Audi A6 (2008-) Review

Comfort and Equipment

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For the revised model, engineers have worked hard tweaking the suspension to address the old A6's greatest criticism - it's unforgiving and, at times, wooden ride over poor road surfaces.

We drove a mixture of vehicles with the standard coil-sprung set-up and cars with the adaptive air suspension. Of the two, we preferred the 'normal' steel sprung car that offered suppleness alien on the old car, even with the TDI E's 20mm lower sport suspension. There is still an important caveat: all cars were driven in Germany, with better-surfaced roads than the poor, potholed and ridged excuses we suffer from in the UK.

Standard equipment is par for the course. Available only as a 134bhp and 168bhp 2.0 TDI and 168 2.0 petrol, the basic models gain 17" alloys, the MMI driver interface, auto lights and wipers, climate control and cruise control.

SE adds £1,300 and introduces the full engine line-up to the price list. That adds pre-telephone wiring and a leather interior as well as an auto-dimming rear mirror.

Finally, shell out a more substantial £3,450 over the standard kit and you get the sport S-line model. This brings bigger 18" alloys, sports suspension and seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel and knob, plenty of brushed aluminium on the dash and a pair of xenon headlamps, complete with built-in LED daytime running lamps.