The Audi S6 Avant is a 5 door estate/station wagon style car with a front positioned engine supplying power to all four wheels.
The 8 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4.2 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 286 bhp (290 PS/213 kW) at 5800 rpm and 400 Nm (295 lbft/40.8 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
Power is supplied to the wheels via a 4 speed automatic gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 1790 kg.
The Audi S6 Avant is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 247 km/h (153 mph), manufacturer claimed fuel consumption is 9.0/11.3/17.7 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / urban as per 89/491/EEC.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2692 mm | 106 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1556 mm | 61.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1525 mm | 60 inches | |
| Length | 4797 mm | 188.9 inches | |
| Width | 1804 mm | 71 inches | |
| Height | 1440 mm | 56.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.78 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1790 kg | 3946 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 80 litres | 17.6 [21.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.35 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.14 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)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 290 PS (286 bhp) (213 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 400 Nm (295 ft·lb) (40.8 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 51.1 kW/litre 69.5 ps/litre 68.6 bhp/litre 1.12 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
95.88 Nm/litre
1.16 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Motronic 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) | 5.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 247 km/h (153 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 162 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 PS/kg 119.15 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 159.78 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.39 kg/kW 14.02 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 9.0/11.3/17.7 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h / urban as per 89/491/EEC | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 9.0/11.3/17.7 l/100km 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| km/litre | 11.1/8.8/5.6 km/l 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| UK MPG | 31.4/25.0/16.0 UK MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| US MPG | 26.1/20.8/13.3 US MPG 90kmph/120kmph/urban | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| 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 | 225/50 ZR 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/50 ZR 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.73 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.78 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 186516 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 35.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1995 Audi S6 Avant Automatic added 2008-08-27. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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