Audi A6 8th Generation – Model Highlights and everything you need to know

The new Audi A6 Sedan

November 29, 2019 Rob Fraser Audi, Prestige Car Guide Comments Off on Audi A6 8th Generation – Model Highlights and everything you need to know

Audi A6 LaunchThe new Audi A6 Sedan

Audi has launched the 8th generation all new Audi A6 sedan. Launched initially with a choice of two engines and one transmission and all in Quattro, the new A6 is all about the technology.

Audi A6 Launch

Operating system

  • New MMI touch response operating and display concept: two touchscreens with tactile and acoustic feedback and intelligent text input
  • Natural language voice control with onboard and online search
  • Optional Audi virtual cockpit with Full HD resolution (1,920 x 720 pixels) and operation on the steering wheel; the head-up display is available as an option
  • Personalisation of around 400 functions for seven different profiles

2020 Audi A6 Launch 19 app Mark-Bramley

Infotainment and Audi connect

  • MMI navigation plus standard with 10.1-inch display
  • Navigation with self-learning function on the basis of driver preferences; online route planning from HERE, free updates
  • New Audi connect services
  • Car-to-X functions and “Hazard information”
  • New myAudi app to seamlessly connect smartphone and car
  • Optional Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System with 3D sound

Audi A6 DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS
Driver assistance systems

  • Up to 39 driver assistance systems in three packages, including new systems such as crossing assist, efficiency assist and adaptive cruise assist
  • Extensive sensor set with permanent fusion of all data in the central driver assistance controller (zFAS)

2020 Audi A6 Launch 20 MHEV Mark-Bramley

Broad-based electrification

  • V6 engine with 48V main electrical system
  • All engines with mild-hybrid technology (MHEV, mild hybrid electric vehicle) via belt alternator starter and additional lithium-ion battery
  • MHEV technology permits coasting with the combustion engine switched off, high recuperation power and extended start-stop operation, up to 0.7 litres fuel saving per 100 kilometres in customer use
  • Linking of the MHEV system with vehicle sensors to boost efficiency and comfort

Audi A6 interior

Body and interior

  • Spacious interior, 21 mm longer than its predecessor, 12 mm more legroom in the rear
  • Luggage compartment with increased loading width and 530 litres capacity, sensorcontrolled activation by means of a kicking movement, with an electric boot lid
  • Body with mixed steel and aluminium construction provides superb rigidity
  • Top performance with aeroacoustics and aerodynamics
  • Newly developed seats: optional sport seats
  • Large panoramic glass sunroof

2020 Audi A6 Launch 17 suspension Mark-Bramley

Suspension

  • Greater spread of the Audi drive select modes: superb comfort, unshakable stability and more sportiness
  • Direct ratio progressive steering with new damping concept is standard
  • Optionally available dynamic all-wheel steering with variable ratio at the front axle, and rear wheels that turn in the opposite/same direction
  • Sport suspension, suspension with damper control and adaptive air suspension with controlled dampers available as options
  • electronic chassis platform (ECP) provides networked control of the adjustable components, Audi drive select dynamic handling system with various profiles

Audi A6 engine

Powertrain

  • petrol engines, power output from 140 kW to 250 kW, 320 to 500 Nm torque
  • Agile power development, high efficiency and supreme refinement
  • 2.0 and 3.0 TFSI with seven-speed S tronic, some with ultra quattro all-wheel drive

Audi A6 exterior design

Exterior and lighting design

  • Technical, elegant design with taut roofline and short overhangs
  • Wide, low-set Singleframe grille, powerfully drawn air inlets
  • Side view with striking contours over the wheels, three-dimensionally shaped rear
  • Slight growth compared with predecessor – length: +7 mm to 4,939 mm, wheelbase: + 12 mm to 2,924 mm, width: +12 mm to 1,886 mm, height: +2 mm to 1,457 mm
  • Optionally available HD Matrix LED headlights with high-resolution high beam, dynamic light sequencing in headlights and rear lights

Audi A6 front seats

Interior design, colours and materials

  • Interior with clean design, seamless fusion of architecture and operating concept
  • Almost invisibly integrated 10.1-inch display, only a few buttons and controls
  • Ambient contour lighting for the interior
  • Wide selection of sophisticated materials; new colours; alloy wheels

Pricing

  • A6 Sedan 45 TFSI quattro 180kW $95,500*
  • A6 Sedan 45 TFSI quattro S line 180kW $105,200*
  • A6 Sedan 55 TFSI quattro S line 250kW $116,000*
  • * Manufacturer List Pricing [MLP] – excludes dealer delivery and government statutory charges

The all-new Audi A6 Sedan is on-sale now and is offered alongside a comprehensive Audi service plan package, including: Three-year service plan, priced at $1,700 or a five-year service plan, priced at $2,630.

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