SCOOP! New Audi A6 spotted

These are the first spy pictures of Audi’s soon-to-be-launched-in-India A6 saloon caught testing in Mumbai.

The A6 is slightly shorter than the outgoing model and the roofline is lower. The reduced length has resulted in shorter overhangs but hasn’t compromised interior space which, on the contrary, has been enhanced with a wheelbase that is 69mm longer than before. Extensive use of aluminum in the body structure has made the new A6 80kg lighter on a spec-to-spec basis than the previous car, benefitting both performance and economy.

There’s a lot of the A8 in the A6’s design. The new A6 gets the wide grille and very distinctive LED headlights making the A6 look like a scaled-down version of the A8. Audi’s ‘less is more’ design approach, which works well in very mature markets, may fail to tickle local tastes but you can’t help but appreciate the purity of the design which exudes confidence with strong wheel arches and just two or three strong crease lines.

When launched, the A6 is expected to come with as many as four engine options, there will be two petrol and two diesel engines on offer, the  base model will be a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel which puts out 175bhp. The top-end A6 will get the Quattro four-wheel drive system and Audi’s seven-speed, S-tronic dual-clutch automatic gearbox.

Prices of the A6 2.0 TDI will be approximately Rs 37 lakh (ex-showroom) and the top-of-the-line 3.0 TFSI and 3.0 TDI will cost around Rs 47 lakh (ex-showroom) each with only a few thousand rupees separating them. This will place the A6 on par with its rivals.

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