This car has a 4 door saloon body style with a front mounted engine powering all four wheels.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 3 litre supercharged 6 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 286 bhp (290 PS/213 kW) at 4850-6800 rpm and 420 N·m (310 lb·ft/42.8 kgm) at 2500-4850 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels compliments of a 6 speed automatic transmission.
It weighs a claimed 1725 kg at the kerb.
Maximum speed stated is 250 km/h, which is 155 mph, stated fuel consumption is 13.2/7.1/9.4 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 219.0 g/km.
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 | 2843 mm | 111.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1612 mm | 63.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1618 mm | 63.7 inches | |
| Length | 4927 mm | 194 inches | |
| Width | 1855 mm | 73 inches | |
| Height | 1459 mm | 57.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1725 kg | 3803 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 80 litres | 17.6 [21.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.29 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.26 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.66 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | supercharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Audi | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2995 cc (182.766 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84.5 × 89 mm
3.33 × 3.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.95 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 290 PS (286 bhp) (213 kW) at 4850-6800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 420 Nm (310 ft·lb) (42.8 kgm) at 2500-4850 rpm |
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| Specific output | 71.2 kW/litre 96.8 ps/litre 95.5 bhp/litre 1.56 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
140.23 Nm/litre
1.69 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Siemens SIMOS 8 direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1762.2 kPa (255.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.17 cc | ||
| Aspiration | S/Charged | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 5.9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 168.1 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 123.63 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 165.8 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.09 kg/kW 13.51 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 13.2/7.1/9.4 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 13.2/7.1/9.4 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 7.6/14.1/10.6 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 21.4/39.8/30.1 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 17.8/33.1/25.0 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 219.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | K | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 7½J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7½J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/55 R 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/55 R 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.09 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 187297 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 26.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2008 Audi A6 3.0 TFSI quattro added 2008-09-09. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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