2025 Audi A6 Sedan revealed – petrol and diesel with gentle hybrid tech, as much as 4 screens, ChatGPT assist

A month after debuting the sixth-generation C9 A6 Avant, Audi has pulled the covers off the sedan model of its newest govt mannequin. As with the longroof, the four-door shares its alphanumeric moniker with the electrical A6 e-tron, having averted a change to the A7 identify.

Similar to the A5 (née A4, as per the earlier naming scheme that separated combustion-engined and electrical fashions), the A6 rides on the Volkswagen Group’s Premium Platform Combustion (PPC) and utilises the most recent petrol and diesel engines with out there gentle hybrid expertise.

Three mills shall be supplied at launch, beginning with a 2.0 litre TFSI turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine that develops 204 PS and 340 Nm of torque, operating on the Atkinson cycle to enhance effectivity, plus a variable geometry turbocharger (VGT). Drive is distributed to the entrance wheels by way of a seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch transmission, getting the A6 from zero to 100 km/h in 8.2 seconds on its solution to a high velocity of 244 km/h.

Subsequent is the two.0 litre TDI turbodiesel, additionally with 204 PS however with a stout 400 Nm of torque. It additionally will get a 48-volt belt-driven starter-generator that gives 24 PS and 230 Nm of accelerative increase, on high of permitting the automobile to coast with the engine off (with the air-con on at full energy, because of an electrical compressor. With the non-compulsory quattro all-wheel drive outfitted, the oil burner is ready to full the century dash in 6.8 seconds (7.8 seconds with out).

Sitting on the top quality is a 3.0 litre turbo petrol V6, additionally operating on the Atkinson cycle and with the gentle hybrid system and the VGT. This punches out 367 PS and 550 Nm, and because of standard-fit quattro, it’ll blitz its solution to 100 km/h in 4.7 seconds. Prime velocity is electronically restricted at 250 km/h.

Below the pores and skin, the A6 rides on five-link entrance and rear suspension, with an non-compulsory sports activities suspension dropping the trip peak by 20 mm. Adaptive air suspension and rear-wheel steering might be had on quattro fashions, which might decouple the rear axle and conversely ship as much as 70% of torque to the rear wheels.

The V6 trim can be out there with a torque-vectoring rear sport differential; torque vectoring by braking comes as commonplace. A brake-by-wire system, a primary for an A6, is fitted to all fashions and offers as much as 25 kW of regenerative braking on gentle hybrid variants. Variable-ratio steering is standard-fit.

Measuring 4,990 mm lengthy, the brand new A6 is 60 mm longer than the earlier mannequin, though its wheelbase is a scant three millimetres longer at 2,927 mm; it’s additionally barely narrower at 1,880 mm. Regardless of the additional size, the boot is definitely fairly a bit smaller at as much as 492 litres – the gentle hybrid fashions presumably have much less due to the necessity to home a battery.

Audi has just lately eschewed its historically sharp designs for a softer aesthetic with blended outcomes, and the brand new A6 continues that pattern. Right here, you get a gaping singleframe grille that’s even wider than earlier than, extending in the direction of the decrease fringe of the bumper; the 4 rings are actually mounted on the highest edge. That is flanked by aggressive trapezoidal headlights and vertical air curtain inlets.

The facet profile, in the meantime, is outlined by the sweeping roofline and distinguished “quattro” entrance and rear haunches. Flush door deal with recesses work with the energetic grille shutter, entrance spoiler, underfloor covers and air guides across the wheels to ship a drag coefficient of as little as 0.23 – the bottom for an ICE Audi.

Shifting to the rear, you’ll discover what might be the A6’s most distinctive styling function – cut up taillights that include the primary lamp items up high and a full-width gentle information beneath, the latter additionally integrating vertical brake lights on every nook. Audi has additionally learnt from its previous errors and gave the A6 real twin rectangular tailpipes as a substitute of fakes.

On the choices record are matrix LED headlights and OLED taillights – each with customisable gentle signatures – in addition to wheel sizes that vary from 18 to 21 inches. Fashions with the look-faster S line bodykit get 19-inch rollers as commonplace and have the choice of 21s from Audi Sport, together with new triple-tone cast items.

Inside, the A6 includes a new working idea first seen within the Q6 e-tron. This implies you get a curved wall of OLED screens – known as a “digital stage” – that features a 11.9-inch Audi digital cockpit instrument show and a 14.5-inch infotainment touchscreen that comes with the air-con controls.

The passenger will get an non-compulsory 10.9-inch touchscreen of their very own, with a particular privateness mode permitting them to observe content material similar to movies with out distracting the motive force. Additionally non-compulsory is a head-up show that permits drivers to regulate sure vehicular and media features for the primary time. Like different new Audi fashions, the A6 incorporates assist for ChatGPT generative AI for basic inquiries past the capabilities of the built-in voice management.

As is custom, patrons can select from all kinds of upholstery choices, expanded to incorporate extra sustainable selections similar to cloth and Dinamica microfibre, the latter made out of fifty% recycled polyester. You additionally get a “dynamic interplay gentle” bar on the base of the windscreen, which reveals a particular animation upon locking and unlocking and shows the sequential indicators.

Different out there options embrace Bang & Olufsen sound system choices with both 16 or 20 audio system (together with headrest audio system), four-zone local weather management, an air ioniser, soft-close doorways and an electrochromic panoramic glass roof with six segments. You too can have acoustic glass facet home windows (now at each the entrance and rear), which mix with the improved sealing, new engine and gearbox mounts and a 30% enhance in sound insulation to enhance refinement.

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