Audi A6 Berlina 2011

Audi A6 will be officially presented in March at the Geneva Motor Show. Its sale is scheduled for next summer. The third generation of the E-segment sedan Audi unloaded technology, with a lighter frame, a comprehensive range of engines and the most advanced technologies to provide maximum comfort for its occupants.

Audi A6 is a model that directly competes with the BMW 5 Series, Jaguar XF, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Saab 9-5, Volkswagen Phaeton and Volvo S80.

The familiar body variant Avant will arrive in the first quarter of 2012, upon presentation at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011.

Twenty percent lighter
Built on longitudinal engine MLP, a mechanical base opened last year 2007 with the Audi A5 Coupé, the engine and transmission are mounted behind the front axle over previous Volkswagen Group platforms, shifting the center of gravity and allowing an increase in battle without extending outside dimensions.

The frame structure is made of a hybrid variant of philosophy Audi Space Frame aluminum and steel used only for parts of the structure and, together with the body that is constructed with aluminum panels and fiber, reduces the masses suspended. Overall, chassis and body, the weight has been reduced by 20 percent from the second generation of Audi A6.

Design: evolution not revolution
The body of the new Audi A6 has a more evolved design but without a revolution, with simple lines that do not reload the assembly. At the front, follows the pattern of brand new models like the Audi A1 and A7 Sportback, with a hexagonal shaped single-frame grille and slanted corners with horizontal strips of black.

The headlights follow the stylistic pattern also implanted in the headlights of the Audi A8.

As this model can optionally have full LED headlights, technology is also available for the role of daytime running lights in combination with Xenon Plus headlights (for low and high beam), premiered at the R8 supercar.

In the figure, the belt line, located above the door handles, fits perfectly into the rear through the rear lights, creating an imaginary line surrounding it and extending from one side to another. At the rear, the new Audi A6 has a solid design, similar to the new Audi A8, but adopting the same solution as the one established in the urban A1 and Q5 SUV, with two levels at the top of trunk, leaving the pilots semi-integrated into the panel. These have LEDs for all functions, except the back, combined with bi-xenon front.

Elegant and luxurious interior
With regard to the still current Audi A6 the interior is a sea change, most luxurious and elegant as well as grabbing the most advanced control technology, communications and entertainment on board.

The dashboard, the new bill, has a supreme finish, which has paid special attention to detail, simple instrumentation, clear and easily legible and a redesigned center console, which is identical to the dashboard of the Audi A7 similar to the new A8, which includes the air conditioning system and entertainment and integrated seamlessly in the transmission tunnel, the highest, solutions that provide better ergonomics for the driver, with all controls at your fingertips immediately .

Depending on trim level, the dashboard can be decorated to suit the owner, with textile materials or nappa leather for the upper dashboard and door panels and wood and metal frames selected for the front console, transmission tunnel and door panels.

Full range of mechanical
The new Audi A6 will feature a wide range of mechanical, petrol and diesel, the latest and most advanced technology in efficiency, exceeding the emission standards of Euro 5 and 6.

In principle, adopt the same four mechanisms available to the A7 Sportback range of engines that will be completed over time, even with four-cylinder versions.

Thus, the four mechanical, available at launch will be of six cylinders in V and associated with two transmissions, continuously variable Multitronic with seven speeds for front-wheel drive versions of dual-clutch S-tronic 7-relationships for Quattro versions.

In gasoline, will consist of the 2.8 FSI with 204 hp and 3.0 liter TFSI of 299 hp at 6,500 rpm, with maximum torque of 440 Newton meters, between 2,900 and 4,500 revolutions per minute, while in diesel The range will consist of the 3.0-liter TDI of 204 hp and a variant of it, with 245 horsepower at 4,500 rpm and maximum torque of 500 Newton meters available between 1,400 and 3,250 revolutions per minute.