Digital and personalized: lighting technology

Advanced lighting technology makes a significant contribution to greater road safety and is an essential part of Audi DNA. The new A6 Avant also plays a pioneering role in its class in this area. The design of the headlights and rear lights is all about digitalization, which gives drivers the opportunity to customize the appearance of their A6 Avant according to their own preferences. At the same time, the digital lighting display provides innovative functions that improve communication with other road users. All the while, the lighting technology reflects typical Audi aesthetics.

Optional equipment for the A6 Avant includes digital LED daytime running lights made up of 48 individual LED segments per headlight. The optional Matrix LED headlights are characterized by a hexagon-perforated stainless-steel screen that conceals the digital daytime running lights. This new design gives the headlights an even more striking appearance.

With a total of seven digital light signatures at the front and rear – several of which are designed as active signatures in which individual segments intelligently brighten up and dim down – the new A6 Avant offers considerable potential for personalization.

The second-generation digital OLED rear lights are optionally available at the rear of the A6 Avant and combine lighting design and innovative technology in a unique way. Thanks to the total of eight digital OLED panels, they create a strong recognition value and at the same time increase safety on the road. Each side features 198 OLED segments that create the digital signatures, some of which are active. The active signatures make the lights appear alive through their constant movement. The algorithm specially developed for this function creates a new image from the 396 OLED segments several times per second. The individual segments interact in such a way that the overall light intensity does not vary.

Proximity detection and the communication light in the digital OLED 2.0 are essential components for further increasing road safety using light. For example, other road users receive a warning if there is an accident or breakdown ahead. In critical driving or traffic situations, the communication light in the digital OLED rear lights projects a specific rear light signature: in addition to the regular rear light graphic, eight triangles across the entire rear serve to warn drivers behind.

The aesthetics of motion are quintessentially Audi – and they impress the driver with every dynamic lighting effect when unlocking or exiting the vehicle. With the coming-home and leaving-home function, individual LED or OLED segments are activated at intervals of just a few milliseconds one after the other, creating a new and futuristic-looking lighting sequence even when stationary.

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.