I own a 2013, bought CPO in 2016. I could honestly say the BEST car that I have ever owned and the respect I have for Audi is second to none. I will definitely be getting an Audi again hands down. Flawless and dead reliable too.
@@tulczOnRU-vid I will copy and past my comment above! Best car in its class. If you take the overall EVERYTHING. I just sold my A6 and the new owner is ridiculously happy with it as their second car, young couple just starting out. I had a 2013 and the car was incredible. Only maintenance done to it. Nothing ever broke or went wrong in 140K. The usual tires, brakes, tune up etc. Bulletproof and reliable. ANY, and I mean ANY of my friends who bought BMW 5 series , E class Mercedes ALL had multiple repairs, issues and definitely was NOT even close to the reliability of these cars. My advice for any used one now. Make sure it was maintained by Audi and ALL of the Maintence was done on a regular basis. If you maintain these cars properly there is no reason they should not last. I kept buying the Audi Care after the initial 3 years and EVERYTHING was done by Audi. I DID my brakes myself, tires I went elsewhere etc. I enjoy working on cars but time and because there are lots of little Maintence items I felt the Audi care at $769 for two years of service is MORE than worth it. They DO EVERYTHING. Belts, filters, spark plugs, fluid flushes, brake flushes ( every 2 years) regardless of milage and the list goes on. They basically keep the car running like new. They change everything. Next up the Q7! Hope to have the same story 8 years from now!! Reply
Nice car. It is 10-12K cheaper than a comparably equipped BMW 5 series. You cannot get any loaded car in this class for less than $60K anymore. This car's interior is awesome in comparison to any competitor.
I got mine for 11k a few weeks ago and I'm loving it (first car of my own!). It's styling has aged better than it's BMW and Mercedes Rivals, and has LOTS of power.
@@swervo2481 It's holding up very well! The car is nice and smooth, and I've not run into any mechanical issues. I did get a light telling me to give it some oil so I poured in a quart of (5w-40) and it went away. Though the car hasn't seen many miles from me so far (maybe 1500miles since purchased), but it with also had about 97K miles on it already. I just bought a cold air intake (to bring out the sound of the supercharger whine) and I'll likely get it next week. The car is fast and I feel very happy with my decision. I would recommend it, though try to get one with the B&O audio system, as the base and Bose speakers are very underwhelming imo. Premium and Premium Plus trims have the base speakers, while the prestige trims come with Bose or B&O speakers. I did a bunch of research before buying this car and from what I found the supercharged "3.0T" motor is seen as the most 'reliable' Audi motor on the forums, and it has great potential from tunes. A ($1k) stage 1 APR ECU tune can bring it up to 433hp without any other upgrades and that only makes the car faster. I'm not yet in a financial position to tune the car but I think I might in a year or two.
@@swervo2481 Try to also find one with active cruise control if you can, and if you like driving for the sake of driving I'd also suggest finding one with paddle shifters.
Best car in its class. If you take the overall EVERYTHING. I just sold my A6 and the new owner is ridiculously happy with it as their second car, young couple just starting out. I had a 2013 and the car was incredible. Only maintenance done to it. Nothing ever broke or went wrong in 140K. The usual tires, brakes, tune up etc. Bulletproof and reliable. ANY, and I mean ANY of my friends who bought BMW 5 series , E class Mercedes ALL had multiple repairs, issues and definitely was NOT even close to the reliability of these cars. My advice for any used one now. Make sure it was maintained by Audi and ALL of the Maintence was done on a regular basis. If you maintain these cars properly there is no reason they should not last. I kept buying the Audi Care after the initial 3 years and EVERYTHING was done by Audi. I DID my brakes myself, tires I went elsewhere etc. I enjoy working on cars but time and because there are lots of little Maintence items I felt the Audi care at $769 for two years of service is MORE than worth it. They DO EVERYTHING. Belts, filters, spark plugs, fluid flushes, brake flushes ( every 2 years) regardless of milage and the list goes on. They basically keep the car running like new. They change everything. Next up the Q7! Hope to have the same story 8 years from now!!
if i had the money for any luxury car i'd seriously get the audi, just because of those headlights. and i wouldn't regret it, they're the best cars out there anyway.
@incediery Anyone who said this is overpriced is out of their mind. Mark my words: if you are shopping in this segment, go buy this car now. A6 is priced 5k lower because Audi wants to challenge the E class and 5 series, my S4 which has considerably less cool gadgets and worse interiors is actually more expensive than A6. In a few years, expect Audi to bump up the price.
YUP they have NO clue!! I am copying my comment above from a recent reply!!! Best car in its class. If you take the overall EVERYTHING. I just sold my A6 and the new owner is ridiculously happy with it as their second car, young couple just starting out. I had a 2013 and the car was incredible. Only maintenance done to it. Nothing ever broke or went wrong in 140K. The usual tires, brakes, tune up etc. Bulletproof and reliable. ANY, and I mean ANY of my friends who bought BMW 5 series , E class Mercedes ALL had multiple repairs, issues and definitely was NOT even close to the reliability of these cars. My advice for any used one now. Make sure it was maintained by Audi and ALL of the Maintence was done on a regular basis. If you maintain these cars properly there is no reason they should not last. I kept buying the Audi Care after the initial 3 years and EVERYTHING was done by Audi. I DID my brakes myself, tires I went elsewhere etc. I enjoy working on cars but time and because there are lots of little Maintence items I felt the Audi care at $769 for two years of service is MORE than worth it. They DO EVERYTHING. Belts, filters, spark plugs, fluid flushes, brake flushes ( every 2 years) regardless of milage and the list goes on. They basically keep the car running like new. They change everything. Next up the Q7! Hope to have the same story 8 years from now!! Reply
@incediery Day time running lights are just new to the U.S. They will become mandatory by law in the E.U. very soon. So it's more on that end why you see them on more cars now a days.
@incediery True, it does not have to be and LED based lighting system but if we think to design such a system then LEDs are the best way to go. So it's sort of convergent technology solutions. I'm sure if Xenons were as simple and cost effective somebody would have thought of doing the same. I'm not saying that Audi's daytime lights are not the best by a long shot, but I'm just saying that LEDs are the solution of choice and so more manufacturers will turn to that. It's just economics.
@renshoota yea the government may make daytime running lights mandatory but not LEDs...look at the lexus IS chrysler 300 mercedes c,e,s classes crap I've see the kia optima with LEDs in the bumper....all look like cheap knock offs and after thoughts.....the LED theme makes audis look distinctive and serious...
@DMasterMensionz It would be between 50-60K depending on options. But I'd rather pay that and get a supercharged V6, rather than shell out $42,600 for a crappy 4 banger that probably doesn't get any better fuel economy.
@InfernalJay It doesn't have 2 sets of DRL. The "dots" are the LED headlights while the lower ones acts as a DLR. If you don't opt for the LED light package, you just get the DLR that changes into a turn signal.
Just bought a left over 2013 Premium during a local dealer's presidents day sale ($49K). It was between this one and the Mercedes 300. The A6 was so much nicer. The Merc seemed a bit old fashioned. The A6 (3.0T) was also much faster and with the drive select, it's like owning about 3 or 4 different cars. You can adjust the way it drives - from comfort drive to sporty. It's amazingly fun to drive. Love this car.
people say this is overpriced but the merc e350 starts at even higher price add awd and the option and you get the same or even higher price.... too much mercs and bimmers or driving around anyway......all of audis new cars command presence....does anyone noticed that since audi made LED running lights cool everyone is copying them but audi still makes the best of them all
Great car at a decent price. Having owned all brands of the luxury cars, I can tell you that Audi's have the best interiors by far, but BMWs handle so much better than the other two. I hate those full LED headlights, my neighbor just got a new Q7 and those things are so damn annoying head on and just blind you and don't look as cool as projector headlights and also cost a small fortune on top of everything.
That trunk is not vast. I need a large trunk for my wifes wheel chair and my Hyundai Sonata has a 16 sq/ft trunk. Any smaller like this Audi, I am afraid the chair will not fit. Even the A8 has a smaller trunk. What the hell?
Why does @motorweek insist on playing stupid music during road tests? I want to hear the car - exhaust, engine, road noise - instead of lousy elevator music. They've always done this and its bothered me from the first time I watched their programming. Its a bummer they continue to do this even to this day.
I'm trying not to sound like I'm starting with you or anything, but if you want to hear the car, exhaust, engine and road noise, they might as well not talk either. This show has been successful for over 30 years now, so they must be doing it right. Otherwise the show would have been canceled a long time ago. It's extremely hard to have a successful television show last five years, much less 30+ years. I think it would sound strange without the background music... Almost like getting rid of background music in a movie. IDK, it's never bothered me and I've been watching this show since the beginning of the 1984 season, and I have never missed an episode. I know everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously. Again, sorry it if seems like I was trying to be a start an argument with you. I was just speaking my opinion like you did. No hard feelings man.
@1bentley4ever -I drove a Kia Optima some months ago when I was doing a consulting job in Tampa and the car was not half bad. It had all of the options and it got great gas mileage. The Audi A6 is nice vehicle but if I could afford it I would buy the A7 which is turbo charged or the A8 for the room.
@venom5809 Remember, this is taking a shot at the BMW 5-series. With its price, BMW better be aware, but they are; the 5-series did get a slight redesign last model year; check out this page for the review of the 5 series. The A6 that's tested here with Quattro would compare with an X-drive 5-series.
I just saw a tuned video stock vs the stage 1 tune. The guy did a great job. He tested the tuned car. Same road, same outside temp and did the same acceleration runs. Then reset and took back to factory and did the same runs. The tune was superior is all aspects. I mean not to the point that it would be a veto vs a kia but definitely better response and the speeds were up by 12-14 mph through all runs but the 100mph, 120 and 130 mph marks. That tune looks to be a great one for a reasonable price.
You can get a used 2012 3.0T A6 for half the price of a 2020 V6 camry, so I don't think the comparison is very fair. A similarly priced used V6 camry is nowhere near the A6. I know because I tried one and it was very underwhelming. The engine has similar horsepower/weight yes but its limited by being FWD and having a transmission tuned for economy. The 2020 Camry V6 has a 0-60 of 5.8s when the 2012 3.0T A6 does it in 4.8s, and that's a pretty big difference. (The 3.0T engine is supercharged, not turbocharged (for 2012-2017 Audi A6's)
@@McBeakerson The 2018 A6 is a great car, but to correct you it's part of the (current) C8 generation, and the engine is turbocharged instead of supercharged (for better fuel economy). I have a 2012 A6 3.0T Premium Plus myself (got it almost 2 months ago) and it's very nice. It has active cruise control even though it's so old, and as the first car of my own (previously drove the family's 2007 Camry hybrid) I'm super happy with it. I test drove 20 cars before this one, and it was the best one by a Longshot.
The difference is with a stage 2+ tune the Audi is putting down 500+ hp to the wheels. You can not tune an NA Camry to put down anything near that. The thing I will say about the Camry is that its way more reliable.
Like Lexus does with the ES350? Lol. The A6 is totally different and the average Audi, BMW, Merc owner don't even care what it looks like. They just see the badge. Why else does BMW sell so many cars? They all have cheap interiors, the new F-chassis cars aren't great drivers anymore, and they are way overpriced. A poll of owners thought their cars were FWD too. That's why BMW continued to make their products less fun, sharp, and high quality because they know they can make junk like the 2-series active tourer and people will buy it.
I have a 2013 Passat and a 2012 a6. Some similarities in appearance and that is where it starts and stops. They are completely different cars from their level of comfort to their acceleration and handling. While the Passat (3.6) accelerates and handles well, its' nowhere close to the a6 (3.0) in these categories.
