Audi A6 review

Ready to get the wallet out? A6 prices now start at the wrong side of £50k, with the cheaper Saloon costing £50,560 in its entry-level Sport trim with the TFSI petrol engine. Want the diesel in the same spec? That’ll be £54,830. The Avant then kicks off at £52,510 with a petrol engine and £56,780 in TDI form.

Standard kit includes 18in wheels, Matrix LED headlights, leather trim, heated front seats, four-zone air conditioning, the two main digital displays, surround-view cameras and wireless phone charging. There’s also a heap of driver assistance tech including adaptive cruise control, automated parking, and the usual lane departure warnings and emergency safety systems.

S Line trim is your next step up the ladder for around £3,000 more and adds 19in wheels, sports suspension that’s 20mm lower than standard, sports seats and – you guessed it – a much sportier looking set of front and rear bumpers. Makes you wonder why the entry trim is called ‘Sport’ doesn’t it?

Anyway, S Line also adds privacy glass, more leather inside, an S spec steering wheel and brushed aluminium trim.

Top of the tree here in the UK is the Edition 1 trim, with prices starting at £58,260 for the cheapest petrol-powered saloon with no options. That gets you 20in wheels (with the option of paying £1,195 more for 21s), a black exterior pack, red brake calipers, the front passenger screen, Dinamica microfibre trim and even more active safety kit.

Further options include £775 metallic paints (white is the only standard colour) and a £2,650 Sound and Vision pack that adds a brilliant 16-speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system, further ambient lighting and the impressive head-up display.