Never, not once, did I ever get >50mpg out of my (2013 – current model, not the old style) A6 3.0TDi with DSG. And I *HATED* the gearb… ox.

Glad to see the back of it, nasty car, worse g… earbox.

Much preferring my new 2.4 diesel XC60 with manual box.

I had an A6 2.7 TDI Quattro which was a great motorway car and brilliant in the snow, the 3 was the newer much improved motor so I can only assume it’s a great engine. If you have stuff to move around and have the space for parking then I would look at an A6 Quattro rather than an A4 or an allroad. When I got mine (it was 10 years ago mind) the A6 was cheaper for a better spec.

Mine was a Tiptronic Auto I think, suited the car brilliantly

Mine is only £30 a year road tax so not that expensive.

When I was looking, the all-road seemed a lot more dosh over the Quattro for not huge gains. I went for the larger A6 as needed the space, but just with the 2.0D Stronic. I really like it, suits our family needs very well.

^^ thats what the paddles are for, you can even knock it down a gear with the gear stick which is what you would do in a manual.

How about a Transit Custom AWD Crew/double-cab-in-van? (as you are already coming from a commercial)

By all accounts, the AWD system is pretty respectable unlike some of the faux soft-roaders that can’t put enough torque through the part time system to actually make a difference.

Saw once recently with a few options thrown at it and it looked very nice. I spent some time looking into the larger ‘classic’ Transit with the same AWD but in the end it couldn’t match the size or towing capacity of a 2wd Iveco which was a disappointment.

Custom with the middle bulkhead and 5 seats with a walkthough would be insanely practical for bikes/dogs/camping, and its shorter than the Navara.

This, so much this.

Which, even if it worked well, kinda defeats the point of an auto box.

Hateful things – although they have remapped them so newer ones aren’t a s la… ggy (mine was a 63 plate, had a 66 as a courtesy vehicle last year and it was much better.

I’ve got an A4 3.0l Allroad. Had it a year from new, absolutely no problem with it. Lovely smooth engine, fantastic gearbox.
I used to have an A6 Allroad, which was huge, and we do now notice the difference in load carrying capacity.
Having said that the A4 feels faster in acceleration, probably because its a lighter vehicle.
A great car for munching the long distance miles. I can get 50mpg out of it…….but not very often, you have to drive it very very carefully! More normally I get low 40’s.
My only complaint……….and it’s a ridiculous one really, but ours came with a sunroof. This lowers the roof height by an inch or so and I keep banging my head!

We’ve done this before to death I think 🙂 Unless Audi specially de-tuned them, you just hadn’t adapted. See the gap coming, anticipate the kick-down and just press slightly earlier.

DSGs are brilliant.

DSG’s are not to my taste at all. Driven loads of cars with them, always come away underwhelmed. The last was a 2017 model Audi S3 saloon, the salesman was surprised I didn’t like DSG ( it was their only demo so had to take it out) and after a long test drive said ‘surely you are now convinced’ and he was surprised when I said no.
I had one of the last A4 3.0l Tdi quattros that was available with a manual gearbox ( 2009). I would have bought another but since they were by then DSG only, decided to buy something else.
The Audi salesman at the time couldn’t believe I was going to buy a Skoda instead.
“you’ll loose so much in depreciation’ he said. This was bearing in mind the Skoda was the same price at 6 months old as the money I had lost in depreciation on the Audi in 4 years. ‘I don’t think the Skoda will be worth nothing at four and half years old’ I said. And I was right. It had lost quite a bit less than half of the depreciation in actual monetary terms in the same period as I had lost on the Audi.

I’ve had a Superb estate SE L 4×4 (150)for just over a year now and not been left wanting for anything.

Absolutely cavenous, gets 49 mpg with trying that hard (had 55mpg fully loaded doing Leeds to Cornwall) and costs me around £220 VIA bik at 40% tax.

My company is starting to talk about hybrids/electric in the future but I’d get another at the drop of a hat if the time comes.

I Have averaged 57mpg in 4000 miles in my 2017 3cyl diesel Fabia so I may call in to question the veracity of a 3.0 v6 car that’s 500kg heavier getting 60mpg.

I barely use the throttle pedal and always drive for mpg.

I’ve got an A4 3.0l Allroad. Had it a year from new, absolutely no problem with it. Lovely smooth engine, fantastic gearbox.

OMFG an actual post drom an STWer with the car and an actual answer to the OP’s question. This will never catch on !

I also have a lot more torque than your car and the A6 saloon isn’t as heavy as you would think. Rolling along on the inside lane in 7th gear you would be surprised how capable it is.

I have a photo of the dash reading 71.5 MPG after a short 30 mile run up the M6 motorway but that’s not achievable on a regular basis so didn’t think I would mention it.

I like Allroads, I looked at both A6 and the A4 and preferred the A4, I wasn’t looking at the big engined one mind because the small 2.0ltr diesel was more what I fancied.. and a manual too. I’ve got a DSG box on my toy and I’d agree that with the earlier versions you do have to anticipate exits from junctions and entry to roundabouts.. not a lot but it’s best just to either keep rolling very slowly or give a blip of the go peddle to spin up the clutches..

Nice car the A4 Allroad.

Aye, I like the brown one.. I almost bought one..