{"id":22073,"date":"2018-03-30T16:33:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T20:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=22073"},"modified":"2018-03-30T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T20:33:57","slug":"audis-8th-generation-a6-gets-big-technology-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/audis-8th-generation-a6-gets-big-technology-upgrade","title":{"rendered":"Audi\u2019s 8th-generation A6 gets big technology upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Audi continues the rollout of its remade sedan stable with the introduction of the midsize, tech-tastic 2019 A6 at the New York auto show.<\/p>\n

The A6 follows\u00a0the full-size flagship A8, which debuted in Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0last winter, and the slinky\u00a0A7 sedan hatchback<\/a>\u00a0that bowed in Detroit in January.<\/p>\n

Like its sister sedans, the eighth-generation A6\u2019s wardrobe looks little different than the outgoing model. The German brand\u2019s signature hexagon grille dominates the face with more chrome brightwork and sculpted cheeks than before. The most telling change is in the caboose where the A6 \u2013 like A8 and A7 before it \u2013 connects the rear lights with a horizontal chrome line across the trunk to give the Audi a wider appearance.<\/p>\n

The big alterations are under the skin. Interior space grows while expanding on Audi\u2019s reinterpretation of its infotainment systems to parallel smartphone technology. Audi has already been an innovator with its configurable Virtual Cockpit instrument display, best known for its colorful Google Map-like, landscape renderings.<\/p>\n

Gone for 2019 is the center console\u2019s rotary dial. For 2018, it\u2019s replaced by two touchscreens embedded in the center dash, a change that will test owners who had mastered the remote-control dial.<\/p>\n

The upper screen controls radio and connectivity. The lower controls temperature and other cabin functions.<\/p>\n

The smartphone theme continues with more direct-voice commands and the brand\u2019s myAudi Navigation system, which promises a seamless hand-off from a phone\u2019s navigation commands to the car\u2019s navigation screen when the driver enters the vehicle.<\/p>\n

In part to run this hungry suite of electronics, the A6 will make standard a 48-volt battery. The battery will also complement an all-new turbocharged V-6 engine for a mild-hybrid drivetrain that lends better torque as well as an improved fuel economy.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The turbo-6 replaces a supercharged V-6, though Audi doesn\u2019t discuss the base turbo-4 that is the base engine for the current model. The suspension also gets an update.<\/div>\n

While Audi sedans have ceded the sales crown to their SUV sisters in the German-maker\u2019s lineup, they remain the brand\u2019s stylistic touchstone. All-new versions of the volume-selling Q7 and Q5 SUVs have been a hit with consumers the last two years (the Q7 outsold the A6 by better than 2:1 in 2017). But sedans like the A6 are first to get Audi\u2019s latest technology.<\/p>\n

The SUVs will surely follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York\u00a0\u2013 Audi continues the rollout of its remade sedan stable with the introduction of the midsize, tech-tastic 2019 A6 at the New York auto show. The A6 follows\u00a0the full-size flagship A8, which debuted in Los Angeles\u00a0last winter, and the slinky\u00a0A7 sedan hatchback\u00a0that bowed in Detroit in January. Like its sister sedans, the eighth-generation A6\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22074,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22073\/revisions\/22074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}