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Audi A6 Avant estate - Reliability & safety

The Audi A6 Avant should be extremely safe, but not all Audi owners praise the brand

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The A6 Avant is a large and advanced model with impressive safety kit, so it has performed very well in crash tests - although the Volvo V90, which is one of the safest cars on the road, performed ever-so-slightly better. Reliability is less well known, because the Audi uses a lot of new technology for the brand.

Audi A6 Avant reliability

Although there’s no reliability data specific to the Audi A6, the 2021 DriverPower customer satisfaction survey results for Britain's car brands are worth noting. Audi came in 23rd out of 29 manufacturers overall, with a middling 16% of owners reporting faults in the first year of ownership. Audi customers were less satisfied than BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, Jaguar and Lexus owners, showing there is work to be done here.

Safety

A strong body structure and standard features like autonomous emergency braking mean we would've been surprised if Euro NCAP scored the A6 anything less than five stars in crash-testing. However, it's still possible to add quite a bit of optional safety kit for greater peace of mind and convenience.

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The City Assist Pack provides warnings if there's a car in your blind-spot, makes it easier to pull out of junctions with poor visibility and helps prepare the car (closing windows and tightening seatbelts) if an imminent rear impact is detected. The Tour Pack brings adaptive cruise control, traffic-sign recognition, auto-dipping headlights and lane-departure warning.

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