Review with characteristics, price and technical file

Do you have 100,000 euros to spend in a car?

I don’t, of course. But I have something very clear. It all depends on the buyer profile that you were but if you were looking for a car to travel long, comfortable and with a lot of trunk, it would have undoubtedly recommended a German Berlina in its format Touring. With its convenient engine of good size.

But those engines high cubic or six -cylinder EMISSION REGULATION that has made this type of proposals They have a hand fingers Or, simply, they are limited to the most provisions and this time we are not talking about the same audience.

Little by little, it has been cornering the great Berlinas Premiumwhich we could already classify as authentic luxury for price, in a very high electrification with pure plug or electric hybrids.

And I will say what I did not think I would say at this point: the best thing is that you opt for the electric car. The Audi A6 Avant e-tron is the perfect test.

Audi A6 Avant e-tron technical record

Better in everything

We agree that when one goes up to a German Berlina, he sought to devour kilometers at a good pace with the maximum possible comfort. With the proposal of this Audi A6 Avant e-tron you will not only be able to do it, you will also do it better than with any combustion engine.

And I will not get into the debate of whether you like to “feel” a good six online cylinders. Or if you like to listen to the engine or even play with change. Because that is purely sentimental and, therefore, irrational. And I am the first who likes a manual gear change or focus purely on driving.

But an electric car of the quality of this Audi A6 Avant e-tron Improve the purely rational part. To start because no noise is heard. The car slides with enormous softness and, especially on highway, is extremely comfortable. Without applying retention, it is nice to take the car to small throttle taps because the car remains only at a good pace without hardly losing speed.

Much of the merit has its rear engine that in this Performance version acts with 381 hp. Its rear traction allows you to have a light front axle and be more dynamic when we linked curves.

But much of the secret that this occurs is on its PPE platform, an evolution down to land of the specific Volkswagen group for its two electrical supercar, the Porsche Taycan and the Audi E-Tron GT. In transition to the future SSP that will be more modular and will shelter a greater number of vehicles, the PPE has been developed by Audi and Porsche hand to hand.

And the result, Although we had to waitit has been magnificent. Yes, with him Porsche Macanwith him Audi Q6 e-tron And now with the Audi A6 Avant e-tron we have had the same conclusion: they are better cars than those of combustion. At least, as we say, in the purely rational.

Traveling, as we say, is a delight with this car. Not only for feeling absolutely approved on the road, but also because its adaptive cruise control is really good. It quickly detects the lines to the sides, moves with great softness when it comes to accelerating, it takes the most closed curves with precision and solvency and does not suffer from ghost braking or abrupt reductions when a car crosses its path.

The great paste (and illogical if we take into account what I just told) is that its lane maintenanceactivated by default every time we turn on the car, it is torture. When he believes that we are going to get out of our space, it hardens the steering wheel very much and paste the car on the line as if it were a Scalextric car that circulates on rails.

In fact, you have to do strong pressure to get out of that “tied” to the line, which leaves us sold to an abrupt movement that is felt in the cabin. And sometimes it is repeated to advance a car and return to the right when, contrary to what the vehicle itself says with a green light, it understands that we are not leaving enough security distance with the car we just passed. Solution: Turn it off every time we got into the car.

It is the great paste that can be put in the car because, dynamically, the Audi A6 Avant e-tron moves with ease even on a secondary road, although its 4.92 meters long and 2,260 kg of weight. Here, the kilos are felt but the control of the body and balancing is very good. At least with proven pneumatic suspension, always with very neutral reactions.

That good performance In motion it is transmitted to the interior. Traveling and covering kilometers is very tasty because everything around invites it. Our unit had good seats of the S-Line package that can be blamed for some lack of power in their ventilation.

The materials are well chosen and very well topped. But, as usual unfortunately, physical buttons almost die completely in this new Audi electric Berlina. They are hardly limited to a roulette for volume but even the button Warning It works with a haptic response.

In the steering wheel, similar arrangement. The buttons can be used with movements by moving the fingers or pressing the button. Of course, we must clarify that we have not had a single ghost touch, even when we have maneuvered. Good for Audi in this regard.

Thus, the information is distributed on two screen. The instrument box (11.9 inches) barely has two visualizations but can be played with the space where the two lateral watches would remain, offering all the information that is expected. The one on the left with data related to driving and on the right to navigation or mobile phone control for calls or choosing song.

What is remarkable is that, at least, the infotainment system (14.5 inches) offers a very good response. The screen is high quality And the resolution is very good. In addition, not only does it respond very quickly, the menus are also handled precisely. This is key to a buttonhole (tactile, of course) for the conditioned air located at the bottom. Each touch is followed by a subtle “click” that mimics the sound of physical command, which offers a very good response.

The problem is that, underway, it is always more complicated to use and that, in addition, the screen is so large that the steering wheel covered the air recirculation button and it was a complete mess to find this action in progress for the first time. They are small details that demonstrate the implications of taking physical controls to the digital environment.

Two other details that are good ideas but that do not finish being well executed are the digital rearviews and the third screen for the driver. In the first case because the feeling of depth that a mirror gives is not achieved by the cameras. In addition, when parking, recreation is not good and gives a feeling that you have less space than there are really. To the point that in very narrow spaces I have parked my head by the old window.

The co -pilot screen (10.9 inches) is interesting. It allows the connection of a second mobile phone or headphones and streaming applications can be downloaded. Of course, at least our unit had a problem of overheating of the screen to the point that when I had been on the time it was uncomfortable to use. Under normal conditions, it can be interesting if we are loading, for example.

That load, yes, will be brief. If the Audi A6 Avant e-tron is a vehicle at the height of the best combustion Berlins, it is because the recharge and time between them allows you to devour kilometers without flinching.

The battery is 100 kwh gross (94.6 kWh useful) and works with 800 volt technology. This means that in optimal conditions the car can load 270 kW. At the moment, most plugs continue to work at a lower power in Spain but I have checked with the browser that the car prioritizes them when it comes to a long trip.

With that load power, Audi promises to go from 10 to 80% of the battery in just 18 minutes. Its consumption on our usual trip has been 19 kWh/100 km Exact With them, we can guarantee to touch the 500 kilometers of the highway pull. Making that stop, we can assure ourselves that in your pocket we will have about 400 kilometers, again, until the next stop of just over a quarter of an hour.

It seems logical to think that in a trip of 600-700 kilometers we can allow ourselves to stop 18 minutes to load the car. In fact, it seems to me what we recommend a combustion car or an electric.

Xataka’s conclusion

The Audi A6 Avant e-tron is a car that, perfectly, is not only up to the best family Berlins to travel comfortable. Without a doubt, it surpasses them.

Because when the hundreds of kilometers accumulate, the pleasure of circulating without vibrations and without noise becomes more evident. Above all, it shows that one arrives much more decant to his destiny. And yes, I also like a great combustion engine but when We talk about comfortAudi already has with this car a proposal that exceeds its best engines.

There are some details to polish inside, such as the heating of the interior screen or the (once again) absence of physical controls. But the Audi A6 Avant e-tron is a proposal to conquer those who still had a city to spend their money.

And it is a lot of money but with the load capacity of this Audi and a gigantic battery like the one that rides, I do not think of reasons not to opt for the electricity unit against combustion.

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