2010 audi A6 Avant reviews

Audi A6 Avant 2.0 tdi 2010

Here’s my take after a week with a brand new one and in direct comparison with a Subaru Legacy 3.0 spec B tourer. The Audi is overall a really comforting experience in that you feel that you have made a good decision buying/leasing one... until you get past the overwhelming feelgood factor that the interior and build quality provides. Because, while everything is bolted together well, there always seems to be a counter issue to each good facet. For instance, it cruises well and seems relaxed, apart from the fidgeting suspension and apparent road noise, it seems quick apart from the sluggish off the line take up that leaves you guessing when exiting roundabouts. The S line seats are difficult to configure and I base that comment on getting comfortable in my Subaru Legacy seats over many miles, but failing to lose the ’sitting on, not in" feel the S line seats provide. Overall I think the A6, at least this generation, is a big, smart polished PR exercise that impresses ignorant neighbours more than it pleases the owner. Where it might be solid, assured and prominent, it’s also, hefty, cumbersome and lacking finesse. Oh, I mentioned my day to day car, a Subaru 3.0 Spec B Tourer. It’s (just) less well built, not quite the same in terms of interior quality, blah blah, but hang on... four years in it’s still solid, fast (always, no sluggish off the line nonesense) and far, far, far more alive in response in every way. Corners, check, wet roundabouts, well, check, overtaking, yes... so you guessed that. But, over four years, it’s had a problematic battery (replaced by the dealer, no question) and that’s it. I think the Audi might be my aunt: Likeable, there, trustworthy, hard to dislike, but not really adding anything.