2026 Audi A6 (Avant) First Drive: A Convincing Avant-Taste

•    Auto123 gets in a first drive of the 2026 Audi A6 (Avant).

Porto, Portugal — This year, Audi is offering a new generation of its A6 sedan/wagon duo. Forget what’s been said in recent months about the four-ring brand using even numbers to designate electric models and odd numbers for gas-engine ones - the company has backtracked on that. Models of both types will bear the same name, with a distinction for the EVs.

The new sixth generation of the A6 will thus come in several flavours. Our hop across the pond to Portugal took us into the cockpit of the ICE variant. But a caveat: we did not actually drive it – that will come later. On this trip, we did however have occasion to the drive the A6 Avant, which is the wagon version.

But that’s useful just the same, since the A6 and its Avant sibling deliver pretty much an identical driving experience.

2025 Audi A6 - What's new?

As so often with the Germans, our Canadian market is getting one version initially, and we'll have to wait for the rest, like the S6 and RS6 versions. Also, given this model that we drove is for Europe, where it’s launching first, we’ll have to wait before Audi delivers all the details surrounding Canadian trims, pricing, etc.

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