattro to the icy frigidity of the monotive 2 -fraud 2 -lit diesel version, which if it finds its place under the Russian sun, then, most likely, only as a corporate membership. Brutal in appearance, exquisite inside, Audi A6 amazingly combines the ice and the flame of modern automotive industry in one line.

Russian Targa
Targa Florio is one of the oldest races of sportsmen on the planet. It was founded in 1906 by the offspring of an influential Sicilian family Vincenzo Florio. In the first half of the 20th century, the Sicilian race stood on a par with Mille Mille and 24 hours of Le Mans, while in 1977, after the two spectators of the accident, Gabrielle Lemy, who had passed the life of the accident, the race was not stopped by the police and ceased to exist. In 1948, a team from Maranello celebrated the first major victory in motorsport. Victoria Ferrari was brought by the Italian Clemente Bionedti and the Russian prince, the heir to the Decembrist Igor Trubetskoy. We could not resist the temptation to repeat the victorious path of the Russian prince and chose the Targa Florio highway as a test training ground for testing the new Audi A6.
 
We do not love
Serial Audi Drive Select allows you to choose the settings of the engine, steering amplifier and air conditioning. Practical
The adaptive light cone is adjusted to the conditions of movement, focusing on general lighting and oncoming cars. Bright
Compared to the sixth generation of A6, the power of the engines increased by an average of 7-9%, and the consumption decreased by 16-30%. Optimal

Driving
The behavior on the road and dynamic indicators vary significantly depending on the motor and type of drive. In a 3 -liter gasoline version, it is difficult to find fault with speed and controllability.

Salon
Beautiful and functional. The Audi A7 atmosphere is almost exactly exactly repeated.

Comfort
Sound insulation is much higher than that of the previous model.

Safety
Audi security systems Audi Pre Sense and adaptive cruise control are available to the order.

Price
At the level of the main competitors.

Advantages and disadvantages
+ Perfect all -wheel drive, wide selection of engines and transmission, stylish interior.
- KP, delayed the Start/Stop system, the absence of many auxiliary options in Russia.

Specifications
Mark and model - Audi A6 3.0 TFSI
Dimensions - 4915x1874x1455 mm
Engine-gasoline, 2995 cm3, 300 hp/5250-6500 min-1
Transmission-robotic, 7-speed s-Tronic
Dynamics - Max 250* km/h; 5.5 s to 100 km/h
Competitors-Mercedes-Benz E-Slass, BMW 5-Series

Our opinion
Five different engines: with a capacity of 177 to 300 hp Three transmissions: 6-speed manual transmission, variator and a 7-speed robot, 2 type 2 type, 4 aluminum suspension options. From such a variety of forms, everyone can blind A6 for themselves! But in the Bavarian stall, the queues of the A6 Avant and a hybrid are already waiting for the queue. The era of the seventh generation Audi A6 is already at sunrise is amazing in a variety of forms!

Author: Vladimir Makkaveev

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [March 2011]