Audi’s new A6 uncovered

By Tom Phillips

31st August 2010

MEET the Audi with something for everyone! Our exclusive image reveals the look of the next A6, which features cues from the latest A8, A7 and A5 models.

The exterior styling, penned by design heads Wolfgang Egger and Stefan Sielaff, will incorporate the usual Audi hallmarks such as intricate head and tail-lights. Its interior will be typical of the brand, too – solidly built, with a sober design, and filled with technology including touchpad sat-nav input on high-spec models.

The car will use Audi’s latest modular MLB platform, which underpins the A4, A5 and Q5 in steel form, and A8 in aluminium. In the A7 and A6, the chassis is 20 per cent aluminium to reduce weight, but keep costs in check. As it allows engines to be mounted further back, the newcomer promises to be the best handling A6 ever.

Engine choices comprise 2.0-litre petrol and TDI diesel units, six-cylinder 2.8 FSI and 3.0 TFSI petrols, plus two 3.0 TDI versions. Stop/start systems are likely, as is quattro four-wheel drive plus six-speed manual, seven-speed S Tronic and eight-speed autos.

An Avant estate and flagship S6 performance model powered by a new 4.0-litre V8 are planned. The A6 debuts at the Geneva Motor Show next March, before going on sale in the summer.