Test Drive Audi A6 Avant since 2011 Wagon

Audi A6 Avant - 10,000 km

So, here it is before us - Emerald Green Audi A6 Avant Quattro. On the speedometer 10 thousand km, but these are not our kilometers. We will appreciate your Audi speedometer for 6 months, which are assigned to the long-term test of the autopilot.
Why Audi A6? Over the past year, many fundamentally new models appeared on our streets, and Avant stands on the conveyor since February 1998. First, we were interested in the phenomenon of the universal, the demand for which is growing rapidly in Europe, while automobile Russia stubbornly believes the sedan to the riding of the car chic. Secondly, it is impossible not to note the amazing takeoff of the popularity of this brand. Just a few years ago, this company with its models of 10-year exposure was in the hottest of the Lyuberetsky car market, the servants of the people with special signals ride on the capital, and today on A6 Avant Quattro they are answered. But about the same money you can buy a car whose star has long been and confidently shines in the sky of automotive glory.
APPEARANCE. The Great Michelangelo noticed that it was easy to create a sculpture - just from the block of marble should be cut off everything too much. When in 1997-1998 New A6 has appeared, the first thing everyone noted that the designers cut out the superior from the previous blocks rather carefully - outwardly the new line was withstanding in classic Audi forms, and no revolutionary games with double headlights. By and large, the proportions of cars have changed a bit - the base has become a little longer, the skes are slightly shorter. As a result, the size of the cabin increased, and the Audi universals were forever got rid of the hurt nickname crocodile. Unfortunately, the original rear lamps of the sedan had to give a more classic form, but the characteristic references of the rear wing and the bumper were preserved.
POWER. The choice of engines for Audi A6 Avant is huge - as many as seven. Gasoline: from the 1.8-liter turbocharged four to V8 of 4.2 yes plus two diesel engines V6.
We stopped at the intermediate version and preferred a six-cylinder V-shaped motor with 5 valves for each cylinder, the upper arrangement of the camshafts (DOHC) and the variable inlet geometry. In our opinion, this is what is needed for such a car. We have already tasted the charms of the engine 2.7 Biturbo (see # 72, March 2000), and the eight, according to our assumptions, is very voracious - it would be for this, with an appetite of 15-16 liters per 100 km.
COMFORT. Our A6 is packed in a sporty style - on the Audi branded Slane, this is called AMBITION. But if there is an underlined simplicity and functionality in motor sport, the black and green leather decoration of the cabin in combination with wooden inserts is associated exclusively with exclusive sports - golf, polo, cricket. But with the functionality in Avant, everything is in order - electrical adjustments of seats in all possible planes and with memory (for us it is very important, since different people go to the car and everyone loves to sit in their own way). Climatic installation, very decent audio system Audi Concert from Bose with CD changer.
CAPACITY. The wagon attracted us exactly the expanses of the salon - the autopilot journalists lead a rather active lifestyle, and traveling with the trips with the trousers for us. The volume of the trunk A6 AVANT is normal - 455 liters. This is quite enough to accommodate the luggage of four of our reporters, decreasing in a weekly business trip, and without any particular problems to deliver them to the airport. And with the decomposed rear seats, the amount of useful space increases to 1590 liters. In addition, the rear back is unfolded in a 2: 3 ratio, it provides a special case for oversized cargo - for example, skis or, seasonal, fishing rods. The abundance of pockets, protective nets, retractable polls makes life ...
The resolved lay out for such a car more than $ 40 thousand will receive a beautiful modern car, which does not provide for an e-coffee maker. And in vain swear to the unification of Audi, Volkswagen, Seat and Skoda - they say, everywhere the same devices. We assume that the rest are drawn by the level of Audi.
Text Nikolay Kachurin, photo Alexey Ilyin

 

Source: "Autopilot"