Business And Car Review Audi A6 3.0T Quattro 2016

The Audi A6 was facelifted for 2016, but it’s barely whatsoever dissimilar from the A6 of 2015 in addition to the years prior. That, however, is a real proficient thing, since we’ve long ranked it at or nigh the locomote past times of its segment. Audi’s mid-sizer started winning comparing tests in 2009. Since then, A6s bring been victorious three more times. We’ve been suckers for the cars’ smoothen powertrains, responsive handling, intuitive interfaces, comfortable cabins, in addition to smart styling.

Automotive facelifts unremarkably involve head- in addition to taillamp revisions, in addition to the 2016 A6 is no exception. The novel headlights, alongside optional total LEDs, bring great-looking jet-age aeroplane graphics, in addition to the taillights are similarly attractive. These in addition to other tweaks for 2016 help the newest A6 remain fashionably fresh inwards a highly competitive segment.

The A6 likewise stacks upward good from a functioning standpoint. The motorcar tested hither had the 3.0-liter supercharged V-6—the bestselling powerplant inwards the lineup in addition to the same engine that has powered all of the aforementioned comparison-test winners. All A6s alongside the 3.0-liter characteristic Quattro all-wheel drive in addition to an eight-speed automatic transmission.

The 3.0T has 23 additional horsepower for 2016, in addition to it showed at the exam track. We clocked a zero-to-60-mph fourth dimension of 4.6 seconds, which is a half-second ameliorate than the quickest A6 3.0T we’d previously recorded and a total minute ahead of the most recent exam subject. Similarly, the 2016 model’s quarter-mile effect of 13.3 seconds at 105 mph bests all A6s that bring gone before. The Mercedes-Benz E400 is at to the lowest degree a few tenths behind on both marks, in addition to the aging BMW 535i is fifty-fifty slower. Quattro helps the A6 agree the 60-mph sprint of the hot-rod Cadillac CTS Vsport, but the major horsepower wages of the Caddy’s twin-turbocharged V-6 way it walks away from the Audi inwards the quarter-mile.

The 333-hp Audi engine has lots of pull—and non just when the gas pedal is pinned to the floor. Torque, which peaks at 325 lb-ft from 2900 to 5300 rpm, comes “at the twitch of a large toe,” equally nosotros noted previously. The ubiquitous ZF eight-speed shifts just when it should: apace when you lot desire it to, imperceptibly inwards to a greater extent than relaxed circumstances. The gear selector itself has been revised, in addition to it’s to a greater extent than straightforward to operate (its appearance isn’t equally high-tech, but nosotros don’t mind).

Speaking of appearances, the merely styled but handsome A6 gets enough of approbation glances inwards parking lots, although nosotros idea the dark grille looked somewhat drab on this uplevel car. The dapper 20-inch “Black Optic” wheels assist the styling elbow grease but, thankfully, don’t seem to compromise ride quality. The A6 nearly has the presence of the larger A8, but it around feels equally pocket-sized as an A4 when you’re hustling it on a dorsum road. We’d prefer a fighting less route dissonance in addition to trunk roll, in addition to the steering is a tad tedious off-center, but these characteristics are non inappropriate for a motorcar similar this, which is to a greater extent than sporting luxury shuttle than sports car.

And few sports cars comprise this many brute comforts. The color head-up display is welcome, in addition to adjusting its settings doesn’t involve excavation into whatsoever complicated menus. Adjusting the tiptop of the icon is equally piece of cake equally turning a dedicated knob; force the knob in addition to the icon disappears. Operating the familiar MMI infotainment organisation is nearly equally simple. Use the navigation function, in addition to you’ll locomote treated to a high-resolution Google Maps icon non just on the seven-inch principal MMI concealment but likewise on the smaller redundant display inwards the middle of the approximate cluster. Other functions (audio, phone) tin locomote apace in addition to easily called upward on either screen. Climate-controlled seats in addition to lovely ash forest inlays are luxurious touches.

All of this excellence doesn’t come upward cheap. As tested, our A6 Prestige toll $66,900. Still, that’s a proficient value for a motorcar alongside thence many luxury features that likewise drives this good in addition to looks in addition to feels thence nice. And that’s why nosotros proceed to give the A6 locomote past times marks.