Audi A6 test drive since 2011 sedan

Test drive of the new Audi A6: A weighted approach

While progress makes the rest of the cars more and harder, Audi cut off all superfluous from the new A6, reducing the weight and size of the new generation sedan. The portal Kolesa.ru experienced a new business class of the flagship of the world auto industry in the immediate vicinity of the residence of the representative of the representative

For such landscapes, the new Audi A6 was made: presidential palaces, expensive hotels and business centers of the highest classes A+. A straight line walking along the entire body, from the headlight to the trunk, visually lengthens the six, forcing to think where its owner should sit? ...

The new generation of Audi A6 2011, contrary to the existing trends in the automotive world, has become easier and less than the previous generation! Proof of? Please: in some trim levels similar to the predecessor model, the new six was easier for 80 kg! The body alone became easier to 30 kg, as to the dimensions, then the Novik’s length was shortened by as much as 12 cm. This should have scared, first of all, the rear passengers, if it was not about the audi. But in the space inside the car, the cutting of the length did not affect, because 8 cm was removed from the front history.

Interior of the new Audi A6 (2011)
The owner of the A-Six will not regret his acquisition, wherever he sat down. Moreover, if you choose between the Audi A7 Sportback, which was released almost at the same time. There, just the back seat is not so cordial to high passengers, and in the six, as it should be a ceiling higher, and even a person above 180 cm can even be completely straightened by the spine. Checked.

To talk about how the car looks from the inside, and what interesting engineers have been prepared for the driver for a long time; For me, a colleague, who experienced a little earlier A7 Sportback, was done for me.

I will dwell on the most interesting: a driver who really wanted to buy a new A8, but opted for A6, will be pleasantly surprised: new seats of increased comfort with heating, ventilation and massage are also available here! Of course, for the surcharge. Another pleasant detail of the multimedia system leaving the center of the front panel, with a puck-jacket at the Centernsoli.




New Audi A6 from engineers and nutritionists
Audi rival in the fight against extra pounds became new technologies, without which the company from Ingolstadt simply would not dare to call the new generation A6 new. It was decided to include the Start-Stop system in standard equipment, which even micro-liters are endowed in Europe today. But here's the bad luck: this system, which dramatizes the motor at each traffic light for the sake of winning a few drops of gasoline, weights the car for 10 kg due to heavier batteries and starter.

In addition, a new sound insulation affected the burden of the new Audi A6. Due to the new thicker glasses and improved insulating materials in the cabin, it became really much quieter, but payment is again considered in kilograms.

How did the engineers dealt with a hollow sedan? Also, as nutritionists and fitness trainers do: they replaced swimming areas of the body with strong and fit, slender and light.

The main source of excess weight body. Light alloys applied wherever the fantasy of engineers entered. At the same time, more durable designs made it possible to make liposuction without loss for stiffness and, as a result, controllability. The audit of the engines also revealed the possibilities for losing weight: for example, the engineers managed to facilitate the diesel engine V6 TDI for 20 kg!
We know the new Audi A6 2011 in comparison

Let us return again to the Audi A7 Sportback test. My colleague literally rejoiced after a trip to the seven and I understand him very well. However, the Audi A6 left a more calm expression on my face than a trip to a sportsback. All due to the fact that the test Audi A6 was equipped with a gasoline atmospheric 2.8-liter engine with direct injection, front-wheel drive, and the seven under the hood had a 3.0-liter turbocharged engine. I must say, the difference in a hundred horsepower is very noticeable. Compared to a turbo master, the nature of the acceleration of a 2.8-liter atmosphere is more even, calm. At first, the ride seems boring, but all because of the still fresh in memory of the 3.0-liter TFSI.

After about twenty minutes, I adapted. The sober look began to evaluate the dynamics of 2.8 FSI much higher; There is more than enough traction, there is no sensation of picking up, but acceleration still allows you to get ahead of the neighbors in the stream, albeit without straining the vestibular apparatus of passengers.

The controllability of the new A6 is difficult to evaluate without having a previous model abroad. I can only say that, like the previous generation of six, it gives special pleasure in corners even with front -wheel drive. And even in the administration, its former heavyweight disappeared; At the wheel of the previous generation, I was accompanied by a constant feeling as if you were leading a large and heavy car. The obedient, but keeping itself like an English butler: the previous A6 did not make quick and sudden movements. The new model is only waiting for the signal to rush forward, change the strip and storm another turn
How much does the new Audi A6 cost

The most affordable version of the Audi A6 costs 1,850,000 rubles. In this amount, among other things, two-zone climate control, 6 airbags, ABS, ESP, standard parking sensors, Audi Drive Select, the MMI Basic system, xenon, fog lights, rain and light sensors, electrical packages, all mechanical steering wheel adjustments and seats.

 
Competitors Audi A6 2011 on the Russian market:
BMW 5 Series
Mercedes-Benz E-Class

 
The new Audi A6 is provided by the Audi Center of Petersburg, the official dealer Audi AG.

Author: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Ostanin

 

Source: Wheel magazine [June 2011]