This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
The A6 2.5 TDi forms part of Audi's C5 range of cars.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 2.5 litre turbocharged 6 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) at 4000 rpm and 310 N·m (229 lb·ft/31.6 kgm) at 3200 rpm respectively.
A 6 speed manual gearbox delivers the power to the wheels.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1480 kg.
Maximum speed stated is 218 km/h, which is 135 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2760 mm | 108.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1540 mm | 60.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1569 mm | 61.8 inches | |
| Length | 4796 mm | 188.8 inches | |
| Width | 1810 mm | 71.3 inches | |
| Height | 1452 mm | 57.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.74 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1480 kg | 3263 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.28 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.19 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.61 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Audi | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2496 cc (152.315 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 78.3 × 86.4 mm
3.08 × 3.4 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.91 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) at 4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 310 Nm (229 ft·lb) (31.6 kgm) at 3200 rpm |
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| Specific output | 44.8 kW/litre 60.9 ps/litre 60.1 bhp/litre 0.98 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
124.2 Nm/litre
1.5 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 19.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch EDC-15 diesel direct inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1560.7 kPa (226.4 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 416 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 6.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 8.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 25.7 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 16.8 s
@ 85 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 30 s
@ 172 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 218 km/h (135 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 102.76 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 75.58 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 101.35 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.23 kg/kW 22.1 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 11.70 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.4Li.DW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | TB.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.56 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.88 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 74349 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | C5 | ||
| RAC rating | 22.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1997 Audi A6 2.5 TDi added 2001-02-26. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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