gotta tell you... this was probably the best review made by the web series ever! Well done mate! The first time not only the mpg and the driving feel was properly test also the economics of the price you have to pay for the extras! Great stuff ^^

The other way to put "not as dynamic as a 5 series and not as comfortable as an E series" is “more comfortable than a 5 series and more dynamic than an E series". Audi never aimed to be on either ends, instead they always tried to hit the sweet spot between the two. Balance is the keyword here

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The Mercedes is not better to drive. Mercedes E-Class: Best comfort BMW 5-Series: Best to drive. Audi A6: Best balance of both.

I've driven this car and the handling seemed quite good to me (certainly better than the Merc).. And to be honest, you should say that the cost of extras is a problem of german cars in general, not only of Audis

Good review AND reviewer (a winning combination). Enjoyed the video!

I am an audi fan, my dad has the a6, a friend of mine the 5 series which I have driven. I find that nothing compares to the 5series. For some reason its smooth and just amazing. The audi is a bit rougher but I do find it cooler for some reason! The design is definitely better.

Very very good review, entertaining yet also very factual

I'm waiting for the S6. I can't wait, For the moment though I love this car. That interior is hard to beat!!! As to ride quality for the Standard A6 , he is basically saying Its not as soft as the Merc and not as hard as the BMW. Simple! Its down to personal taste. The A6 has beaten the BMW 5 and The Merc E in road tests which are posted all over youtube. A6 is a winner!

that was a good review of the extras!

this review was really needed

I love the new head lamp style.

I agree. An A8 would have most of these optional feature for the A6 as standard.

nice and thorough review!

Guy at work has one on a 64 i have the b9 a4 my doors thunk far better/bassier than his. I was surprised how light the doors were on his one compared to my previous jag xe which was shoddily made. Also when my mate was looking at a new car i mooched around the dealers in burton and sat in various cars. This and the f generation of 5 feel equally as opulent to me and i sat in one after another. The doors on that felt really solid.

It looks fantastic!

Very nice review!

finally somebody who appreciates the difference .. I myself have been a Audi fan form since I was little ..until I had a drive in a 5 series .. It is just something else, the Audi still is a slightly better built car but from the drivers point of view the bmw is just superior

@TheEryk03 (Sorry about the english thing then, dont take it personally) -It does have a head up display. -Mercedes was the first manfacturer to ever put completely full LED headlamps on a car. -Mercedes developed adaptive cruise control with stop and go (Also known as radar guided cruise control) -Side assist, lane assist and most of the safety features were developed by Mercedes or Volvo. -Sound proof windows was available in the old variation of the S-Class (Includes double glazed windows)

Quite an amazing car this!

@tmanutd82 that's Uk pricing and you will even be much shocked with Australia pricing as the 520d starts at $85k and that's equivalent to 53k pound

thank you so much for making me hate my toyota,,,which is in the shop at the moment for a new paint :D amazing review my friend

Do you know a program to flip your screen vertical that I can see the british car reviews with steering wheel on the left side?

Very good review, more of the same please

what is better? Mercedes E class, Audi A6, a BMW 3 series GT (when it comes out) or the Lexus GS?

@garoiscool True, you are practically the only person I have had a proper argument with on KZfaq. If you chose it due to the look and you love Audi, be sure to save up for an R8. This might surprise you, but I actually use an Audi R8, however I have recently sold it because I just purchased an SLS. I also recently bought the new CLS, I thought it was just beautiful, and I had the old one. My wife bought an Evoque and I have to say its great. We share all the cars apart from the R8 / SLS.

@Noobiewankenoobie i can certainly understand and agree with you. It does annoy me that the US gets cars so cheap compared to the rest of the world. Sadly theres not much we can do about that! At the end of the day the new Audi A6 is a beautiful car and very well designed! I am looking forward to my new A6 arriving in my garage!

As much as I love the quality of the A6, for me it doesn't have the same road presence as the latest 5 Series, XF or E-Class. There's no doubting the legendary interior quality but, even here, BMW have made significant progress with the latest 5 and I think the facelifted XF is on a par, plus I think it looks far more luxurious and distinctive.

WOW, itachi with a freaking audi, my dream come true finally :')

Yah I myself have the Audi A6, what a great interior I must say and you right its very smooth

I like this guy. I just wish the studio audio was better!

@FlyingNitro1990 This is the equivalent of the standard E-class. If you talk about competition for AMG you would pin it up against the RS6 or ABT tuned.

@hunker8 but this would make even less sense. maybe one of the testers is a good one and the other a bad one. for example, what if the particular 3 series that is used to do the test always brakes down because it just is a bad one? it is possible.. but okay i now see your point.

@UzzyFuzzyy Exactly, what do you personally prefer, BMW or Benz?

@Draggis92 o yee my friend nr.1 had 320d with planty electric problems and the friend nr.2 had M5 and he was left in middel of the road without engine head.....

@hunker8 yeah but for what it's worth you can buy the car for about 60k all in, tax included, if you don't slap all the optional extras on... And the extras are exactly what they sound like, EXTRA.. The base price of the car itself is what you should consider when comparing a vehicle to a competitor vehicle,. Only standard equipment really counts in my asessment of the vehicles worth. To be honest, navigation and a self parking mechanism + sensors and audio etc will double the base cost

I think the reason they can get away with charging so much for optional extras is because when you compare it to the price of the actual car, it seems like nothing but looking at it as day-today money, it costs a fortune

@baujahr90er but there is something i like to add, the most best reliability test might be when every brand put they car on the line, lets say mid size sedan( A4, 3series, c class, avensis, insignia, mondeo, 408, accord, mazda 6 etc.) and drive a littel realibility race 500'000km true dirt, snow, desret, heat, rain, mad, -30 C, etc. but this race not will be about who first finish the race, but about who spend less money on repairing the car and who spend lest time in garage.....

nice review

@TheEryk03 I don't think there is any point telling you because, look at it this way. The A6 is a new complete redesign, whereas the current S Class has been here more more than 2 years now (Current baseline). Also, you are the one who claimed that the A6 is better 'equipped'. What does the A6 have that the S Class doesn't? P.S. What car do you drive?

@TheEryk03 You're still wrong. Assuming that the technology in the cars is part of the equipment, I will say this. Mercedes is known as the manufacturer (Among few others) that is at the forefront of technology and safety. For example, ESP and ABS were all technologies first implemented on Mercedes vehicles.

good review

@Noobiewankenoobie not sure which country you are from but in australia we pay an absolute fortune for these car. I just placed an order for an A6 3.0TDI, and paid $140,000 AUD for this car. The only saving grace is alot of these options that other countries have to pay through the nose for, Audi Australia has kindly included as standard the only thing that isnt is the fancy B&O the advanced parking and radar cruise control.. everything else is pretty much standard!!! still expensive tho!

Does this particular car have the multitronic gearbox? If yes, why didn't he mention it?

But here in holland its the same with the e class and the 5 series(if you put allot of options on it)

@sorenslothe i don't think they ever have 720p.

@flare66966 you're saying that A6 looks better than 5 series? :/

Yes, if you do buy a skoda superb which apparently is produced in exactly the same factory as the A6 you will feel the difference. In Your Pocket!

I like this guy. He is tellung us the truth about the car wich is good for the buyer.

@8150shaf I know that, but A6 is better equipped than 7 and S even though it is not a competitor..

@8150shaf haha, you're right, audi just invented this trend of the led rope light look on the front of cars. way to go audi... like so many things, it was cool at one point, now it's so common it's not really all the cool any more.

i want to know about the watch. PM me with the brand and the model. Thanks! PS. NIce car and good review! Well done!

Does the a6 ride better than a 5 series?

@khunopie Fifth gear is from Britain, not from Australia

Yes as a 5 series have run flats which are notoriously harsh.

@XFactorBest lol the the 760 isn't more expensive then the S65 which isn't as expensive as a CL65

I can only speak from experience. My dad and I went to a track day a few weeks ago in his rs4 and another guy had an m3 and we smoked him.

Your right ... I am a Grand dad... and a GREAT GRAND Dad... and I have one. its better than my old BMW or my 2.7 Bi Turbo Jag.

@euro944t well boy I had same story just other way round. I got two friends who bought bmw and spend a fourtune to repair them all the time, now they driving Audi quattro and are happy and save money on every mile... plus Audi is most relaible car of the year of 2010 amd 2011 where bmw and merc was only 10 and 11 place. and what's the problem with expensive extras??? they are best in premium segment now so you got to pay for that and merc and bmw those extras cost simular anyway...

@garoiscool Also, Audi does not in any way set the barrier for interior design. The S-Class's interior is so good it actually reduces the speed of the beating heart, that's how soothing it is. If you were to list the technologies Mercedes have brought to the car industry, including the little ones that you have thought of, it would beat this list hands down. Also, out of interest, what car/cars do you drive?

Is that a floral pattern shirt?

@baujahr90er as i said your survey does not mean anything to me, maybe it will if they also add some age procentage per brand or something, but ok as you say, it's does not change anything to me....

@itsTiLER Wow, are they in the 20th century or something..?

@hunker8 and if you really think about it for a second, the systems themselves are so complex yet SO un necessary that you should expect most buyers will opt to leave them out of the end-purchase... I , for instance, would only add the ridiculously expensive premium audio system to the base car and that would suit me just fine. And if I was on a budget, I could even leave the bang and olufson out of the picture... You can buy an A6 for about 48 thousand pounds if you don't buy in to their B.S...

@jerbele because it is a review for the euro market, where PETROL is not the most popular option. This is because europeans care about their emissions. Diesel is the most popular fuel choice in europe, so really, it is the most appropriate car to review.

@8150shaf Quattro, first aluminium car tosave weight (audi tt), led technology including first car with LED headlights (audi r8 v10), all those security features in the video, TDI engines good enough to win the LE MANS race... and the BEST QUALITY CABINS BMW 3series cabriolet driver btw

If it was with full s line packet with 19 or 20' rims it would be perfect .

'Drive it quick like a hire car' LOL! Been there done that.

Why is this presenter not in the main show? I believe he will be a worthy addition to the present team.

drive a B-turbo 3.0 diesel and you'll see what DYNAMIC means! bmv 5 is easy to outrun on the straights, not to mention the curves. also it is perfectly competible with the iPhone3G, 4, 4S and 5

@TheEryk03 ...Continued -Mercedes have their own satnav system (COMAND) which is really good and actually shows the pictures of the location your in, like street view - all the time. Mercedes is KNOWN for its forefront measures in technology and safety and for the luxury and comfort it provides. BMW is known for its sportyness in the luxury segment. Audi is known for its ARRIVAL against the two brands.

Song at 4:47?

@FIDTRO The WiFi hotspot feature was available in the S-Class first. Don't bullshit me. The S-Class was also the first to feature TV reception in the car. Handwriting in a car? My friend drives an Audi and NEVER uses that. And anyway, what is your argument worth when Mercedes is selling more than Audi? Mercedes is known as the inventor is the modern automobile. Mercedes is also known for it's forefront in car technology.

I bought it last year for 13000 euros with 209 000 km.... great car

@pdooling1 Half the cars you mentioned aren't in the same class or even the same price range as the A6. Also, this may surprise you, but not everyone drives to go fast.

@8150shaf You don't understund me... I compored equipped... EQUIPPED not SIZE of the cars...

so gorgeous!

@drakesmh I understand and know what you're saying but like I said new hot A6 comes out and they don't review the fastest one? I've got no problem with diesel cars and know they have just as many or more diesel engines in most all lines of Audi's as they do gasoline ones along with most all other manufacturers. Just save the diesel review for a few months down the road for a Bimmer 535d comparo or the E class. They used to rarely ever review the diesel ones on old Top Gear's or Fifth Gear's.

Amazing car. I love Audi. =)

@FIDTRO Cool thanks, didnt know that.

This comment is 6 years too late but I would totally reject the reviewers opinion the car has a poor chassis for handling. It's chassis setup is superb, supports the Quattro and feels beautifully planted in hard cornering. I dispute the steering wheel feel of BMW's 5 series first version of electric steering is better than the Audi's hydraulic. They are about the same with the Audi having better off-centre, and no dead spot on centre like the BMW's electric steering back then. The 5 series weighs about 400kgs more than the Audi too, so it's luggier off the line with all the lard. I would allow the 5 series is nicer handling with the traditional oversteer characteristic of RWD. I would agree the equiv. Merc has the best plush ride of the three for pleasant normal use. No comment or nod on the Audi's use of the brilliant ZF-8 auto transmission, it still is stellar and used in many very high end cars. But agree the added extra costs were bonkers, and now even a Toyota Carolla has lane assist and no extra charge.

I love my Audi

@euro944t Yeah i know that ;) But I also know that x-drive is much more expensive than Quattro! If I lived in a hot state, 4WD would not be so important for me I guess, but here in Norway it is just great

It would have been more helpful to compare the stock stereo to the B&O.

What how can it only cost 165 pounds to tax a year???

I seen the same exact A6 on the road yesterday doesn't look like it cost that much.

@zigga88 Totally agree. This is simply funny, how people, who are interested in cars, and I stress the "interested", but never drove an new audi or bmw or mercedes all together, state a comment like this. Nevertheless, it is all a matter of taste and you can not argue about it.

what did he say near the end... A digital what? raindeer?

The way the door clunks :D

Please upload HD content Thanks

sheesh, might as well just wait for the S6!

OUCH! Very very OUCH! Wow.. just Wow...

Well I actually find it cheap, since I'm from Denmark. Here it starts at roughly £67000, and it's probably close to £100,000 with all the options.

@garoiscool I didn't say Opel is bad, I just guessed. I actually have Vectra ;)

@garoiscool Opel?

Is fifth gear back on regular tv in the UK ??? I miss Tiff and Jason (but not Vicky or the big guy, sorry)

@hunker8 Audi's always had electrical problems.

If i was paying £6000 for sound system I'd tell Audi they were giving me a free digital radio or i wasn't buying the car.

That's true.

@TheEryk03 No it isn't. Let me explain. The S Class and 7 Series have much longer bases than the A6 and is designed partially for the owner to be driven in whereas the A6 is designed for the owner to drive it, and carry a family as well. If the Audi A6 was eligible to compete against the 7 and S they wouldn't make an A8 in first place. Yet they have, to match the standards of the other two cars. Standards that aren't accomplished with the A6.