Test Audi A6 allroad 50 TDI, luxury multipurpose

Get in a car. Turn on the contact. The dashboard lights up… and a figure appears that I see less and less: 1,020 kilometers of autonomy. Yes, more than 1,000 kilometers with a single tank of diesel. In the new era of electrified cars, rare species such as the Audi A6 allroad 50 TDI from this test still survive.

Because? Well, as I have been able to verify after a week at its controls, for a reason of overwhelming logic: it is a luxury multipurpose that is valid for everything and continues to be a perfectly valid proposal for various groups of drivers. Those who travel a lot, those who need to take the family and a good luggage compartment, those who are more active and have to take bikes on weekends…

The allroad variant of the Audi A6 is the answer of the brand with the four rings for those who are looking for a family member with certain skills outside the field. In these circumstances (dirt tracks, roads with some mud), it complies with a note thanks to its all-wheel drive and good ground clearance.

We already knew that, but the surprise is that in the city it also moves agile even with its 4.9 meters long. And it does so thanks to very direct and easy-to-move steering, which allows it to turn smoothly down streets where even 15-foot models struggle. And out of town? Well, outside his engine puffs out his chest.

design and interior

We will see that later, now it is time to analyze them from the outside and see their differences compared to the rest of the Audi A6 family range, marked above all by those 139 millimeters of ground clearance and by the protections on the underbody that give it a touch much more campero. In front it maintains the grill with the shapes of the usual rings in the brand.

I now go inside and close the door with a compact and solid sound that is the first sample of quality that defines the interior finishes. Perfect auctions, quilted materials and a lot of digitization. It does not reach the levels of models born in 2022 and it is partly noticeable that its last update was in 2019.

More in design than in usability, because the touch screen that stars in the center console is very intuitive and it helps that there are shortcuts, for example to change driving modes. The wheel is just the right size, and I appreciate both the thick rim to handle it and the well-placed basic controls. The cams of the automatic change, yes, they are somewhat small.

Behind, space for three adults, the one in the central square somewhat fairer, and a huge trunk that is accessed from a large electric gate. Under normal conditions, that is, with the rear seatbacks in place, you have 585 liters that rise to more than 1,600 liters with those seats folded down.

motor and behavior

Time to press the start button and… listen to the first its diesel nature. Perhaps it is because that sound begins to surprise us, already accustomed to the silence and the lack of vibrations of any electrified model when starting the march. It is true that it has an Eco Label thanks to the support of a small battery, but it cannot be considered a hybrid.

We are talking about a diesel heart, an engine named 50 TDI with six cylinders in V, which delivers 286 horsepower. Enough to move the 2,030 kilos of weight of the set? More than enough even from the most conservative Comfort mode. If I select the Sport, I change the engine map and the accelerations are almost typical of a sports car.

Price of the Audi A6 allroad 50 TDI

The engine of this Audi A6 is associated with an eight-speed automatic transmission with sequential mode that can be operated from the steering wheel or from the gear lever. The truth is that in D mode it already manages power very well, but in curves it’s nice to play with them to have fun for a while. In a curve at a lively pace, yes, it is better to select Sport mode to slightly stiffen the suspension morons and contain the sway.

Spacious, versatile and with power to spare in its engine, the Audi A6 allroad quattro crowns its list of virtues with a real consumption that remains below the barrier of 9 l/100 and allows those autonomies that are so difficult to see. nowadays. Although everything is paid for, of course, and in this case the invoice is called 79,880 euros. If you can move in that price league, I would forget about SUVs.