Audi A6 review

Ready to get the wallet out? A6 prices now start at the wrong side of £50k, with the cheaper Saloon costing £52,785 in its entry-level Sport trim with the TFSI petrol engine. Want the diesel in the same spec? That’ll be £57,005. The Avant then kicks off at £54,735 with a petrol engine and £59,005 in TDI form.

You’ll need to dig even deeper if it’s the PHEV you’ve got your eye on, with prices starting at £62,485 for the saloon, or £64,455 for the Avant. 

What's the kit list like?

Standard kit includes 18in wheels, Matrix LED headlights, leather trim, heated front seats, four-zone air conditioning, the two main digital displays, surround-view cameras and wireless phone charging. There’s also a heap of driver assistance tech including adaptive cruise control, automated parking, and the usual lane departure warnings and emergency safety systems.

S Line trim is your next step up the ladder for around £3,000 more and adds 19in wheels, sports suspension that’s 20mm lower than standard, sports seats and – you guessed it – a much sportier looking set of front and rear bumpers. Makes you wonder why the entry trim is called ‘Sport’ doesn’t it?

Anyway, S Line also adds privacy glass, more leather inside, an S spec steering wheel and brushed aluminium trim.

Top of the tree here in the UK is the Edition 1 trim, with prices starting at £60,485 for the cheapest petrol-powered saloon with no options. That gets you 20in wheels (with the option of paying £1,195 more for 21s), a black exterior pack, red brake calipers, the front passenger screen, Dinamica microfibre trim and even more active safety kit.

Further options include £775 metallic paints (white is the only standard colour) and a £2,650 Sound and Vision pack that adds a brilliant 16-speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system, further ambient lighting and the impressive head-up display.

And if it was your money?

We’d be looking at the entry-level ‘Sport’ (which isn’t really sporty at all), paired with the torquier diesel which also gets mild hybrid tech, unlike the petrol.

The PHEV brings with it appealing electric range, but it’s also around £10k more expensive. We’d only be tempted by it on a company car scheme with the advantage of a nine per cent Benefit In Kind tax rate.