Audi A6 BiTDi: Has Petrol Had Its Day? - XCAR

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Petrol or diesel? It's a tough choice, and Audi's twin turbo BiTDi engine makes it more difficult than ever before.
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Audi A6 BiTDi
Engine: 3.0-litre twin turbo diesel
Power: 313bhp
Torque: 479lb ft
0-60mph: 5.1seconds
Top speed: 155mph
UPDATE: Since shooting this Audi has quietly dropped the 3.0 TFSI supercharged petrol engine from sale. Wonder why..?

[@BARATTI99]

New audi's BiTurbo TDI engines are so much powerful and better sounding than a 3.0 TFSI

[@aleksandaraleksic4067]

+William RS Yes they are, in A6 Allroad Quattro it sounds as good as RS6.

[@bicyclist2]

Audi has won Le Mans repeatedly in a Diesel. Nuff said! Thanks.

[@ninefors]

LOL i love how MPG is always in the first place... no one considers that the diesel costs hell lot more in the start, and is ALOT more expensive to maintain.. not to mention that this is no old school VAG ultra reliable diesel engine from the 90's..

[@EeekiE]

God he has that really irritating 'Fifth Gear' review voice.

[@TomNyon]

I like both very much and yes the buyers for both will be different. I did have a e46 330i before, that was great fun, but its consumption wasn't. The a7 tdi we have isn't as fun, but on the motorway that torque just makes the ride so effortless. So in reality id have a petrol and diesel car, but the petrol for a weekend car and the diesel for my cruise to work or the mountains. But either way, you can't go wrong with the tfsi or the Bitdi.

[@TomNyon]

***** Rs5 cabriolet and the A7 Bitdi ;)

[@Gred079]

this is very well made ! you really deserve more ill try to spread the word

[@FColl1]

I've got an A6 Bi-turbo avant and it is awesomely quick, as well as having lots of tech to play with. The engine note is actually lovely (though it is helped by an actuator in the exhaust) and heads turn when you drive down the road!

[@athlete35392]

Purely fun related point. It is not fun seeing your car sitting at 23 mpg, it is never fun filling up your car. What is very fun is torque induced country road/motorway overtake :)

[@peterthompson9854]

I can imagine sitting in my Audi R8 (or my Porsche Cayman, or my ageing XKR), feeling smug, and getting burnt at the lights by a Large diesel family car. This car is a real game changer. Can we call most dedicated sports cars or any hot hatch fast now?

[@foxhounduk2k8]

Brilliant review! This guy is one of the best automotive journalists out there. The only thing I would've liked was more talk about the engine and torque on that diesel, seeing that that was what the video was primarily about .

[@PvtPetrenko1]

awesome channel, absolute perfect camera work, and finally people who take diesel cars serious, thanks, subbed immediately

[@TomWaitForItMajor]

Great stuff like always! Always loved Audi's. My dad had a 2005 A6 3.0 S line diesel and now he has a 2006 Q7 4.2 and it accelerates like a beast! Cant image what this thing does with almost the same amount of horsepower and lighter on the wheels

[@supermario95PT]

This is, no doubt, one of the best car channels on youtube, please keep the videos coming :) I hope one day you guys will get as many views and subs as you deserve!

[@faisalleeds]

Very good comparison. Good to see something relevant and well researched and not just 2 random cars pitched head 2 head. So it looks like is new biTdi is faster or as quick as than the main rival BMW 535D and also the quick petrol S4 and S5 models! Pretty impressive from Audi.

[@lordzevallos]

This channel is right on par with motortrend & drive

[@alps4391]

I’ve got the SQ5 with the 3.0Bi TDI and it’s a superb engine, with today’s fuel prices, constant government crackdown on speed and the typical British road the big petrol engine just don’t make sense anymore..

[@SWatchik]

in fact they post a more consistent quality of videos than motortrend, and show a wide range of tuner cars and classics which is really interesting and more useful for those of us who cant afford all the supercars

[@stefanwuest4559]

I have exactly this diesel! the car is absolutely fantastic! S-Line 3.0 BiTDI black optics exterior, 20-inch wheels. greetings from switzerland!

[@NOORYOUNIS]

This one of the best put together videos ive seen in a while. While the effects where kinda cheesy lol yes i said cheesy, the review itself was very informative and professional, good job

[@alfamonk]

More info on how each car flows down the road, driving it in manual mode, weight differences over the front axle and how that affects handling would've been good...

[@RussellRobinson77]

glad to see this comparison made!

[@jflintham45]

Thank you Top Gear for showing this to me! Fantastic channel!!!

[@hunghuge12]

That's the second one I've watched in the last half hour. Subscribed. Sorry but someone said Motortrend? This is way better. Not only is it better filmed and dubbed but it's also not got Johnny Lieberman trying to prove black is blue because he wants to be different. Presenter bloke stick your name up because you're bloody good at it.

[@upload9595]

I've been searching for a proper review of the 3.0 Bi-TDI. Now i found it. Only one thing is missing - drive them fast on a track and tell us if the torque vectoring differential works better with the diesel. (because there is more torque for vectoring :D ) Subbed.

[@jdonegan92]

Never heard of your channel. Top Gear liked this video so it came into my feed ;) Watched the video, loved it, subscribed. Well done!

[@davecom3]

Get this chap, Chris Harris, and Matt Farah on TV and their collective talents should be enough to worry Top Gear. TG is fun and all, but there's only so many times you can start off hating a car and then loving it review, or the start of loving it but hating it in the end review.

[@alex-cristianconstantin7936]

The title sounds almost ironic in 2019.

[@ParaTrooper1337]

You had me at wibbly-wobbly. Subscribed.

[@gnormzz42]

lmfao!! 'Audis last 1st,2nd,3rd owners grandchildren' i burst out in laughter, bullshit bullshit bullshit

[@Hekkie]

nope, it's true. Where I live one of the very few car brands that managed to produce cars that had were actually able to still drive without rusting away or being too expensive to repair was Audi. VW group cars in general actually.

[@TomNyon]

+Greg Norman obv you don't a lot about audis.

[@janssonbre]

This really is a very underestimated channel

[@Lukeskywanka]

very nice review. Thank You

[@lilljimmy96]

What kind of gallon? Brittish or US gallon?

[@Everspy]

The trip computer on my Audi A4 has always been very optimistic, reading 5+ mpg over reality.

[@TheEpicSpaniardRS]

Great stuff! I came here because top gear liked your video, and I can see why they did!

[@liltliltliltlilt]

You should have had the colours the other way round, it kept confusing me.

[@weed46]

You have a good point, but still, the engine is underdeveloped, it's a "cheap" engine... The torque is higher, but the power should be more than 300hp for a forced induction engine, for sure it runs out of boost in higher rpm... Audi has the knolodge to do much better... look at the new 4.0 V8, it's a powerhouse!

[@raviyadav46]

diesel is my choice.. great review bro..!! can you please tell me the name of the music please..!!

[@burrogrande]

How about a engine/exhaust noice comparison?

[@regularguy316]

LOL, in a few years, you'll see this car on Wheeler Dealers, being sold for £2k. Ed will be talking about how back in the day, this car had amazing technology, but none of it works now and he's got to fix it all. To buy this part from an Audi dealer is £10,000, but I managed to pick up one from the scrap yard for 52 pence ;o)

[@NLS87]

NO! Diesels are the most dependable internal combustion engines. They are used in tanks, submarines, industrial machines (also agricultural), most trucks, and almost all electrical generators for surges are diesel engines. They can run in biodiesel, auto-diesel and jet fuel (A1). The only thing that's more dependable than diesel are electric motors.

[@MS7.7]

From the second I opened this video I subscribed. Keep it up.

[@usandutz]

very nice review!

[@alteclansing3333]

I just love the effortless pull of diesel engines, but for extra power when u need to floor it, turbo petrol's are the way to go

[@farismohammed7861]

this was an awesome video. keep it up

[@morganbagert]

For long journeys diesel is the way to go. The torque is also nice to have when wafting along motorways.

[@16blank45]

I was impressed with the review of the old Toyota Supra. So impressed was I that I had to subscribe.

[@pakalins666]

why the dubstep? :/ i sooo wanted to hear how those both sound like

[@925boosting]

I'd buy the Diesel and remap it. Turbo has more room to gain HP than a supercharger not to mention it gets better gas mileage.

[@kevin71127]

Yeah, that's probably true. The real issue is the fact that anything that poses a threat to money-making petrol monopolies is immediately managed. So in the U.S., our diesel is vastly more expensive than regular gas, and our electric cars are archaic compared to other countries.

[@kurtrusellpatrickswayze]

You could get some serious, and I mean serious torque with that.

[@weed46]

Tell me that a engine from a M3 isn't refined... is silky smooth, sounds great and is realiable, I mean, NA engines are normaly more reliable than forced induction ones

[@manyakols9]

diesels are great! only problem i have with them is that the redline is WAY TOOO LOW

[@Kaipeternicolas]

Too bad they didn't have the A6 3,0 tdi with that V8 active sound. Because most people who chose a petrol over a diesel argue that the petrol sounds better.

[@derbigpr500]

Its not underdeveloped, its overengineered in every single way, but for quality, refinement and longevity, not for maximum power. You know...how much power an engine produces is not a show of its quality.

[@edwealleans]

Yay! an awesome car review! Subscribed.

[@MrUnderEstimated]

hello i dont know about cars but are you telling us that the diesel won over petrol by its power? i dont get it why? petrol cars should be stronger or better than diesel when it comes to performance

[@AruEsse]

Who won the 24 hours of le mans this year (and every year since 2006)? Diesels. Audi diesels. 3rd gen. diesels only share the fuel with tractor engines. A proper modern diesel sounds way closer to a petrol engine than a tractor engine, and revs at least to 5000 rpm, still slow compared to petrol engines but reasonable if you consider you get full torque at 2000. Don't like them? Don't buy them! But please use your brain.

[@IsaacDavis69]

This is an amazing video.

[@phillsmith9255]

By the way that BiTDi in the vid is only a Tdi, look at the badges!

[@ScottZ370]

exactly the point

[@TomNyon]

thats because the bitdi will only have a tdi badge at the back. I like it, but then when you floor it, surprise!

[@mfletcherg122]

Just need to squeeze that TDI bi-turbo into a GTD and give it an R ;)

[@TheTinhMan]

what song was used in this video?

[@dansu92833]

A6 TDI is finally here in USA. 58,000$. High price thanks to currency exchange and California state government.

[@FotografIasi]

unfortunate diesels are a bit more complicated engines, more frail and on the long run, even if you pay less for the diesel, you have other repair expenses and more problems might occur.

[@peterthompson9854]

Great, great video BTW. Tops for entertainment. Love Xcar

[@korimafi]

Yes, it is !!!!!

[@adb1694]

Well for one thing, the gasoline version has full LED lights. So nice!

[@fairyheli2]

if a diesel is a tractor then a petrol is a lawn mower.

[@gregmtech]

may i just ask ; why say the way to fun is bitrubo D ? way to fun is RS 6;) i know they are sold on the same segments; but either you hate diesel and cant pay for a RS6 or S6 and get a tfsi ; or you have no knoloedge at all of history and car s that you end up driving a lorry. fun is not only in performance. reving till past where the diesels go or sometime more fun in cars with less power. good chanel; but be carefull to not push things to far. i drive an M3 ; if i wanted eco id have a 330d

[@LancelotMooreYorke]

I dont even like motortrend or drive, i think this is better :)

[@tutzgureanu1981]

perfectly said

[@dhughes1969]

Why would a car company care if you wanted a diesel or gas car? Once they sell you the car and get your money their job is done. Diesel was really cheap for decades most times 50% less than gas but it shot up the last decade due to more people buying diesel vehicles.

[@HiphopJunkieable]

why no drag race?

[@davide30541]

not quite yet BUT on its way :D

[@jumoga3313]

Best Audi Motor

[@weed46]

This TFSI engine is so underdeveloped compared to the diesel.. I mean 300hp out of a 3 liter with a supercharger? that engine should do over 300hp naturaly aspirated...

[@KorCaz]

surely the two turbos will take care of that?

[@morganbagert]

I am not so sure the petrol v6 3.0 supercharged will go from 333bhp to easily over 400bhp on a remap.

[@timmie426]

I like diesel torque but it isn't entertaining at all... At 3500-4000 rpm and over the car starts to lose power, i hate that

[@marius1987ism]

That's a hell of a driver , if he drives a car and doesn't realise it's a diesel just if he is told =))

[@SZYBKIErece]

Where is the drag race!!?

[@LOLZCRAFTSERVER]

No one can Beat Topgear Uk but mabye you can

[@TheAndiBay]

nice shoes

[@DMSparky]

soon enough you will have the views you deserve.

[@mlmccollum100]

Need more oil burners in America!!!!!! Got a few, but VERY few

[@klausdaskranich]

But many americans are conervative and don't want to drive a diesel. Maybe you could test it: get an german diesel car like an a6 tdi and let some people drive. when they finished you say: its a diesel. i bet they don't believe that :D

[@henzo7087]

Drag race will explain everything but they dont show us :(

[@desimunda116]

Audi TDI vs. BMW 5 Series Tri-Turbo Diesel.

[@guestandsons]

Bi turbo required for the petrol not a baby supercharger!

[@Hekkie]

It's also turbocharged, right? So basically that pretty much evens out. Biturbo for the diesel, Turbocharger + supercharger for the petrol.

[@banddude121]

He could be the Chris Harris successor ;)

[@HommaKnarf]

It's absolutely beutifull!

[@abdelghanibajoj2738]

ma voiture préférer

[@justcallmegod2]

subbed

[@Eric93Audet]

lots of tech ? as a mechanis that sounds more like lot more electrical failures :)

[@arfdarfbargarf]

the drag race is missing!

[@nizzan91]

Diesel Power!!

[@spukduk5632]

why the fuck would someone get an SE spec a6

[@kevin71127]

Thanks to American oil companies, the use of diesel fuel in the U.S. is totally thwarted. This country fucking sucks.

[@vasilisbill]

soooo wheres the drag race?

[@LegacyIvyTerascale]

they're so Beautifull ... the Cars , not Merlin

[@fordfool420]

Diesel baby!!!!