Audi A6 News
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Audi’s first hybrid model, the new Q5 Hybrid, is scheduled to go on sale later this year but after that it will be slow going for the automaker’s other gasoline-electric vehicles. While the new Audi A6 Hybrid, unveiled earlier this month at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, will go on sale in Europe towards end of this year, it’s U.S. arrival isn’t scheduled until a further two years after that. This means that we’re unlikely to see the A6 Hybrid in showrooms until late 2013. To make matters worse, the more expensive A8 Hybrid, unveiled at last year’s Geneva...
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Saab 9-5 SportCombi Wagon Teased Ahead of Geneva Debut
The all-new 2011 Saab 9-5 sedan has been well received by critics since its debut last year. With styling based on the 2006 Saab Aero-X concept car, the new 9-5 looks clean and muscular and recognizable as a Saab from the first glance. Inside it's much the same, with a smartly organized interior...
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2012 Audi A6 Wins EyesOn Design Award At Detroit Auto ShowUnderstated, simple, even plain. Audi's design themes--outside of the S and RS lines, at any rate--are often a bit sleepy, but they're always tight, clean, and sleek. The 2012 Audi A6 is no different, winning recognition from the EyesOn Design award at the Detroit Auto Show this week. The 2012 Audi...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: 2012 Audi A6 Live PhotosWith new versions of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5-Series launched over the past year or two, Audi’s entrant in the mid-size executive sedan segment, the A6, was starting to get a little long in the tooth compared with its rivals. However, that’s all set to change as the brand new...
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Video: 2012 Audi A6 Hits The RoadA fresh new look, more powerful yet more fuel efficient engines and plenty of technological gizmos to keep even the most savvy of tech-heads happy, the new 2012 Audi A6 looks set to be a definite winner. This latest video shows the car from virtually every angle and after viewing it we’re...
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2012 Audi A6 PreviewThe new 2012 Audi A6 has been revealed in all its glory, showcasing a design that’s now become quite familiar as the new sedan is essentially a smaller version of its A8 sibling. However, there are a few unique elements to keep things interesting and as with any Audi, much of the excitement...
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A new teaser video for the next-generation Audi A6 has hit the web via Audi TV, and though it reveals little about the car itself, it's another indication that Audi is still pressing to start production of the car by the end of the year. Earlier this month, in a special presentation outlining the vehicles Audi plans to manufacture at its upgraded plant in Neckarsulm, Germany, we received confirmation that the all-new 2012 Audi A6 will enter production by the end of this year at the site. Audi released the statement: "2010 is the year of production starts for the Neckarsulm site. In addition...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Audi A6Though the new Audi A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation 2012 Audi A6 is expected to use the lightweight ASF...
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Tom Brady's Audi S8 Plays Defense In Two-Car CollisionThe New England Patriots could've found themselves in a bind yesterday when star quarterback Tom Brady got sacked in a two-car crash. Thankfully, Brady's sporty Audi S8 kept him nice and safe -- though a passenger in the other car wasn't so lucky. According to USA Today (we know, but we have to...
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Rendered: 2012 Audi A6 AvantEarlier this week we saw the first spy shots of a prototype for the new 2012 Audi A6 and today we have a new computer-generated rendering of the Avant wagon variant. Though the next-generation A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Vampire Chic Has Gone Too Far: Even Vanessa Hudgens Fears The SunOkay, people: we get that bloodsucking is all the rage right now, but that doesn't mean we have to like it. Some of us endured the craze when it reared its pale, pasty head a couple of decades ago, and our wardrobes are still trying to crawl back toward the light. Now, we have hard evidence that...
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Zac Efron Gets A Moving Violation (About Three HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALs Too Late)Twelve things we know for sure: 1) Zac Efron's million-dollar, teen-idol tuches has found a new resting place in an Audi A6, as we see in the photo linked below. 2) Given Zac's previous appearance in an Audi A5, we're not sure this is an upgrade. 3) In fact, it seems a little weird. 4) Zac seems to...
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Though the new Audi A6 is still almost a year away from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation 2012 Audi A6 is expected to use the lightweight ASF II spaceframe technology as its base. Audi has developed the Aluminum and Steel Spaceframe (ASF II) technology to provide a platform that weighs half as much as steel, but is one and a half times as rigid. ASF technology allows the chassis to be built from a conglomeration of bonded subframe...
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Audi Looking For Image Boost With Higher Sales Of Premium ModelsIn Europe Audi is one of the leading luxury brands but in the U.S. its sales are still lagging behind rivals like Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus. Last year Audi sold just 82,716 vehicles in the U.S. while its rivals managed to rack up more than double that figure. In an effort to catch up as well as...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Nicole Kidman (And Her Face) Go Picnicking In An Audi A6Ladies and gentlemen, Audi has struck again: since JT came onboard, it seems like every other celebrity -- at least the real ones -- has been spotted tooling around in one Audi model or another. (For reasons yet unknown, fake celebs seem smitten with Bentleys and BMWs.) The latest example: Nicole...
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Video: Ford Pits 2010 Taurus SHO Against V-8 Powered Audi A6 4.2 FSIThe twin-turbo 2010 Ford Taurus SHO's EcoBoost engine stands its ground against the Audi's more powerful V-8.
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Audi Posts 26% U.S. Sales Gain, Plans Bumper 2010Audi has an ambitious of goal of selling more than 1.5 million vehicles by the middle of the next decade.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Audi prices new A6 and S6 lineupPremium mid-level sedans are a tricky business, balancing just enough luxury and features with sporting performance to stand above the entry-level crowd, but taking care not to step on the toes of their bigger brothers. Audi's A6 and sportier S6 variant are among the better players of this delicate...
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Joining the new RS6 Sedan at this October’s Paris Motor Show will be the 2009 model year facelift for the standard A6 Sedan and Avant models. Among the list of updates planned for the new lineup is a range of more efficient engines, significant suspension refinements, the addition of a number of safety assistance systems, and a new-generation MMI interface. Changes to the new lineup's styling include a revised single-frame grille, restyled bumpers, larger air vents and new-shape fog lights. The optional xenon and LED daytime running lights package has also been updated, with a new...
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Update: 2009 Audi A6 range facelift spy shotsUpdate: A few weeks back we spy images of an undisguised prototype for the upcoming facelifted Audi A6 sedan and now we have images of the car’s Avant wagon and Allroad siblings. As the images reveal, the only major changes for the updated model is the new front end with a single frame grille...
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Audi's future powertrain line-up revealedAudi’s line-up is set to expand in coming years with even more diverse models as the carmaker strives to reach its stated goal of selling more than 1.5 million vehicles by 2015. We’ve already seen the introduction of all new models such as the Q5 SUV, A5 coupe and R8 super-sports car in...
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Next-generation Audi A6 details emergeThough the new Audi A6 is still at least a year away from being shown in concept form and two years from its production debut, details about its construction and platform technology are already leaking onto the web. Building on technologies first developed in the TT platform, the next-generation A6...
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Abt Sportsline releases the Audi AS6 3.0L TDIWe’re used to seeing plenty of highly modified petrol cars but every now and then a tuned oil-burner crops up. This time it’s from the Bavarian-based Abt Sportsline, which has taken the wraps off its new AS6 3.0L TDI. The new car boasts a rare 100hp (75kW) per liter output, with a total...
Kenneth Hall