New Car Design 2012: 2011 Audi S6

2011 Audi S6

New 2011 Audi S6

2011 S6 is a 4-door, 5-passenger sports sedan, available in one trim only, 5,2 Quattro Sedan Prestige ... read more Tiptronic.

After the introduction, S6 is equipped with a standard 5.2-liter V10, 435-horsepower engine that achieves 14 miles per gallon in the city and 21 miles per gallon on the highway. 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.

2011 S6 is rolling in 2010.

2011 Audi S6

The sports version of the Audi 100 S4 C4 was the name until 1994. After the modified Audi 100 C4 in a few details and nomenclature in favor of the new A6 has been renamed, also changed the name of the sports version of S4 to S6. The car was built as a saloon and Estate (Avant). It was offered in two engine variants, with 2.2 liter turbo engine with 5 or 6 gears or with 4-speed automatic transmission, as well as with the 4.2 liter engine. These were available with six-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. From Avant S6 4.2 on 1 January 2011, according to KBA yet registered 547 pieces in Germany. 1996 Audi S6 plus came on the market. This is not a special model of the independent S6, but a vehicle of Quattro GmbH, which undertook as a subsidiary of Audi AG and Audi vehicles to modifications in current models also performs. The S6 Plus had an uprated V8 engine with 240 kW and 6-speed manual gearbox. He had additional features compared to the S6 and is available as a sedan and station wagon (Avant) offered.

S6 Plus from only 97 were built until 1997 sedans and 855 wagons. On 1 January 2010 were 21 saloons and 201 Avant pending in Germany, which makes the S6 plus a relatively rare model car.

2011 Audi S6 Sedan

The S6, the second-generation A6 (C5) was only offered with a 4.2-liter V8 engine. The revised eight-cylinder engine with five valves per cylinder carried now 250 kW (340 hp). First, the S6 with a six-speed manual and five-speed automatic transmission (Tiptronic) is available, but only later was the automatic transmission was offered. The acceleration of the sedan from 0 to 100 km / h takes 5.7 seconds with manual transmission (automatic: 6.7 s), and the Avant 0.1 seconds slower respectively. Were electronically limited top speed of the S6 with a 250 km / h. Like any Audi with this performance, this model also comes standard with quattro all-wheel drive.

An even sportier model was designed A6 2002-2005 with the Audi RS6.

2011 Audi S6 Interior

In the third series, A6 (C6), a 5.2-liter V10 in the S6 is used which provides 320 kW (435 hp). The ten-cylinder engine with gasoline direct injection (FSI) is based on the V8 FSI engine as it comes, for example the RS4 and Q7. Besides the obligatory Quattro drive is also available only with the S6 a six-speed automatic transmission.

In addition to differ significantly more engine power, the S6

look slightly modified body parts,
a grille with vertical chrome struts,
An exhaust system with four tailpipes,
Aluminium-look exterior mirrors and
LED daytime running lights in the bumper

of the "normal" A6 models.

An even sportier variant appeared in April 2008 with the A6 RS6 this series.

Likewise, the S6 was the end of 2008, under the care of the C6 model, conducted a small facelift in order to align these to the appearance of the other C6 models.