NEW Audi A6 e-tron revealed! - FULL details on radical new EV | What Car?

[@DavidSmith-rk7tf]

I am geeky enough to have watched 6 different videos on this new Audi. This is the best review of all of them by absolute miles. Congratulations WhatCar, excellent work!

[@seancotter4610]

Anyone else think that the sportback looks similar to the last generation Mondeo from the side 😅

[@rickerbyct]

Yes it absolutely does!

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

Sadly, cars have been looking similar for decades now. Go back 50+ years and at 100 yds or more, I could tell most makes of cars and even what model they were. Now I have to actually walk up to the cars to see who's made them. Let alone which model it is. 😬🥴🤷‍♂ _All down to wind tunnels and CAD I'd guess?_

[@cbotten106]

That is the nicest looking Sportback I've seen.

[@Bodnari_Ion]

What I've seen, from the side, is a Skoda Octavia on steroids

[@AndrewTSq]

Its the same picture

[@iutb]

Slowly you are growing to be my choice car reviewer!

[@japjas]

When, as a big fan of Audi, you are not interested in the presentation of a new model. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@PotatosPotatoes]

I have had nothing but A6s for 10+ years. Current C8 A6 owner. This is the first time I've looked at a new A6 and cringed. It's horrid.

[@royed31]

These screens have become ridiculously overengineered for the purpose required

[@MrAndinho1]

Shush. The more screens, the better.

[@robfinney310]

Quite a scoop to get your hands on one when everybody else is just showing the Audi video launch. I really want one of these.

[@Marre480]

Finally someone honestly talking about disappointing quality of new german cars.

[@bscott77]

Why are EVs not allowed to have the premium interior feel of the fuel variants? Hard plastic and gloss black plastic seems to have replaced soft touch materials and leather / aluminium surfaces. Seems the same across pretty much all brands and ranges

[@Marre480]

Same is happening with ICE german cars. Look at the new A5, BMW 5, X3. All with a cheap shirt box interior.

[@haukionkannel]

Yeah new German ICE cars also are now cheap… sorry feel cheap…

[@andrewfromm6565]

Probably to try and compete with Tesla prices without taking a loss or barely any profit from each sale? And everyone knows how cost cutting Tesla can be, so this may be the only way they can price compete.

[@BMH1965]

Soft touch plastics are more expensive to recycle.

[@mandyarnage2530]

I’ve been highly anticipating this based on the concept, but this just doesn’t do it for me 😢

[@milesyounghamilton]

Exactly! The concept looked awesome and this is a bit of a disappointment. The sport back just doesn’t look quite right and the interior is a let down

[@tonichaforever]

The concept was amazing, headturning...then then gave us this...what a disappointment

[@Troy-fv9uq]

@@milesyounghamilton I'm sure you can get full leather as a option

[@GarryMcGovern]

Front 'trunk'??? Uhhhh, since when did we start talking 'Murican? It's a front boot thank you - 911s and Beetles have had them for decades!

[@kcd2120]

The door mirrors would also take a bit of getting used to - given how they’ve chosen several cost cutting options for the interior, seems odd to use such an expensive way to replace the trusty door mirror!

[@PaulTermsap]

Looks great but why is the rear passenger space so small for such a big car?

[@davdep]

Nice looking cars with great range, the people knocking these cars in the comments are EV haters so will never like !

[@rasmusmathiasjuuljakobsen2980]

Please do some push-back on the manufacturers only giving peak charging numbers. Peak is not useful at all. Tell me the average time it takes to charge e.g. 50kWh, or even better, just give us the average charge rate for the usual 10-80%.

[@Xerxesro1]

It depends on your charger

[@TillOverHill]

Dear Doug, when looking at under boot floor storage you said that it was "just enough for the cables" but it is enough for those + the subwoofer. That matters. So many EVs and PHEVs out there that cannot be had with a subwoofer.

[@MandyFlame]

Just tried to configure one in the UK. Started at £72,000 and by the time I had added a decent stereo and a sunroof had hit £80,000. Not sure it’s worth twice the cost of an IONIQ 5, particularly after the Ioniq 5 refresh added a rear wiper, more range and more physical buttons. Mind you the Audi will depreciate so fast it will price match the Hyundai after a year or two …

[@anchovyfillet4248]

I think it’s a good looking car. Tech and range are class leading. If it appears on our car scheme I’ll be ordering one!

[@woodypwx]

Looks amazing inside and out! 😍

[@iaing9028]

This is a great looking car, but why oh why does it have those ridiculous cameras/screens instead of mirrors, they are a hugely complicated & expensive solution to a problem that didn’t exist. How much will they cost to repair in 10 years time? Probably more than the car is worth!

[@Sweety1915-nono]

So real world, highway middle of winter you should be getting somewhere around the 300 mile mark in range. Assume you can plan a decent charging spot somewhere in there and thats a 475 mile trip (100%-10%-80%-10%) with a 21 minute charging stop. Still, sure someone will be along to complain about how they wont be able to tow a caravan over the alps in a blizzard for a thousand mile roadtrip without a single comfort break shortly....

[@Xerxesro1]

It has a heat pump so the range in the cold doesn't drop much. With 400 miles of range you will find an Ionity superfast charger on your way

[@jea1034]

Presenter- Stop jumping around.. HVAC buttons Yes or No. Take a stance. This would be at the top of my list, but now gets rejected due to the lack of buttons.

[@micheleoncini8369]

Love it! As the new A5! But the price… not 4 me

[@jonpetter8921]

Great package from Audi.

[@cjg3772]

The interior is such a downgrade from the Q8 Etron...

[@cabottaxi]

£70 grand for that? How much will it be worth in 2 years time ? That colour reminds me of a pavement pizza.

[@AndrewTSq]

You can get one in 2 years for $30k.

[@brianallan9035]

Nice detailed review, though too expensive for most. Did Doug get a makeover. Looking good.

[@Mrianmarshall]

Do you think if they put another charging flap that big on the other side it could fly

[@urbanstrencan]

Audi nailed it with the new electric A6 love it, the design is great love the Sportback version, but we also finally got proper electric estate ;) great video

[@lorenzo5253]

I live in an apartment in Munich and there are no public chargers neither do I have possibility to charge it in the garage so thanks but no thanks

[@bart170]

Move to Norway, you you get a charger per every km

[@pqvid]

Munich is full of public charging stations, every 500m at least. Not quite as far as Amsterdam or Norwegian cities, but really comfortably covered.

[@bart170]

@ then why does my german friend say germany is moving more to hybrid and gas? We need germany to take a lead and develop infrastructure and electrify europe. The french at least should do it with their nuclear energy. Another way to view it is that gas is more reliable in case of war and conflict. You can potentially prep and store gas, thats more difficult with electricity and its vulnurable grid. Anyways if war comes i doubt it would last long for the paranoid dictator in the east. Europe would unite like never before. Lastly I just want to say: buy german over chinese!!! We need to protect our economy. I view the opposite as almost treason.

[@bingobongo1615]

Thats one sexy car… amazing looking. Not sure I want a EV as my next car but this looks great. Edit: after viewing the video - OK I stay with BMW… Audi is crazy with its massive list of options you want to have… if the base car is so neutered forget it…

[@pixotass]

Audi is back in the game

[@Dustmaker18]

How do you like the interior quality of this car vs Audi etron Q8 ?

[@Bodnari_Ion]

Much better than the review from Top Gear! Regarding the car, again another electric car with a price that most probably will be close to the sky

[@Marre480]

The interior looks like a 30k Peugeot... Skoda Superb feels superb compared to this. Good luck Audi

[@clubsobri]

Beautiful cars!!!

[@nhpy336]

Do you know which options you get? Like maybe massage seats or so?

[@ph8077]

I've had multiple high-end Audis, like right now I own a 2023 RS5 Vorsprung coupe & although I like some features of their new generation of cars a lot, I'll probably go somewhere else for my next. Overall...not.at.all.impressed!

[@weizenobstmusli8232]

hmmm, that Avant.... I like it.

[@ambessashield9360]

Audi got the best design team

[@lazziebardakos2956]

Nice but I can't understand why the three main Germans insist in putting fake grills on their cars.

[@ce1834]

Looks great especially that Sportback! Audi knows how to do EVs, prices are ridiculous compared to ICE cars though

[@Station2Station-du2gh]

Audi dealers in the US saying Fall 2025. Zzzzz. Been watching video of the Q6 also "sometime in 2025". That's the new way of doing business - talk about them years before their release.

[@snowcountry322]

Look forward to the new A7 Avant. Not too crazy about the new ev designs. Too fat.

[@willsmyth639]

So a new family car costs £70,000 seriously that’s 90% of the uk who can’t afford it + the coupe fastback looks like a BMW 2 series cran coupe from the side and the estate just reminds me of Volvo especially the rear 3/4 panel

[@fredericoamigo]

Lots of good things going on. Love that Audi has made the A6 a bespoke EV! This car has a lot of cool features (like the light signal that tells you where to kick in order to open the tailgate), and FINALLY a frunck in a German EV. Unfortunately I’m really disappointed in how Audi completely ruined the exterior design with split headlights that just doesn’t suit the Audi design language at all. Audi should just have gone with their gorgeous concept version of this....

[@ralph8416]

Those price levels only come forth due to the imposed EU import tariffs…. - Oh wait…. 🤔

[@oleg274]

In general, those are good-looking cars both in and out. However, it feels like the modern car industry and car brands completely lost their identities - more or less all cars look the same. It is tough to distinguish if it is a BMW, an Audi, or some Chinese automaker. It is a result of a growing number of suppliers that supply parts to all car brands. Automakers probably outsource a lot of parts(maybe more than it was before?) and focus only on assembling the car in their factories out of parts that came from suppliers, hence there are no unique and interesting cars on the market anymore :/

[@prometheus4130]

glad the lit audi symbol at the back is an option, don’t want people pointing and laughing 😏

[@thiago.muller]

380 miles is not impressive if we think about Chinese BYD with 640 miles.

[@ph8077]

Yeah but the difference is the Audi won't someday activate its stealth anti-West software....like that dystopian movie with the Teslas ...what was that movie called again?

[@thiago.muller]

@@ph8077 You need to step away from the TV for a bit and come back to the real world. In the real world BYD offers 600 miles of battery life and Audi only 380 miles and the only thing this says is that Audi and Tesla are way behind in technology.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

BYD won't go 600 miles either

[@ChrisOne]

I can't look at RS6 and think electric

[@jonathanlupalezwi5951]

You don't have to, this car isn't replacing the ICE A6, the replacement for that will still have a combustion engine, it's just going to be called an A7

[@ChrisOne]

@@jonathanlupalezwi5951 so they are going to stop using the RS6 name plate, then keep the same car as is, then call that the RS7 or A7? WHY?

[@jonathanlupalezwi5951]

@@ChrisOne apparently there might be an RS6, but electric. And yes, the current A6 (when the new model comes out) will subsequently be known as an A7, S7 and RS7. The reason is just to differentiate between their Electric and ICE cars, so all Electric cars will be using even numbers (A6, Q6, Q8, Q4, while ICE cars will be using Odd numbers (A3, A5, A7). The one I'm not sure about is the current A8, whether or not it will be called an A9

[@ph8077]

@@jonathanlupalezwi5951 You sure the A5 isn't the new A6?

[@jonathanlupalezwi5951]

@@ph8077 Yes, it's the new A4, it's smaller than the A6, and as you know, cars don't get smaller these days

[@johnminshall242]

Stuff like this and ID7, pushing mid-£60k for a decent estate spec (LR), have a lot of potential but of course are very pricey! I’d be tempted to buy either/or used, at perhaps 2 y/o… for maybe £45k? Great used buy, and still warrantied in case you have a problem.

[@ESX021]

tbh i can't think of one car i'd buy new, it's basically throwing about 20% of its value away instantly

[@AndrewTSq]

It will be $25k max in 2 years (most car dealers now will not take an ev as a trade in)

[@colinpastuch]

I own an Audi and this is one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen. BMW and Audi have completely lost their way.

[@kcd2120]

No Avant for the USA, once again 😢

[@thomash2806]

‘Étron’ in French means a well-formed stool… 💩

[@blarkdexture8899]

France is lost only Africans

[@cbotten106]

And you don't think this form qualifies? Looks like a smooth, perfectly-formed stool to me, especially that wagon.

[@ph8077]

As an ex-Audi fanboy, after seeing this car....how apposite!

[@jonpetter8921]

@thomash2806 who care ?

[@jyrbm]

NACS is the standard going forward. CCS charging is going to be outdated

[@tzetv]

That Sportback is fugly all around; the wagon is better. All the Germans have lost it with their front facias

[@richardpiper4828]

Very impressive. Looks so much better than the i5. Cannot understand why anyone would now go for a GT e-Tron.

[@Splendid_Lad]

Good job Audi ❤

[@mart_en]

9:14 Sorry, the knee room in the new A6 e-tron is NOT very good ! Similar to the new Q6 the space behind the front seats is significantly smaller than in a regular A6 and even an A4. For some weird reason that platform offers less space in the rear which leads to the strange phenomena, that a Q4 offers much more legroom than a Q6 and a combustion engine A6 much more than the electric A6 ...

[@cbotten106]

You would think someone at Audi might have noticed that....

[@Kryxtal]

Way, way, way too many screens

[@rima_noorjahan]

Front looks like a inspiration from the bmw 7 series

[@iaing9028]

This Audi looks so much better than the BMW 7 series, I usually prefer BMW over Audi’s, but this one looks fantastic.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

Nice car

[@BMH1965]

If every useful thing is a cost extra, why is it so expensive? Those factory robots most all be millionaires.

[@StevenHaggis]

That car will not do 4.5m/kwh

[@saschastocker1903]

Why is no one talking about the seats? They look extremely uncomfortable squashing the shoulders

[@mauricetoussaint7283]

Interior is very low rent, lots of cost saving evident. Externally, it's a mess. Even the new badges are woeful. They've done the same with the new A4, oh sorry, A5, but at least that's an ICE car. This new A6 is an EV, so a ton of A6 buyers will walk away. We don't want ICE and if we did, we certainly wouldn't want it like this. Oh and Audi will price this way above where it should be. Just like Porsche have screwed up with an all electric Macan, so Audi follow suit. I currently have an RS6 Performance and looking at where Audi is going, it'll be BMW or Merc for me next time.

[@archilieven]

New A5 looks so much better.

[@RedemptiveChief]

the ioniy chargers are fairly common place and can charge cars with the 800v architecture

[@MrSwaggernaut83]

sportback looks like a Lucid Air. Beautiful car though so not mad at all, and the avant stands alone, so good looking

[@KaraBlackk]

thanks for vegetarian car ill consider one

[@jen8639]

I don't know what it is about these new Audis, but why does everything feel so trinkety, superfluous and overdone? Gaudy piano black which nearly everyone hates. Even the chargeport just looks overly complicated? It all feels overbaked. Where is the crisp elegant simplicity gone?

[@Hermanbey]

pay 30k extra and get the porsche macan ev ;).. u will get all the beaches... i mean why not if u pay a premium like this

[@thyristo]

Zeekr 001: 😏

[@Moet_Chandon_x]

Audi heading down the path of Blockbuster, Nokia or Kodak 😂😂😂

[@KHD1982]

Rear seats are disaster 😮 This car will fail A5 is a better choice ❤

[@anemeth9281]

U mean the A5? 😂

[@KHD1982]

@@anemeth9281 ohh yes 😁

[@DMT267]

Arrrh, the grill ? 😮 No thanks.

[@gandalfonegro]

Another Audi that looks like a Hyundai Kona

[@ArnulfoSalvador-n8b]

Bitter 😢😢😢Audi is far incomparable with your car Kia

[@wathsalaanuruddhika5255]

❤

[@marty1035]

Cars no one is buying. Petrol forever.

[@edwardrook6246]

No thanks. Excessive price , so so interior for the price and what is the point of these light bars other than a fad. On a dark wet January evening or morning just more dazzle

[@sargfowler9603]

More choice of luxury cars. Can't be a bad thing can it? Watch out Tesla!

[@Marre480]

This interir doesn't speak luxury language.

[@KeliK1]

Is this a joke? Did they look at Chinese brands offers? This has to be the ugliest and cheapest-looking electric car to date.

[@jonpetter8921]

Only a fool will buy a chinese car over this.

[@weizenobstmusli8232]

Have you ever sat in a car?

[@TheDigitalDadUK]

Well done Audi....you've made an estate with the same size boot as a sport back (below the parcelshelf). It's completely pointless!

[@OldDolio312]

Pls don’t compare the interior to a Mercedes. That fabric is just fckn tragic. Audi really need a new interior team lol.

[@mziyabo]

ID7 anyone. This is litterally an expensive ID7. Wait the Id7 is over £50k already. At this point VW yes the owners of Audi are trolling its customers.😂😂😂😂

[@nicholasrigg8999]

It's odd that in a purpose built EV platform, they still haven't nailed the rear seat comfort.

[@cbotten106]

All that extra room we were going to get on the "dedicated platform" EVs seems to have evaporated in translating these cars from the drawing board to the street.

[@sevensixtysteve8662]

Once I saw Hercule Poirots moustache I couldn't unsee it . Not on DR obviously who always looks 110%, but on the Audi A6 E-tron Sportback (or similar meaningless words in a different order) at 2:21. That weird grill infill with the little upturned cutouts looks just like the Belgian sleuth's moustache. Also what IS that colour ? has it been painted yet ? Looks like a dead salmon. Its a no from me, I prefer my cars without comedy moustaches.

[@chasf3433]

So we have a very large luxury saloon or estate that has a rear seat not comfortable for adult passengers. Pointless car that will be worth very little out of warranty.

[@minniesaab7255]

👍👍👍

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

Though it looks quite good and its _"expected range"_ is impressive, in the end it's just another overpriced Euroblob from the big three in Germany.

[@namnification]

Lock like Hyundai in the front :-/

[@Darx97]

the all new hyundai kona sedan

[@KDieter]

All e torn r over priced

[@micko557]

Superb 2.0 TSI 4X4 best option.

[@polskityton6062]

Awful interior, tablets and piano black, what a shame AUDI! This type of interior is the beginning of the END of the brand. Someone probably wants sales to decrease and the brand to fail.

[@dougster2k]

Hard pass

[@reececollison5101]

£100k 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stephengneri2136]

so the best Audi could do for such an important part of their line up is poot out another Ford Fusion?

[@carlosmlmiranda]

Stop... all eletric

[@Osmosis909]

This car looks….bland. Why would anyone want this boring car, especially at that price point. It’s expensive and looks dull, missed opportunity from Audi