Re: A6 Avant (Re: Audi at the NY Auto Show)

[Virtual Bob <h93young@creighton.edu>]

>Ditto. I drove the new A6, and it not all that bad. I noticed a
>difference (naturally) over my V-6. The power is certainly adequate. Some
>might say more than adequate.

Oh, I wouldn't say "it's more than adequate" unless the person we're
talking has driven a slow truck/SUV/minivan all his life. With 0-60 at 9.4
sec and 1/4 mile at 17.1 sec, it's more like "slow, somewhat adequate."
But put it in an Avant, and I think the number will suffer for the worse.
And if you're going to use the Avant as it's intended (like hauling
butts), it'll suck big time.

I looked at R&T's list of cars that have been tested. Here's the list of
cars/trucks/SUVs that can get their butts' kicked by the A6.

                            0-60(sec)     1/4mile(sec)
VW Cabrio                     10.1            17.4
Toyota Corella DX             10.2            17.6
Isuzu Rodeo LS                10.3            17.7
Ford Explorer XLT             10.5            17.7
Plymouth Grand Voyager        10.7            17.8
Land Rover Range Rover        10.5            17.9
Ford Expedition               10.7            17.9
Nissan Sentra GLE             11.0            18.1
Nissan Pathfinder SE          11.2            18.1
Honda CR-V                    11.9            18.7
Toyota RAV4                   13.0            19.2

Here is the list in which they run neck-to-neck with the A6.

                            0-60(sec)     1/4mile(sec)
Mazda Millenia S               9.1            17.0
Mercedes ML320                 9.2            17.0
Chrysler Sebring JXi conv.     9.6            17.0
Mazda Protege ES               9.1            17.1
Jeep Grand Cherokee            9.3            17.1
Chrysler Cirrus LXi            9.4            17.2

Here's the list where they will out-accelerate the A6 sedan by a finger
length, but sill within A6's accerlation performance range.

                            0-60(sec)     1/4mile(sec)
Honda Civic Coupe EX           9.1            16.8
Chevrolet Blazer               9.0            16.9
Cadillac Catera                9.2            16.9

Side note: With list price as reference, the A6 is the 5th most expensive
car behind Expedition, ML320, Millenia S, and Range Rover. With tested
price, A6 is second to Range Rover -- and the car with biggest jump
between the list and the as-tested price, by approx $10,000. A typo,
perhaps?

The A6 is among the slowest passenger vehicles the industry produces as
far as accerlation is concerned. I believe the main problem is the
U.S.-bound A6 only gets the auto.

Confession -- I haven't driven any new Audis with the 30-valve V6, so I'm
only looking at the 30-valver through magazine tests.

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