RE: Audi Allroad V8: Spotted

[glasso]

13.6 mpg.....

in general isn't the allroad renowned as possibly the worst Audi of all time?

[PorkRind]

sleepera6 said:

It’s great! Effortlessly powerful with stock 360bhp ish, excellent V8 roar (engine dropped in from the S5) , looks good, goes well, sounds good, doesn’t handle like a boat either with Pilot Sport 4s, suprisingly with the Haldex, air suspension is super comfy and you can also put in to S-Line mode (dynamic).

Edited by sleepera6 on Thursday 4th October 21:26

Edited by sleepera6 on Thursday 4th October 21:27

These use a standard 4wd torsen 4wd system, not haldex !

[anonymous-user]

ManOpener said:

i'm not sure what measurement system you use which means that "twice as much" is "not much more"...

Eh? I paid top notch for mine! You can have a leggy C6 one for £5000.

[anonymous-user]

PorkRind said:

sleepera6 said:

It’s great! Effortlessly powerful with stock 360bhp ish, excellent V8 roar (engine dropped in from the S5) , looks good, goes well, sounds good, doesn’t handle like a boat either with Pilot Sport 4s, suprisingly with the Haldex, air suspension is super comfy and you can also put in to S-Line mode (dynamic).

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 4th October 21:26

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 4th October 21:27

These use a standard 4wd torsen 4wd system, not haldex !

Sorry, got mixed up with R32 gear box.

[Roger Irrelevant]

GravelBen said:

Skornogr4phy said:

Didn't the Subaru Outback pre-date this by a few years?

10 years before this one, 5 years before the first Allroad. No V8, but the 3.0 flat 6 is nice.

Subaru probably don't spend as much advertising money with hay market as VAG though.

The bit that raised my eyebrow was 'the rest of the world not really buying into the tough estates in the same way Audi did'. In the year this car was built Subaru sold 60,000 Outbacks in the US. They sell over 180,000 per year now, considerably more than A6 Allroad sales worldwide.

Still, being a fan of estates with off-road ability I have often considered the virtues of Allroads. Sadly the tales of woe have put me off, and I do have to wonder whether they would really be as good off-road as my Outback (which I'll happily admit is inferior to an A6 in lots of other ways, but mostly ways that I'm not really bothered about).

[1974foggy]

hondansx said:

Brilliant find! Talk me out of it.

Me too haha.

[IforB]

I love cars like this. A proper do it all, Swiss Army knife of a car.

We've got an XC70 and whilst it doesn't get used everyday, as a family, utility, do anything mobile, they're great. Towing boats, tip runs, long distance cruising, dodgy weather or slippery grass fields, throwing numerous children and assorted gubbins in and getting them where they need to go in one piece and generally seeming unstoppable, whilst having big fat sidewalls and ride comfort that seems to have disappeared from other cars...

Estate + slightly jacked up suspension + big side walls + large engine + 4wd = spot on family car.

I can't say that I think it needs a 4.2l V8, but hell, why not!

[HM-2]

sleepera6 said:

You can have a leggy C6 one for £5000.

Where can you get a leggy C6 4.2 Allroad for £5k?

[kambites]

Is it really worth that much, or indeed anything at all? I mean it's an interesting vehicle but I struggle to imagine who's actually going to want a 14 year-old, 13mpg V8 powered offroadish estate car?

[anonymous-user]

HM-2 said:

Where can you get a leggy C6 4.2 Allroad for £5k?

Saw on AT about a year ago, 150k fogged headlights it was £4800

[Tydeides]

I have the newer equivalent in the BiTDI.

It has 320 bhp and an incredible 479lb ft of torque, and wafts around beautifully.

I think that the Allroad is a hidden gem, not sure how the older ones contrast, but it’s not a car which Audi seems to have skimped on in building.

For family trips I definitely prefer it to the Landrover and it’s a much more relaxing DD than the Porsche.

[Chestrockwell]

Tydeides said:

I have the newer equivalent in the BiTDI.

It has 320 bhp and an incredible 479lb ft of torque, and wafts around beautifully.

I think that the Allroad is a hidden gem, not sure how the older ones contrast, but it’s not a car which Audi seems to have skimped on in building.

For family trips I definitely prefer it to the Landrover and it’s a much more relaxing DD than the Porsche.

That’s an ideal set up you have there bar the LR, the Audi seems to do everything the LR can do but better. Perhaps you should swap the LR for.....well nothing, 5 seconds 0-60, practicality and economy

[Tydeides]

LR covers the school run, and kid’s muddy boots. Terrain response system is better on the LR and it has 7 seats, but otherwise yes I prefer the Audi.