Audi A6: Elegance on wheels

AutoWeek has a review of the Audi A6 with the title "Elegance on Wheels - A6 holds its own against competition".

We would never say that as a company Audi has an inferiority complex, but we could understand if it did.

Competing against its two backyard luxury car-making archrivals—Mercedes-Benz and BMW—is enough to give any carmaker a complex. And it’s not just the German makers Audi need worry about, as competition from Acura, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar and Lexus, among others, makes the luxury car field a crowded one.

But Audi has a couple of hole cards to play in this high-stakes luxury car poker game: exceptional design and the decades-old reputation of its quattro all-wheel drive.

So the question is: Did Audi deliver on its promise of sportiness and luxury? In a word, yes.

One comment keeps coming up when people describe the A6: elegant. The crisp lines of the exterior give the car a stylish profile. As much as we like the outside of the car, we like the inside even more. Swathed in fine leather and wood trim in a classic design, the A6’s interior is the standard other automakers benchmark. Audi has long been noted for making some of the finest interiors in the business, and the A6 redefines the segment.

Owners say that as a package the A6’s luxury appointments, sporty ride and handling, superior cabin and luggage space, plus all-wheel drive combine to make it a winner. “Compared to its Mercedes and BMW-badged contemporaries,” writes one owner, “you get the biggest trunk and back seat and the coolest interior, all while keeping an extra $10,000 in your pocket.”

Another owner says, “This is the most fun I’ve had driving a new car in years.”

Luxury and performance wrapped up in an elegant package could give all those other automakers a complex.

As we said earlier: The most beautiful production car Audi has ever built! Especially the Audi A6 Avant is an eye-catcher.

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Source: AutoWeek via AudiWorld

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