Audi fans sure have good smiles this week as new Audi wagons were one by one unwrapped during the Detroit Motor Show. The first to be unveiled is the concept car Q3 Vail which will be hitting the production line by the third quarter of this year. The next edition of the A4 Allroad was also rolled out during the show. And the latest reveal is the new version of the A6 Allroad Quattro.
The new A6 Allroad actually stretches the capability of the Avant and giving it the off-road capability the sure performs well beyond the asphalt. The overall performance also improves with better fuel consumption jump of as much as twenty percent.
The new Audi A6 Allroad is a bit bigger than the Avant with dimensions of 4.94 m x 1.9m x 1.47m. The body is true to Audi’s principle of lightweight architecture with about 20% of the body made from aluminum components. The A6 tips the scales 154 lbs lighter than its older sibling.
The design lines also gives the vehicle a very distinct stance with sharp lines serving as margins for the taut srufaces plus the roofline blending well with the D-pillars. The head and tail lights has an option to use advanced LED technology. The car’s exhaust system ends up with two big and flat tailpipes.
The interior of the car has a lot of space attributed to the 2.91 meters of wheelbase. The foce.us is clearly on elegance, ergonomics, and craftsmanship. The compartment of the A6 Allroad can carry about 565 liters of luggage that can be increased to 1,680 liters when you fold the rear seats.
It also boasts of a high end infotainment system which has the MMI navigation, 8-inch monitor, and Bang & Olufsen sound system as its primary components.
The Audi A6 Allroad will give consumers four options of 3.0L V6 engine with direct injection and turbocharging.. There will be one TFSI engine running on gas and the three TDI powerplants.
The TFSI engine will be able to output 310 horsepower bring the car from 0 to 100 kph in a matter of 5.9 seconds. The TDI variants will offer 204hp, 245 hp, or 313 hp. The most powerful TDI is paired with the 8-speed triptronic gearbox while the other engines are coupled with the S tronic transmission with seven speeds.
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