There’s a lot of talk about how Audi needs a new design direction (which we’ve indulged in, too), but there’s no denying that the new Audi A6 Avant is a looker for a station wagon. Sleek and sporty, with a luxury touch - just what we like in our estate models. The A6 wagon will go up against the BMW 5 Series Touring and the Mercedes E-Class Estate models.

The Audi A6 Avant has got a new front look, a sloping roof and a well-proportioned, elegant rear end. Despite being larger than the previous model, the new A6 Avant is lighter as Audi starts to put its new lightweight materials into production.

Thanks to an aluminium chassis (of about 20 percent of the whole), the new model actually weighs about 70 kg less than the previous one. It’s 4.93 metres long and has a longer wheelbase of 2.91 metres. The rear boot space is 565 litres, reaching 1,680 with the rear seats down. The big news is on the engine front, with the debut of the 3.0-litre V6 TDI twinturbo with 313 hp. First appearing on the A6 sedan, it will soon be rolled out to other Audi models.

Continue reading: Audi A6 Avant pics and details

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The new Audi A6 Avant will be presented on Wednesday, 18th May at the Humboldt Box in Berlin. The updated A6 Avant will be bigger than the current model but should be lighter by about 80 kg, thanks to new development on the chassis. The estate variant of the A6 sedan will go on show at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The rendering is from December last year, by Theophilus Chin.

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This car commercial focuses on the new Audi A6 chassis and its additional aluminium components. The new A6 has 20 percent aluminium than the previous model, and in using more of the lightweight material, weight has been decreased by about ten kilos. We sometimes wonder how important these things are to the final customer who actually buys the vehicle, but we like the special effects used in this video.

The Audi A6 is now available with two petrol engines: the V6 2.8 FSI and the V6 3.0 TFSI. The diesel range is extensive with the 2.0 TDI and the V6 3.0 TDI in two powersteps of 204 or 245 hp. The models comes with either front or all-wheel drive and with automatic or manual transmission. In the future we’ll see the new Audi A6 Hybrid and the A6 Avant expected by the end of this year.

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