This car has a 4 door sedan/saloon body style with a front mounted engine powering all four wheels.
It forms part of Audi's C5 family of cars.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 4.2 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 5 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 295.5 bhp (300 PS/220 kW) at 6200 rpm and 400 N·m (295 lb·ft/40.8 kgm) at 3000-4000 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels by means of a 5 speed automatic transmission.
Quoted kerb weight is 1730 kg.
Maximum speed stated is 250 km/h, which is 155 mph, officially stated fuel consumption is 19.0/9.5/13.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/overall, and carbon dioxide emissions are 312.0 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 | 2759 mm | 108.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1578 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1590 mm | 62.6 inches | |
| Length | 4833 mm | 190.3 inches | |
| Width | 1850 mm | 72.8 inches | |
| Height | 1453 mm | 57.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1730 kg | 3814 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 82 litres | 18 [21.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.34 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.20 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.75 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Audi | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Capacity | 4.2 litre 4172 cc (254.591 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84.5 × 93 mm
3.33 × 3.66 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.91 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
5 valves per cylinder 40 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (EEC) |
300 PS (295.5 bhp) (220 kW) at 6200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (EEC) |
400 Nm (295 ft·lb) (40.8 kgm) at 3000-4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (EEC) |
52.8 kW/litre 71.8 ps/litre 70.8 bhp/litre 1.16 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (EEC) |
95.88 Nm/litre
1.16 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 11:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch Motronic ME 7.1.1 fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1204.8 kPa (174.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 521.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 6.9 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 173.18 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 127.37 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 170.81 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.85 kg/kW 13.11 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 19.0/9.5/13.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 19.0/9.5/13.0 l/100km urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| km/litre | 5.3/10.5/7.7 km/l urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| UK MPG | 14.9/29.7/21.7 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| US MPG | 12.4/24.8/18.1 US MPG urban/extra-urban/overall | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 312.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 11.70 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.4Li.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8J x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8J x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 235/50 R 16 Y | ||
| Tyres rear | 235/50 R 16 Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.8 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 112035 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | C5 | ||
| RAC rating | 35.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1999 Audi A6 4.2 quattro Tiptronic added 2003-07-29. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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