Next-Gen Audi A6 Avant: Leaner, Meaner, Still Not Coming Here
Audi’s next-generation A6 Avant breaks cover on March 4, 2025.
The Germans are keeping their wagon game strong while Americans keep pretending SUVs are better.
Evolutionary Not Revolutionary
Audi’s design team played it safe. Again.
The new A6 Avant sports softer edges, a rounder rear, and the obligatory LED light bar that every manufacturer now considers mandatory.
Dual exhausts remain, thankfully signaling that Ingolstadt isn’t ready to fully surrender to the EV overlords.
The wagon achieves a 0.25 drag coefficient – slipperier than most sports cars despite hauling enough cargo space for a Labrador and a weekend’s worth of gear.
Powertrains That Actually Deliver
The range-topping V6 turbo packs a proper punch:
- 367 horsepower with mild hybrid assistance
- 406-550 Nm of torque depending on configuration
- 4.7 second 0-60 mph sprint
Lesser mortals get a 2.0L turbo making around 204 horsepower in both gasoline and diesel flavors.
Every engine incorporates 48-volt mild hybrid tech. It’s not the full-electric virtue signaling that marketing departments love, but it delivers real-world efficiency without compromising the driving experience.
Tech Without Trying Too Hard
Inside, Audi ditched the buttonless minimalism that makes modern cars infuriating to operate.
The 14.5-inch central touchscreen handles infotainment duties while an 11.9-inch digital gauge cluster delivers critical information. Passengers get their own optional 10.9-inch screen because apparently everyone needs a screen now.
Chassis That Means Business
Quattro all-wheel drive comes standard because Audi knows its heritage.
Adaptive air suspension, all-wheel steering, and torque vectoring ensure the wagon handles like something much smaller and lighter than it actually is.
The sport differential option should be mandatory for anyone who understands what makes Audi special.
America Gets Shafted (Again)
Europeans will pay €58,000 for base gasoline models and €61,700 for diesel variants.
Americans? We’ll get the sedan later in 2025, but the wagon remains forbidden fruit unless it wears an Allroad badge or costs RS6 money.
Audi continues its curious strategy of building gorgeous wagons and then refusing to sell them in the market that would actually pay premiums for them.
The S6 and RS6 Avant variants will follow, complete with wider bodies, more aggressive wheels, and enough power to terrify the family dog.
