Audi A6 Avant
45 TFSI quattro Sport
A relaxing holiday in Cornwall gives our posh estate’s ground clearance and driver aids a severe workout
CHRIS HAINING chris.haining@haymarket.com
Mileage
8468
List price
£53,530
Target Price
£49,273
Price as tested
£57,210
Test economy
40.7mpg
EVERY SUMMER, MY wife and I head to the West Country on holiday. We feel right at home as soon as we arrive, but was my Audi A6 Avant also in its element?
Well, the 340-mile run from Mistley in Essex to Millendreath in Cornwall simply evaporated, with the car achieving 39.2mpg in the process. That’s impressive for a big, four-wheel-drive estate with a 261bhp 2.0-litre petrol engine. Admittedly, the economy plummeted west of Dartmoor, but my overall average wasn’t outrageous, given the nature of the driving that we found ourselves doing. Cornwall is basically made up of two kinds of road: fast, undulating sweepers and medieval cart tracks with a loose dressing of Tarmac if you’re lucky. And on the former type, the A6 was great.