Design

Attractive station wagons go by the name of Avant – the new Audi A6 Avant fulfills this aspiration of the Audi brand. It is the first Avant in the new full-size design language. Its dynamic and elegant body line appeals with large surfaces and balanced proportions. With a length of 4.94 meters (16.2 ft), the new Audi A6 Avant is 4 millimeters (0.2 in) shorter than the predecessor model. It has gained 12 millimeters (0.5 in) of width and now measures 1.89 meters (6.2 ft). Height is 1.47 meters (4.8 ft), 6 millimeters (0.2 in) more than its predecessor. The front and rear overhangs appear significantly shorter. In the interior, the black-panel design on the instrument panel, which provides for a flowing transition with the display, demonstrates Vorsprung durch Technik. The wide range of interior equipment allows for diverse characters.

Exterior design
The new Audi A6 Avant is sportier and more dynamic than any Avant before. Its design expresses the high technological competence of the brand. The striking new Singleframe creates a lot of width and appears sculpted from the vehicle. The air inlets are located far to the outside and also underscore at first glance the sporty appearance of the Avant. 

The side view is defined by the characteristic silhouette with the stretched front end, the long, straight roof line and the sloping D-pillar. The dominant feature on the flanks is the quattro sculpture that visualizes the car’s sportiness and visually suggests a low center of mass. With its pronounced wedge shape, the sill evokes a powerful forward dynamic even when stationary, and the interplay between shadow and light emphasizes its sculpted appearance.

The long, sinewy roof line of the new Audi A6 Avant flows into a roof edge spoiler that visually extends the side view. The D-pillars and the rear window are particularly sloped, giving the A6 Avant an extremely dynamic appearance. At the rear, a precise chrome strip visually joins the two rear lights, whose respective center of mass is well to the outside. This further reinforces the impression of width.

The color palette for the new Audi A6 Avant includes 13 shades. They are brilliant black, Daytona gray, firmament blue, floret silver, glacier white, ibis white, carat beige, mythos black, Navarra blue, Soho brown, typhoon gray, tango red and Vesuvius gray.

Besides the base version, there is also the choice of the trim lines sport, design, design selection and S line sport package. The S line exterior package can be optionally combined will all trim variants. It has strong contours at the front and rear. The black styling package provides additional customization options.

Lighting design
The light signature of the headlights visualizes the high-tech nature of the A6. Topping the range are the HD Matrix LED headlights. They are divided horizontally, with the dividing line extending the second strut in the Singleframe. The dominating upper section includes the dynamic turn signals, the daytime running lights and the pupil-like low-beam modules. The particularly homogeneous daytime running light signature comprises five, spatially staggered light guides and backlit LEDs.

In the bottom zone of the headlight, which appears strongly recessed, are the turning light and the two-row Matrix high beam. 32 compact LEDs in each unit precisely illuminate the road while also functioning as the cornering lights. The HD Matrix high beam can remain on at all times because it masks out other road users from its light cone as soon as the camera in the new A6 Avant detects them.

The rear lights each feature nine vertical, high-precision LED segments. When braking, the brake light illuminates the spaces between them.

The dynamic turn signal is located at the top edge of the lights. When unlocking the doors and locking them again at the end of the journey, pulsating light sequences – the coming and leaving-home function – in the rear lights and the headlights showcase the car’s design.

Interior design
Show car design in series: The futuristic interior design emphasizes the high-tech character of the new Audi A6 Avant. Its strict horizontal orientation and stepped, three-dimensional structure gives the instrument panel a slim, lightweight look. Its black-panel design fuses seamlessly with the user interface of the operating system. The upper MMI touch response display is incorporated almost invisibly into the black‑panel architecture and with its orientation on the driver underscores the sporty characteristics of the A6.

The center tunnel console also features a black-panel look. It houses the lower display and a strip of buttons. The door trims are also three-dimensional. An elongated decorative aluminum panel flows seamlessly into the door handles.

There is a choice of two dramatic lighting options for the interior: the ambient lighting package with white LEDs and the contour/ambient lighting package, which illuminates the interior with up to 30 different colors. With the top equipment variant, the contour light traces the interior’s architecture and major lines. At the same time, the soft ambient light makes the instrument panel, the doors and the center console appear to float. The optional illuminated door sill trims set additional lighting accents.

Colors and materials
Audi offers a wide range of colors and materials for the new A6 Avant, which interprets the atmosphere of contemporary, sporty luxury in its own unique way. Besides the base version, there are four trim lines: sport, design, design selection (with 19-inch wheels and contour/ambient lighting package) and the S line sport package (with 19-inch wheels, sport suspension and sport seats).

The decorative trim varies with the trim lines. Besides wood there are two different versions of aluminum. These are standard with the S line sport package. The luxury wood inlays of fine grain ash, fine grain birch and walnut feature an open-pore finish.

There are also numerous seat variants from which to choose. The customized contour seats are covered in top-grade Valcona leather, optionally with contrasting stitching. The S sport seats are also covered with Valcona leather or a leather/Alcantara combination, with a rhombus pattern adorning the center panels. Supplementing these choices are numerous packages with natural and synthetic leather.

The designers of the new Audi A6 Avant developed a number of different color concepts. The dark colors emphasize the sporty character, the light ones the width of the interior, which is divided into three color zones. In the base version as well as the design and sport versions, these color worlds are black/black, black/okapi brown, granite gray/pearl beige and granite gray/metropolis gray. The design selection line also includes granite gray/sard brown. The S line sport package bathes the interior in black and rotor gray, and the pedal caps and footrest are made of stainless steel.

All terms marked in the text are explained in detail in the technology lexicon at www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/technology-lexicon.

The equipment, data and prices specified in this document refer to the model range offered in Germany. Subject to change without notice; errors and omissions excepted.