Audi A6 Allroad 06 onwards general advice

[Freedomfighter]

Hi guys, can any of the more informed give me any advice about the 2006 onwards A6 allroad? I've been looking for a 3.0tdi manual/tip estate either A4 or A6 and I came across a very we'll specced 2007 A6 allroad. I've heard of the horror stories with the all-roads suspension but I've done a search and it would appear that it affected the previous version. Is this correct or does this version also suffer very expensive faults? I've also noticed the car appears to have rear led lamps but not on the front, is this normal? I know they did a minor facelift in 2008 (which is about the extent of my knowledge), which gave better mpg and cheaper tax from the 3.0tdi but apart from this engine was there cosmetic changes inside and outside the car? I have also been told there was a solar panel in the roof as some form of option! Any help much appreciated as usual...

[Freedomfighter]

Thanks guys- any idea of reliability issues?

[Freedomfighter]

shtu said:

I keep looking at these myself, but there's a few snags to finding one that just can't persuade me to swap one A6 for another.

Nice ones attract a fairly big price premium over other A6 models. As lots of them were individual purchases rather than fleet, quite a lot have very weird poverty specs - 2.7, MMI Low, pale green paint with beige cloth seats and carpet? Not a good look for them. I can almost hear the conversation in the dealer - "Bose? Bluetooth? Satnav? Do you think I'm made of money???"

Thanks to the CO2 tax, slightly newer ones (2008ish) are in the ripoff-tax bands.

Me? I keep browsing them, but I just can't justify spending £5k to swap my minty A6 lemans for an Allroad the same age and a poorer spec, it would be cheaper to buy smaller wheels and softer springs. I reckon I'll hang onto it until there are more C7 versions on the market.

I'm actually finding the opposite. I've seen a few 80k-100k mile examples with HUGE spec. Too many I've seen though are pre facelift and therefore in the highest tax bracket. As for that green your talking about, I've recently seen one with so many options it was unreal including TV, solar powered sunroof, dab, rear airbags, 20inch alloys, electric memory seats, heated front and rear seats, the list went on and on and that green paint was iirc a £2k odd option. I do want one but would rather a face lift version with decent miles which I haven't come across from a private seller yet.

Edited by Freedomfighter on Thursday 18th December 22:02