New Audi A6 e-tron on sale now: price and specs confirmed
September 09, 2024 by Jamie Edkins
Car changing is a big deal
The long-awaited Audi A6 e-tron is now finally available to order in the UK, and it costs almost exactly the same as a Mercedes EQE.
- New Audi A6 and S6 e-tron on sale now
- Prices start from £69,000
- Design stays true to concept
- Similar interior to Q6 e-tron SUV
- Up to 466 miles of range
- S6 e-tron gets over 500hp
This is the new Audi A6 e-tron, an alternative to the BMW i5 and Mercedes EQE which has been a long time in the making.
It’s now available to order in the UK, with prices starting from £69,000. There’s also a hot S6 e-tron on offer for £97,500.
New Audi A6 e-tron price and specs
You can place your order for a new Audi A6 e-tron now, with the first customers getting their cars in February next year. Prices for the A6 e-tron saloon start from £69,000, which is almost exactly the same as a Mercedes EQE and around £1,400 more than a BMW i5.
The price rises to £71,700 for the more practical estate model, but regardless of which one you choose there are three trim options on offer: Sport, S Line and a limited-run Edition 1 model.
As standard, Sport models come with keyless entry, heated front seats, a 14.5-inch infotainment screen, an 11.9-inch digital driver’s display, adaptive cruise control and 20-inch alloy wheels.
Stepping up to the S Line gets you sports seats, a flat-bottomed steering wheel, a more sporty-looking body kit and rear privacy glass. Edition 1 cars have these same upgrades, plus lane departure warning, lane change assist, extended airbags and a more advanced adaptive cruise control system.
If you’re looking for something with a bit more power, the new S6 e-tron is also available to order now. As with the A6, it’s offered in both saloon and estate guises, however it’ll only be offered in Edition 1 trim from launch.
Prices start from £97,500 for the saloon and £99,300 for the estate, making it pretty much the same price as a BMW i5 M60. As standard you get adaptive air suspension, Nappa leather upholstery, a B&O premium sound system with headrest speakers, a panoramic glass roof and 21-inch alloy wheels.
New Audi A6 e-tron design
It was March of 2022 when Audi first pulled the covers off the new A6 e-tron concept, and the production version isn’t hiding any surprises because it looks almost identical.
The face will be familiar to anyone who’s spent time with the new Audi Q6 e-tron, because this car has a similar slim headlight design with the main beams hidden in the lower bumper. The massive blanked-off grille is also a common Audi EV trope.
There are two body styles to choose from – an Avant estate or the Sportback. The latter has a more coupe-esque sloping roofline, but both cars come with 19-inch wheels as standard. S Line models get 20-inch alloys, and 21-inch rims are optional on the S6 e-tron.
Moving to the rear of the car you have the obligatory full-width light bar, and it looks almost identical to the concept’s. The Audi rings also light up, and the diffuser on the lower bumper keeps things looking interesting.
Go for the Audi S6 e-tron and you get even more sporty styling upgrades. The front air intakes are finished in silver trim, there are some unique alloy wheel designs and you get a more aggressive rear diffuser.
New Audi A6 e-tron interior and infotainment
The A6 e-tron’s cabin also bears a strong resemblance to the Q6’s, which is no surprise really seeing as both cars are based on the same collection of parts.
You have a bank of three screens across the dashboard: an 11.9-inch digital driver’s display, a 14.5-inch central touchscreen and a 10.9-inch screen in front of the passenger. The latter can be used to stream videos to keep your passenger entertained on the move, but it’s fitted with a privacy filter so the driver can’t be distracted by it.
Then there’s the augmented reality head-up display, which looks like it projects your speed and navigation directions directly onto the road in front of you. This should make it pretty hard to miss a turning.
The overall dashboard design may not be quite as exciting as a Mercedes EQE’s, but there are some funky-looking fabrics across the dashboard and plenty of ambient lighting to lift the mood. A panoramic glass roof lets some light into the situation, but it can also turn opaque at the touch of a button if you want to keep the sun out.
New Audi A6 e-tron batteries and range
Whether you go for the A6 or the S6 e-tron, you get just one battery option. It’s the same 100kWh pack you get in the Q6 e-tron and the new Porsche Macan EV, and it touts some seriously impressive stats.
The standard A6 e-tron in hatchback guise will go the furthest on a charge, with up to a whopping 466 miles of range. That’s almost 40 miles more than a Mercedes EQE can manage, and it’s 60 miles up on a Polestar 2 Long Range.
Part of the reason for this impressive range is the fact that the A6 e-tron is one of the most aerodynamic cars in its class. It actually slips through the air more smoothly than a Mercedes EQE, a car which is pretty questionable to look at because it was designed solely with aerodynamics in mind.
The range drops to 447 miles if you go for the estate version, and the added performance of the S6 reduces the figure to 416 miles in the hatchback and 398 miles in the Avant. All models also have an 800-volt electrical system, allowing you to charge from 10-80% in just over 20 minutes.
New Audi A6 e-tron motors and performance
The standard Audi A6 e-tron is powered by a single electric motor driving the rear wheels, and it puts out 286hp. That’s enough power to do 0-60mph in 6.0 seconds, slightly faster than the rear-wheel drive Mercedes EQE. There’s also a rear-wheel drive performance model with 367hp, and that car will do 0-60mph in 5.4 seconds.
If it’s a rapid turn of speed you’re after then the Audi S6 e-tron is the one you’ll be most interested in. This version gets an additional motor on the front wheels, making it all-wheel drive and producing a combined 503hp.
The extra motor may eat into your range, but it means the S6 e-tron will do 0-60mph in 3.9 seconds. That’s 0.8 of a second quicker than the dual-motor Mercedes EQE 500, however it’s not quite powerful enough to compete with the AMG-EQE 53.
Never fear though, because a full-fat Audi RS6 e-tron is in the pipeline and will come along at a later date. Very little is known about this car yet, but you can find out all we know so far, and see an exclusive render showing what it could look like, in our separate news story.
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