Upgraded to a bigger & much nicer TDI yesterday.
Audi A6 Quattro TDI Prestige.
For the non-VAG folk, the A6, A7, A8L and Q5 have all been offered with a 3.0L V6 TDI (240hp/428lb-ft) since 2014MY in the US, the Q7 has had it available since 09. Yes these are all a part of "dieselgate" and there is an indefinite stop sale on new & CPO vehicles. The A3 was also offered with the 2.0 TDI.
The A6 TDI is only available with an 8 speed tiptronic (old school torque converter based auto) and Torsen based Quattro all wheel drive.
My previous TDI (which is now for sale), is a 2010 Cup Edition with a manual. It has a stg 2 Malone Tune and straight Rawtek exhaust. I decided to go the Audi route after I tallied up all of the things I wanted to do to the Jetta to make it nicer and faster. Lots of money, and I'd still have a Jetta. I started looking at A6s the last couple months and this one was close and met some of my criteria.
I didn't buy an A6 TDI with the idea of having a fast, sporty car. If I wanted fast and sporty I could've bought an older RS4 for less money with 10x the performance. "Sport" cars are fun but after 100 miles they hurt. This car is awesome for regular driving. It won't win a race, but touch the throttle and the torque is waiting to do whatever(peak tq from 1750RPM). At 80mph, it's barely over 1600RPM, 300 highway mile trip at 80mph got 35mpg.
It doesn't feel fast (handles great though), doesn't turn a lot of heads, but the luxury side of things is amazing. I'm sure I'll probably tune it, maybe an exhaust too(they sound badass with one, almost like a GTR). I'm definitely looking for some 20" 10 spoke V wheels like the last pic versus the boring ones it has.
P.S. It's definitely a German Luxury car, cup holders suck lol.
Audi A6 Quattro TDI Prestige.
For the non-VAG folk, the A6, A7, A8L and Q5 have all been offered with a 3.0L V6 TDI (240hp/428lb-ft) since 2014MY in the US, the Q7 has had it available since 09. Yes these are all a part of "dieselgate" and there is an indefinite stop sale on new & CPO vehicles. The A3 was also offered with the 2.0 TDI.
The A6 TDI is only available with an 8 speed tiptronic (old school torque converter based auto) and Torsen based Quattro all wheel drive.
My previous TDI (which is now for sale), is a 2010 Cup Edition with a manual. It has a stg 2 Malone Tune and straight Rawtek exhaust. I decided to go the Audi route after I tallied up all of the things I wanted to do to the Jetta to make it nicer and faster. Lots of money, and I'd still have a Jetta. I started looking at A6s the last couple months and this one was close and met some of my criteria.
I didn't buy an A6 TDI with the idea of having a fast, sporty car. If I wanted fast and sporty I could've bought an older RS4 for less money with 10x the performance. "Sport" cars are fun but after 100 miles they hurt. This car is awesome for regular driving. It won't win a race, but touch the throttle and the torque is waiting to do whatever(peak tq from 1750RPM). At 80mph, it's barely over 1600RPM, 300 highway mile trip at 80mph got 35mpg.
It doesn't feel fast (handles great though), doesn't turn a lot of heads, but the luxury side of things is amazing. I'm sure I'll probably tune it, maybe an exhaust too(they sound badass with one, almost like a GTR). I'm definitely looking for some 20" 10 spoke V wheels like the last pic versus the boring ones it has.
P.S. It's definitely a German Luxury car, cup holders suck lol.
I hate to rant but VW and AUDI are the epitome of corrupt Corporations and these from the factory gross polluters have damaged the diesel industry for their profit. These should not be on the road IMO knowing the pollution and their should be a global class action against them for gross negligent pollution for profit. The racing community is different in that we are not [supposed to be] grossly polluting during all driving senarios, mostly just dumping and racing and we are not selling a product under false pretenses and lying about emmisions.
