Audi A6: the joy of recognition

The appearance of the new Audi A6 sedan comes as no surprise. Everything is predictable. It was enough to look at the big hatchback and the flagship sedan A7 A8, to understand what the new generation ingolshtadtskogo business class. And the recognition does not hurt a novelty: it is evident that this is, firstly, Audi, and secondly, that it is completely new. Headlights with LED make-up, door handles for a natural grip, cut mouth air intakes, a spoiler on the trunk lid. If the frontal A6 can be confused with the "seventh", in profile, and the stern is the "eighth". "Sixth" is more leaner and thinner - podshtampovki sides sharply delineated. The car really has become easier about poltsentnera due to the wide use of aluminum. If the previous generation A6 of the winged metal were made by the hood and front fenders, here - and even the doors, trunk lid, the support-pillars with a banner, amplifiers bumpers. And the new body became rigid. The interior of a hair's breadth as in A7. Differences exist, but very minor. But rear passengers will sit comfortably in the A6 - a hatchback less space overhead. The new A6 dimensions 4915h1874h1460 get a little shorter, slightly wider and slightly lower than the previous generation sedan. The wheelbase has increased from 2842 to 2912. A6 is still more than the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-class and largest wheelbase gives the Bavarian "five". Trunk volume decreased by 16 liters to 530 liters. Settings aluminum suspension (front and chetyrehrychazhnaya mnogorychazhka back) slightly changed. Modified the firmware optional tri-mode air suspension. Steering gear with variable gear ratio and an electric motor on the rail - a completely new, as in A7. Wheel drive transmission, as in coupe RS5. Instead of the traditional "Torso" - a conical-slip differential that normally distributes traction between the front and rear wheels in a ratio of 40:60. But when he slips capable of transmitting up to 70% of the torque forward and up to 85% - back. As an option will be available to active rear differential. The choice of engines familiar to hatchback A7. This three-liter six-cylinder turbodiesel engine with two versions of boosting (204 hp.. And 400 Nm, 245 hp.. And 500 Nm). This atmosfernik 2,8 FSI (204 hp..) With direct injection system and adjusting the height of the intake valve lift (204 hp.. And 280 Nm). This three-liter gasoline V-shaped with six driving a supercharger (300 hp.. And 440 Nm). In addition to the new A6 will be available modernized two-liter turbodiesel (177 hp..), And later - Gasoline turbo 2,0 TFSI (211 hp..). Diesel cars with 177 - and 204-horsepower engine will be front-wheel only, with the "mechanics" or CVT Multitronic. Version 2.8 petrol atmosfernikom can be as monoprivodnoy and all-wheel drive, with 7-speed robot S-Tronic. The most powerful diesel and petrol versions A6-wheel-drive only, with "es-tronics". Fastest A6 Compressor gasoline engine accelerates to 100 km / h in 5.5 sec. And the most economical car - a sedan with a two-liter turbodiesel and "mechanics", 4,9 l to "hundreds." Later appear and hybrid A6 with the same benzoelektricheskoy power plant, built in parallel, as in hybrids A8 and Q5. Gasoline engine 2,0 TFSI (211 hp.. And 350 Nm) and 33-kilowatt electric motor that works instead of the torque converter in an eight-block "Automaton» ZF. Between benzomotorom and motor package wet clutch, which allows travel only on the electric range. Capacity lithium-ion batteries will last for three-kilometer road at a speed of 60 km / h. Hybrid consumes an average of 6.2 liters per 100 kilometers, while the version with the 3.0 turbodiesel (204 hp..) Consumes less per liter. The dynamic characteristics of these machines are the same. Premiere of the new A6 will be held early next year in Detroit, and in the spring gasoline cars will appear at the Russian dealers. Room will be expected rich - Four-zone climate control, a media center with Internet access and maps of Google, Bang & Olufsen audio system with 15 speakers, active cruise control, night vision, avtoparkovschik. It's time to catch up with competitors.