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The Audi A6 is an executive

Executive car

Executive car is a British English term that refers to a car's size and is used to describe an automobile larger than a large family car. In official use, the term is adopted by EuroNCAP, a European organization founded to test car safety....
car produced by the German

Germany

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automaker

Automaker

The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2007, more than 73 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide....
Audi

Audi

AUDI AG, is a Germany car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, . The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for ?hear." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for ?Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."...
. It is available in saloon and estate

Station wagon

A station wagon in American English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English usage and an estate car in British English usage, is a passenger automobile with a car body style similar to a sedan but with the roofline following the full, sometimes extended rear cargo area, i.e. ending with a more vertical door...
(Avant) body styles. The second and third generation A6 were also used as the basis for the Audi allroad quattro

Audi Allroad Quattro

The Audi allroad quattro and Audi A6 allroad quattro are station wagon executive cars, produced by Germany automaker Audi since 1999. Based on the Audi A6 Avant, the A6 allroad quattro remains in production for Europe, but not for North America as of December, 2008....
and A6 allroad quattro models respectively.
C4 (1994-1997)

Audi's mid-size car was named the Audi 100

Audi 100

The Audi 100 and Audi 200 are mid-sized automobiles from Audi , made between 1968 and 1994. The C3 model of the Audi 100 was sold in the United States as the Audi 5000 until 1988....
(or Audi 5000 in the United States) and was released in three successive generations (C1, C2 and C3).

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The Audi A6 is an executive

Executive car

Germany

Automaker

Audi

Station wagon

Audi Allroad Quattro

C4 (1994-1997)

Audi's mid-size car was named the Audi 100

Audi 100

The Audi 100 and Audi 200 are mid-sized automobiles from Audi , made between 1968 and 1994. The C3 model of the Audi 100 was sold in the United States as the Audi 5000 until 1988....
was facelifted and re-badged as the A6, to fit in with Audi's new alphanumeric nomenclature (as the full-size A8

Audi A8

The Audi A8 is a full-size luxury vehicle built by the Germany automotive industry Audi, to replace the Audi V8 as its Flagship#Automotive. First brought to the market in 1994, most versions of the A8 have featured quattro permanent four-wheel drive as standard, as well as a multitronic or Tiptronic automatic transmission....
had just been introduced). The exterior was changed only slightly from the "C4" Audi 100 - new front and back lights, new radiator grid, similarly with chassis and engine and transmission choices. The UK was the first market to receive the A6, as stock of right-hand-drive Audi 100s had run out before expected, and before the rest of Europe.

The new engines for the A6 were 1.8 20V I4

Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
, 2.8 30V, 1.9 TDI

Turbocharged Direct Injection

Turbocharged Direct Injection is the technology used to describe and name modern turbodiesel diesel engines produced by Volkswagen Group, and widely used in all marques of automobile and light commercial vehicles produced by the company ....
I4

Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
, and the 2.5 TDI I5

Straight-5

The straight-5 or inline-5 is an internal combustion engine with five Cylinder aligned in one row, sharing a single engine block and crankcase....
(140 PS), with the 2.3L I5

Straight-5

The straight-5 or inline-5 is an internal combustion engine with five Cylinder aligned in one row, sharing a single engine block and crankcase....
engine being dropped on most markets. The S6's

Audi S6

V8 engine

A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinder s mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....
was uprated to and a new version was added (S6+ made by quattro GmbH

Quattro GmbH

quattro GmbH is a wholly owned privately held company subsidiary of the Germany automotive industry - Audi, part of the larger German automotive manufacturing conglomerate and holding company, Volkswagen Group....
).

Until 1997, the A6 came with several different engines, two of them turbodiesel

Turbodiesel

Turbodiesel refers to any diesel engine with a turbocharger. Turbocharging is the norm rather than the exception in modern car and truck diesel engines....
, and most of them available with Audi's Torsen

Torsen

Torsen is a type of limited slip differential used in automobiles. It was invented by United States of America Vernon Gleasman and manufactured by the Gleason Corporation....
-based quattro permanent four-wheel drive

Four-wheel drive

Four-wheel drive, 4WD, 4x4 , or AWD is a four-wheeled vehicle with a Powertrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously....
system. The A6 was also available with saloon and Avant bodies.

The C4 design was available with the following engines:

Engine	Cyl.	Power
1.8 20V	I4
2.0 8V	I4
2.0 8V	I4
2.0 16V	I4
2.3 10V	I5
2.6 24V	V6
2.8 12V	V6
2.8 30V	V6
S6 2.2 20V T	I5
S6 4.2 32V	V8
S6 4.2 Plus	V8
1.9 8V TDI	I4
2.5 10V TDI	I5
2.5 10V TDI	I5

C5 (1998-2004)

In 1997 the scene changed strikingly for the A6. With the introduction of an ambitious new design (C5) and a new pack of engines, the A6 moved up a notch and was positioned alongside the hegemonic BMW 5-Series and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive car cars manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. The E initially stood for Einspritzung, ; a new feature in volume production vehicles at the time that the E-Class first appeared, with the E as a suffix to the engine nomenclature in the 1950s....
. The Italian redesigned body presented a modern design with a dramatic fastback styling that set the trend for the Audi lineup and gave the relatively large saloon an aerodynamic shell with a low coefficient of drag of 0.28. In 2000 and 2001, the "C5" A6 was on Car and Driver

Car and Driver

V6 engine

A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinder s mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each other, with all six pistons driving a common crankshaft....
s represented the bulk of the A6's development programme, with a multitude of other engine configurations available throughout the globe. As an alternative to the manual transmission

Manual transmission

A manual transmission is a type of Transmission used in automotive applications. It generally utilizes a driver-operated clutch operated by a pedal or lever, for regulating torque transfer from the engine to the transmission, and a gear-shift either operated by hand or by foot ....
, a 5-speed tiptronic

Tiptronic

Tiptronic, is a type of discrete automatic transmission developed by Porsche, and used in its vehicles, and those of its licensees....
automatic transmission

Automatic transmission

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. In the US

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the C4 continued for 1997, with the C5 saloon appearing in 1998, and the C5 Avant appearing in 1999. In Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, there was no Avant (wagon) available at all in 1998 - Audi dropped the C4 Avant at the end of the 1997 model year, and jumped straight to the C5 Avant in 1999 in conjunction with its release in the US. As a result of complying with FMVSS

FMVSS

FMVSS is the acronym for Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.FMVSS norms are administered by the United States Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration....
the North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
n models were equipped with front and rear bumpers that protruded several inches further than their European counterparts, with modified brackets and bumper suspension assemblies as result and child-seat tethers for occupant safety. In compliance with Canadian law, Canadian models received daytime running lights as standard equipment. North American C5 A6 models received the 2.8 litre, 30-valve V6 engine (often referred to derisively as the "2-point-late" given its relative lethargy compared to other A6 engines of the day), the 2.7 litre, bi-turbo V6 (also found in the B5 platform S4), and the 4.2 litre 40-valve V8. The V8 models arrived with significantly altered exterior body panels, with more aggressively flared wheel arches, revised headlamps and grille design (before being introduced in 2002 to all other A6 models), taller and wider wheels (17x8"), larger brakes and quattro as standard.

The Audi S6

Audi S6

The Audi S6 is a high-performance version of the Audi A6, an executive car produced by German automotive industry Audi. It went on sale in 1994, shortly after the "A6" designation was introduced, replacing the Audi 100 nameplate....
was a high-powered variant of the A6 line, featuring a modified version of the 4.2 engine producing . It was available as a saloon and Avant.

In 2002 the A6 received a facelift with revised headlight and grille design, exposed exhaust tips, and slight changes to accessory body moldings and tailight color from red to amber in North American models. A new host of engines

Internal combustion engine

The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs in a combustion chamber inside and integral to the engine. In an internal combustion engine it is always the expansion of the high temperature and pressure gases that are produced by the combustion which apply force to the movable component of the engine, such as...
were introduced as well. The 1.8 L engine was removed and replaced by a 2.0 L powerplant with . The 1.9 L TDI was tweaked into producing a maximum of and , receiving a 6-speed gearbox in the process. The 2.4 V6 gained 5 extra hp and better balancing and the 2.8 V6 was replaced by a 3.0 L engine boasting . The turbocharged 2.7 L was given a tweak on the turbo resulting in and , controlled by standard quattro. The V6 Diesel was also slightly modified resulting in (after the second modification) and . A new more powerful V6 diesel was also introduced presenting and . The 4.2 V8 engine which arrived in 2001 remained unchanged.

Also new was the revolutionary multitronic

Multitronic

Multitronic is a stepless Transmission launched by Audi in 2000. Based on the principles of continuously variable transmission popularised by DAF Trucks, Multitronic offers a stepless automatic transmission in which the ratio between the input shaft and output shaft can be varied continuously within a given range, providing a very large nu...
continuously variable transmission

Continuously variable transmission

A continuously variable transmission is a Transmission which can change steplessly through an infinite number of effective gear ratios between maximum and minimum values....
, available in most front wheel drive models in the lineup. All models, except the 2.0 petrol and 1.9 TDI, were available with Audi's four wheel drive system, quattro. A four wheel drive version of the estate with raised ground clearance and slightly altered styling was sold as the Audi allroad quattro

Audi Allroad Quattro

Crossover SUV

A crossover — variously called CUV or crossover utility vehicle — is a marketing term for a vehicle that derives from a car automobile platform while borrowing features from an Sport utility vehicle or Minivan....
.

Regarding this C5 generation, Car and Driver

Car and Driver

Car and Driver is an United States automobile enthusiast magazine. Its total Magazine circulation is 1.31 million. It is owned by Hachette Filipacchi M?dias....
magazine stated, "It is one of the most winsome mid-sizers to meet pavement, with some of the nicest handling this side of a BMW
BMW

, is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
. In 2000, the moderate performance of this otherwise excellent, 3.0 litre V6-powered, sedan was improved by the addition of two higher-performance versions: the , 2.7T bi-turbo V6 and the , 4.2 V8, both with Audi's quattro permanent four-wheel drive
Four-wheel drive

Four-wheel drive, 4WD, 4x4 , or AWD is a four-wheeled vehicle with a Powertrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously....
system. In mid-2003, major muscle came along in the limited-run RS 6-powered by a , twin-turbo V8 - which immediately finished first in a C/D comparison test".

In the late years of the A6 C5 design, a monstrous limited-run Audi RS6

Audi RS6

The Audi RS6 quattro, commonly referred to as the RS6, is the highest performing version, and top-of-the-line specification of the Audi A6, positioned above the Audi S6....
model was presented. Weighing 4229 pounds and producing 450 PS (331 kW

WATT

WATT is a radio station broadcasting a News radio-Talk radio-Sports radio format. Licensed to Cadillac, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1945....
) and 560 Nm (415 ft·lbf), it propels the RS6 from 0-100 km/h in 4.8 sec and on to in under 17 seconds. This model saw the end of the C5 design which was replaced in 2004 by a new model.

The C5 design was available with the following engines:

Name	Volume	Engine	Fuel	Output	0-100 km/h,s	Top speed	Years
1.8 20v		4cyl	Petrol		11.3		1997–2001
1.8 20v Turbo		4cyl	Petrol		9.5		1997–2005
2.0 20v		4cyl	Petrol		10.5		2001–2005
2.4 30v		V6 V6 engine A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinder s mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each other, with all six pistons driving a common crankshaft....	Petrol		9.2		1997–2001
2.4 30v		V6	Petrol		9.3		2001–2005
2.7 30v Turbo		V6	Petrol		7.5		1999–2001
2.7 30v Turbo		V6	Petrol		6.8		2000–2005
2.8 30v		V6	Petrol		8.1		1997–2001
3.0 30v		V6	Petrol		7.5		2001–2005
4.2 40v		V8 V8 engine A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinder s mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....	Petrol		6.9		1999–2005
S6 Audi S6 The Audi S6 is a high-performance version of the Audi A6, an executive car produced by German automotive industry Audi. It went on sale in 1994, shortly after the "A6" designation was introduced, replacing the Audi 100 nameplate.... 4.2 40v		V8	Petrol		5.7		1999–2005
RS6 Audi RS6 The Audi RS6 quattro, commonly referred to as the RS6, is the highest performing version, and top-of-the-line specification of the Audi A6, positioned above the Audi S6.... 4.2 40v Turbo		V8	Petrol		4.9		2002–2004
RS6 Plus 4.2 40v Turbo		V8	Petrol		4.6		2004
	1.9 TDI Turbocharged Direct Injection Turbocharged Direct Injection is the technology used to describe and name modern turbodiesel diesel engines produced by Volkswagen Group, and widely used in all marques of automobile and light commercial vehicles produced by the company .... 8v		4cyl	Diesel Diesel Diesel or diesel fuel in general is any fuel used in diesel engines. The most common is a specific fractional distillation of petroleum fuel oil, but alternatives that are not derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, biomass to liquid or gas to liquid diesel, are increasingly being developed and adopted....		12.6		1997–2000
	1.9 TDI 8v		4cyl	Diesel		11.6		1998–2001
	1.9 TDI 8v		4cyl	Diesel		10.5		2001–2005
	1.9 TDI 8v		4cyl	Diesel		10.5		2001–2005
	2.5 TDI 24v		V6	Diesel		10.0		1997–2001
	2.5 TDI 24v		V6	Diesel		9.7		2001–2002
	2.5 TDI 24v		V6	Diesel		9.3		2002–2005
	2.5 TDI 24v		V6	Diesel		9.3		2003–2005
	2.5 TDI 24v		V6	Diesel		8.9		1999–2005

C6 (2005-present)

The new A6 (C6) was released in 2005. Designed by Walter de'Silva

Walter de'Silva

Walter Maria de?Silva is a automobile design from Italy, and currently in charge of all Volkswagen Group design....
, the new model is visually an evolution of the C5, but is longer (492 cm), incorporates the new Audi trademark single-frame grille, and features more sophisticated technology. Most notable is the MMI (Multi Media Interface

Multi Media Interface

The Audi Multi Media Interface, commonly abbreviated to MMI, is an in-car user interface system developed by Audi, and implemented in most of its latest series of Automobile since 2004....
) which is a system controlling in-car entertainment, satellite navigation, climate control, car settings such as suspension configuration

Height adjustable suspension

Height adjustable suspension is a feature of certain automobile suspension systems that allow the motorist to vary the ride height or ground clearance....
and optional electronic accessories through a central screen interface. This has the advantage of minimizing the wealth of buttons normally found on a dashboard by replacing them with controls which operate multiple devices using the integrated display.

On the engine side the new FSI direct injection technology was introduced for the first time outside the race track. Although the line of engines represents the same progression as the former model, all engines were new. The Multitronic automatic transmission

Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....
continues as an alternative alongside a new 6-speed Tiptronic gearbox available in the high end models. quattro permanent four wheel drive is available in most of the lineup, and standard in the most powerful models. quattro is not available on the multitronic variants of the A6 but is available on the manual and Tiptronic gear systems. Conversely the Tiptronic system is only available on the quattro variants of the car. The 6-speed manual gearbox is available with the 3.2L engine but not for the North American market as sales of C5 manuals were slow.

In 2005, the new Audi A6 won the World Car of the Year

World Car of the Year

The World Car of the Year is an automobile award selected by a jury of 48 international automotive journalists from 22 countries. Cars considered must be sold in at least five countries on at least two continents prior to January 1 of the year of the award....
award, and has recently won its class in the practical caravan tow car of the year awards, due to its array of towing features such as adjustable suspension height and damping, and the presence of a Trailer Stability Program

Trailer Stability Program

Trailer Stability Program, or TSP, is an extension of the car safety system known as Electronic Stability Control, or ESC. It applies exclusively to trailers and caravans....
.

Like the previous model, the A6 is available with other body options. The Avant arrived during the course of 2005, while in China

People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
, a long wheelbase version was introduced in the same year, named A6L. The allroad variant (now called A6 allroad quattro) made its debut in 2006 and as before is an off-road ready version of the Avant available with either a 2.7 or 3.0 diesel or a 3.2 or 4.2 petrol. The sporting S6 was introduced in the Frankfurt Motor Show, with sales beginning in early 2006. It is powered by a Lamborghini

Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italy manufacturer of sports cars, based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna....
-derived 5.2 L V10

V10 engine

A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinder s in two banks of five with a distinct exhaust note....
FSI producing 435 PS (320 kW). The S6 reaches 60 mph from a standstill in 5.1 seconds and the quarter mile 13.5 seconds.

A mighty RS6 will be on sale early 2008. This will be powered by a Lamborghini

Lamborghini

V10 engine

A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinder s in two banks of five with a distinct exhaust note....
TFSI producing 580 PS (426 kW).

The C6 design was available with the following engines:

Engine	Cyl.	Power
2.0 16V TFSI	I4 Straight-4 The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
2.4 24V	V6
2.8 24V FSI	V6
3.0 30V	V6
3.2 24V FSI	V6
4.2 40V/32V FSI	V8
S6 5.2 40V FSI	V10
2.0 16V TDI	I4
2.7 24V TDI	V6
3.0 24V TDI	V6

Facelift

Audi unveiled a facelifted "C6" Audi A6 on August 12, 2008 at the Moscow International Motor Show

Moscow International Motor Show

The Moscow International Motor Show or MIMS is the annual autoshow in Moscow, Russia....
. It features some minor cosmetic changes to the front and rear areas, and a new engine variant, a 3.0 liter V6 TSI powered by a supercharger. This is one of six petrol and four diesel engine

Diesel engine

A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine which operates using the diesel cycle . Diesel engines have the highest thermal efficiency compared to any internal combustion or external combustion engine....
s available for the upgraded A6.

Engine	Cyl.	Power
2.0 16V TFSI	I4
2.8 24V FSI	V6
3.0 TSI (Supercharger)	V6
4.2 32V FSI	V8
S6 5.2 40V FSI	V10
2.0 16V TDIe	I4
2.0 16V TDI	I4
2.7 24V TDI	V6
3.0 24V TDI	V6

Awards

The second-generation A6 was on Car and Driver
Car and Driver

Car and Driver is an United States automobile enthusiast magazine. Its total Magazine circulation is 1.31 million. It is owned by Hachette Filipacchi M?dias....
magazine's Ten Best list

Car and Driver Ten Best

Car and Driver magazine annually nominates a list of what it considers the Ten Best cars and Five Best trucks.All production vehicles for sale in that calendar year are considered with these restrictions:...
for 2000 and 2001. The updated 2005 A6 won the World Car of the Year
World Car of the Year

The World Car of the Year is an automobile award selected by a jury of 48 international automotive journalists from 22 countries. Cars considered must be sold in at least five countries on at least two continents prior to January 1 of the year of the award....
award for 2005.

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corporate website

Audi A6

C4 (1994-1997)

C5 (1998-2004)

C6 (2005-present)

Facelift

Awards

See also

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