For the new Audi A6 Audi as a self-appointed lightweight a weight lower compared to the predecessor to up to 80 kg indicates. Thus strong TDI of based on should deal the 177 HP actually just fine. Test of the new luxury sedan with four-cylinder diesel engine.
Course is respected when refrigerator buying out that he is the best energy efficiency class all electric consumption in the optimum insulated home run only with regenerative power. But the eco-Ernst ceases at the car, a six-cylinder engine under the hood must whisper at the chic sedan at the door. Why actually?The base engine of the new Audi A6 range four cylinder and just under two litre engine capacity, to mobilize 177 HP and 380 nm of maximum torque. Thus, the four aims to accelerate in 8.7 seconds from zero to 100 km / h. The next largest V6 TDI in the Audi A6 offers hardly more with 204 HP and 400 nm. On the front axle of the Audi A6 lets go the power, on a six-speed manual transmission, the driver sorts them - both considered work of the devil among conservative supporters of the segment.
Absolutely suitably against: The noble ambience in the Interior, although the Audi was equipped A6 test car with quite a bit, which makes the owner maybe happy, but significantly poorer in any case. Dignified plywood and sport seats with soft leather related for example, or complex the night vision Assistant with pedestrian detection and the navigation system with Google Earth map. This melts the weight advantage proclaimed by Audi certainly, by the 1,575 kg empty weight not much is left after the poaching in the option list.
However, she feels anything but cumbersome Audi A6 sedan. A small moment brings the TDI air, the Audi then draws A6 under far entrucktem snarl ahead, at 5,000 rpm to demand the next course - free, because the next hairpin bend already waving red and White arrows. This, the steering of the Audi A6 gives a pleasant directness, who also banished any doubts as to the sterility of electro-mechanical systems with good information in the history books of automotive technology. With the acceleration, the drive wheels but often raise the white flag, the aufblitzende control lamp indicates that the traction control system of the Audi gets busy A6.
The tend to be tightly designed chassis quite animated to such driving, the excessive harshness of Audi models of recent but thing of the past. Rather the successful vote even in combination with optional 18-inch wheels is the Alternatively available air suspension with Adaptive dampers into question.
In the four cylinder TDI the certainty is spreading, however, after the first kilometers, that it is definitely not on performance. And also the v6 supplement is also prima in the occasional luxury extra invest - the driving pleasure in this class in any case is
