Re: Audi reveals 2009 A6 facelift That's the same time as the A6 350ps 4.2 V8 tiptronic! What will the new S4 do with the higher power 3.0TFSI engine? If the S4 version of this engine has the power boosted to the rumoured 333 ps and uses S-tronic transmission and weighs much less than the A6 then the B8 S4 (and RS4) could be faster than I was expecting. Now I am even more eager to see the new S4, rumoured to be introduced at the Paris show in October:t-drive:
It's not doing that much good to the car. Despite the A4 rear lights, the rear looks somehow un-Audi, not really clean. The front LEDs are poorly integrated, too. The A6 was never my fav Audi, this won't change this fact.
Re: Audi reveals 2009 A6 facelift Very underwhelming... It's nice but it could have been so much more...
Re: Audi reveals 2009 A6 facelift I really like the back - I thought it would look terrible with the new lights, but it looks very classy indeed. Very clean lines throughout the car. I'm not too sure about the positioning of the LED strip in the front light clusters, but in general, I think the clusters look alot more impressive. I think this will keep the A6 looking fresh for a good few years yet. And still such a brilliant interior!
Re: Audi reveals 2009 A6 facelift They have taken me by surprise as well. Very tasteful looking rear end on the same level as the facelifted A8.
Re: Audi reveals 2009 A6 facelift Indeed. I take it as far as it's the best rear on an Audi right now! And the interior....oh gosh...class!!!
Re: Audi reveals 2009 A6 facelift For me, the car always looked good. But no matter how good a car looks, it ages. And nowadays that very nice designs come out every month or so, cars age even faster. So I would expect something more from this facelift. I don't know what it is that i want, but i know that i want more. As many of you said, it is un-imaginative and goes to the boring side. With the new head and rear lights it looks a bit better, but not as much as it should. The interior is still impressing! :t-cheers: PS. This thing with the taillights, every car - same taillights is very annoying to me!
At least it really is a 3.0! What's up with 335i? C63? etc. Those numbers used to tell you something about the engine size!:t-hands:
Whew! Audi's flow is so weak :thumbdwn: And Audi's current interiors are starting to look colder than BMW's. This includes the new A4 as well.
I really like the rear, but find the front to still look dated. I don't know if it is the grill or headlight design, but to me the front changes don't freshen it up enough.
Ah - with the BMW and Merc examples the badging is really just a model designation. i.e. 335i = more powerful than 330i. Denoting a model's place in a pecking order is perfectly acceptable in my book and this has been done for years now. I have no problem with this. But when the Audi and VW marketing spin doctors first say that TFSI = Turbocharged Fuel Stratified Injection and TSI stands for Twin-Charged Stratified Injection (they don't inject fuel any longer - just hot air it seems) I can live with that. But to say that the T now stands for Supercharging - even when specifically referring to the engine... Well that's just preposterous. Call it 3.0 V6 SSI technology and be done. The acronym-based naming convention is contrived as it is in any event. Otherwise they should invent a new word and wikipedia it: Tsuperbocharger Noun - used to singurlarly denote the application of either turbo or supercharging in a VW group engine because the engineers couldn't explain the difference to the marketing department in a way they'd understand
I must say now that I just adore "my" new FL-A6. The crome list on the side makes it looks perfect. I will always love this car.. A6 for president! and btw here's for the engine figures for the 3.0T
