After several years of business negotiations and distribution games, SAIC Audi officially landed in the Chinese market, and after the Volkswagen brand has been in the north and south for many years, Audi, a luxury car brand under Volkswagen, has also officially divided the north and south, becoming the first overseas luxury car brand in China to realize the dual-brand strategy.
As the first car of SAIC Audi, the Audi A7L built with a long wheelbase has lost its soul because of the cancellation of the hatchback, and even attracted ridicule from netizens. Regarding the domestic changes of audi A7L, we don't know if we can, today we first talk about this high-end version that is born without a slender hatchback but mainly features athletic performance - Audi S6.
Many people say that the Audi Sport is at the very end of the BBA performance camp, and there are few Audi RS or Audi Ss on the road. But in fact, the performance cars under the Audi Sport brand have never been worried about selling, and it is not uncommon for RS6 Avant, S4 and other models to have no cars or increase the price. Subject to the price market, there are indeed not many RS series on domestic roads, but the S series has maintained the same kind of best-selling, and the reason why they feel uncommon is because they are relatively low-key in design, which makes many people mistake the S series for an A series.
Take the Audi S6, including the octagonal large mouth intake grille, the independent diversion hole with internal spoiler penetration, as well as the front lip and the decorative strip connecting the diversion, etc., which maintain a high degree of similarity with the Audi A6L dynamic type, and we can distinguish the different parts of the two only in the grille, bumper, window and other different areas of the decorative strip spray color, Audi S6 will achieve a more cold and harsh all-black spray.
Of course, in terms of sports accessories, the Audi S6's Brembo six-piston brake caliper, the 21-inch sports rim + 255/35 R21 specification Pirelli P0 summer tires, and the two sides of the rear bumper diffuser with four cylinder exhaust pipes, etc., will still achieve the audi S6 in terms of visual effects and athletic performance.
On the car system, the Audi S6 is slightly different from the domestic Audi A6L, both of which have achieved four-screen linkage through the 12.3-inch digital dashboard, 10.1+8.6-inch LCD touch screen and HUD head-up display system, but the MMI infotainment system of the Audi S6 is in addition to CarPlay, which still retains support for Android Auto mobile phone interconnection, and its voice interaction is not connected to the air conditioning system.
In addition, the domestic long-wheelbase version of the DVD player, 12V power interface and rear USB interface did not appear in the S6, Audi's explanation for this is "to minimize the interference of unnecessary accessory weight on performance."
But interestingly, the Audi S6 has a relatively good reservation in assisted driving, and panoramic images, full-speed adaptive cruise and automatic parking functions that are not available in domestic models are standard. But the interesting point we said is that many of the active safety systems of the Audi S6 still need to be optional, and in the case of the same standard active braking as the domestic Audi A6L, it will only need 200 yuan in the domestic model to select the lane departure warning as the standard, and the domestic top car on the higher cost of the parallel assist, lane keeping assist needs to be optional, and the latter can not get the road traffic sign identification in the Audi S6 is also a paid item. In other words, if you want to experience the intelligent driving ability that domestic Audi does not have on an imported Audi, you need to pay more than a bare car, otherwise it is just a basic light experience.
With no structural changes, the Audi S6 doesn't perform as well as the long-wheelbase Audi A6L in air conditioning, whether it's a sporty leather +Alcantara suede hybrid seat, or a spacious rear space with zoned air conditioning/multi-function glass support, which continues to ensure comprehensive comfort in the cabin.
However, as a performance car that surpasses the road, the Audi S6 is still very sincere in terms of hardware.
A 2.9T engine of the same origin as the Porsche Paramela appeared in the engine compartment of the Audi S6, but the difference between the two is that the Audi S6 is a higher performance upgrade.
The 3.0T twin-turbo V6 engine, code-named DKM, delivers a maximum power of 331 kW (450 Ps) and a maximum torque of 600 N·m, which is 88 kW (120 Ps)/150 N·m higher than the Paramela's 2.9T, and is supported by a 48V light hybrid system, and with an 8AT transmission and a quattro four-wheel drive system with mechanical differential, the Audi S6 can accelerate 0-100 km/h in 4.5 seconds. That's 1.1 seconds faster than a 200kg-light Paramela.
In order to make the dynamic control of the vehicle catch up with those BMW with M nameplates, Audi also added a standardized air suspension system to the S6's five-link suspension combination, supported by variable steering ratio technology and optional integral active steering system, rear axle limited slip differential, and everything we see in and around the cabin, we will see a moving, quiet Audi Sport.