Audi A6

Infobox Automobile


name = Audi A6
manufacturer = Audi
parent_company = Volkswagen Group
production = 1994-present
predecessor = Audi 100
assembly = Neckarsulm, Germany
class = Executive car
body_style = 4-door saloon,
5-door Avant (estate)
layout = Front engine,
front-wheel drive / quattro permanent four-wheel drive
platform = Volkswagen Group C platform seriesThe Audi A6 is an executive car produced by the German automaker Audi. It is available in saloon and estate (Avant) body styles. The second and third generation A6 were also used as the basis for the allroad quattro. __TOC__

1st generation: (C4) A6 (1994-1997)

Infobox Automobile generation
name = Audi (C4) A6


production = 1994-1997
engine = 1.8L Turbo I4
2.4L V6
2.8L V6
1.9L TDI I4, 2.5L TDI I5
wheelbase = auto mm|2760|1
length = auto mm|4796|1
width = auto mm|1810|1
height = auto mm|1452|1
Avant: auto mm|1479|1
transmission = 5-speed manual
6-speed manual
4-speed automatic
fuel_capacity = Convert|80|L|impgal usgal|1|lk=on|abbr=on
platform = Volkswagen Group C4 platform
related = Audi S6

Audi's mid-size car was named the Audi 100 (or Audi 5000 in the United States) and was released in three successive generations (C1, C2 and C3). In 1994, the latest generation (C4) of the Audi 100 was facelifted and re-badged as the A6, to fit in with Audi's new alphanumeric nomenclature (as the full-size A8 had just been introduced). The exterior was changed only a bit from the C4 100 - new front and back lights, new radiator grid, the same happening with chassis and engine and transmission choices. The UK was the first market to receive the A6, as stock of right-hand-drive Audi 100s had run out before expected, and before the rest of Europe.

The new engines for the A6 were 1.8 20V I4, 2.8 30V, 1.9 TDI I4, and the 2.5 TDI I5 (140 PS), with the 2.3L I5 engine being dropped on most markets. The S6's 4.2 V8 engine was uprated to auto PS|290|0 and a new auto PS|326|0 version was added (S6+ made by quattro GmbH).

Up until 1997, the A6 came with several different engines, two of them turbodiesel, and most of them available with Audi's Torsen-based quattro permanent four-wheel drive system. The A6 was also available with saloon and Avant bodies.

The C4 design was available with the following engines:

Facelift

Audi unveiled the upgraded Audi A6 on the August 12, 2008. It features a new engine variant, a Auto PS|290|0 3.0 liter V6 TSI powered by a supercharger, one of the 6 petrol and 4 diesel engines available for the upgraded A6. [ [http://paultan.org/archives/2008/08/12/new-audi-a6-range-updated-for-2009-model-year/ New Audi A6 range updated for the 2009 model year] ]

Awards

The second-generation A6 was on "Car and Driver" magazine's Ten Best list for 2000 and 2001. The updated 2005 A6 won the "World Car of the Year" award for 2005.

References

ee also

*Audi S6
*Audi RS6
*Audi allroad quattro
*Volkswagen Group China

External links

* [http://www.audi.com Audi.com] corporate website
* [http://new-cars.audi.co.uk/audi-a6/ Audi UK A6 microsite]
* [http://www.audi.co.nz/index.asp?artid=843107947 Audi New Zealand: 100 and A6 official history]