Next Generation 2012 Audi A6 (C7) Test Mule Spied in Romania

2010 Audi A6 rendering / Copyright: Larson by GenteMotori

By Zack Newmark
September 9, 2009 11:05 PM
Filed Under: Audi, German, Spy Photos

A quick shout out to WCF reader Teg, for sending us a tip about the next generation Audi A6 mule caught testing in Romania. The C7 A6 is rumored to be released January 2011, if Audi is still sticking to the previously leaked Roll Out Schedule.

Teg's net friends at clubaudi.ro spotted the A6 mule in Iasi, Romania, where the car tends to make a local home at the Continental Engineering Centre before being sent off to other facilities.

The C7 A6 should get the next generation Aluminum Steel Space Frame, which will help the car shed a significant amount of weight, while increasing rigidity by nearly 50%. This will improve performance, and likely decrease fuel consumption.

Thanks again to Teg, and Club Audi Romania.

Note: C7 A6 rendering first published 19.05.2008

Source: clubaudi.ro

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Tags: 2012 Audi A6, 2011 Audi A6, Audi A6 C7, Audi A6, A6 C7, 2012 Audi A6 spy photos, Audi A6 spy photos

Comments

scratchy996

September 9, 2009 11:13 PM

that's a good place to test suspensions , the roads in Romania are designed to break any army that tries to invade Russia.

LaGrange

September 9, 2009 11:34 PM

Couldn't agree more...although I am quite surprise that Audi is here in Romania to test a car and also, without some evident disguise. Hope they will find ''the test area'' a bit more realistic than a premade one :P

pscs

September 10, 2009 10:42 AM

lol out of all places that's the reason why... hahaha... and looks like it's going to get a wider wheelbase!

Bristol411S3

September 10, 2009 12:58 PM

You mean wider TRACK. Wheelbase is the plain between the front and rear axle lines.

September 10, 2009 1:19 AM

the current audi's line seem to be tiring. look at the rendering, it is really not so exciting. perhaps there have been too much repetition in the family line in the model range for these few years.

nederina

September 10, 2009 1:48 AM

Germans love playing safe with their cars don't they? the current car is an evolution of the previous model which was groundbreaking. here's hoping.

scratchy996

September 10, 2009 2:21 AM

i think they got stuck like Aston Martin. but at least they stuck at something that looks good...still.

fattychrisbmw

September 10, 2009 2:21 AM

audi is unbearably boring.. the design has been the same for over a decade.

ifudge

September 10, 2009 2:52 AM

agree with fattychris and M!. if this is what the new A6 will look like then why bother... i understand this is just an unconfirmed rendering so i really hope walter de silva pulls his pen out and designs something good and new instead of just using the photocopier.

tbrodie

September 10, 2009 2:26 AM

I like it. Audi is the last keeper of German elegance and understatement. I'll take it over an E class.

Edited by user on September 10, 2009 at 2:26 AM

Discover

September 10, 2009 2:31 AM

introduction @ Paris 2010.

peterjames7

September 10, 2009 2:55 AM

audi a5 sportback?????

GRAVE

September 10, 2009 4:58 AM

The rendering looks the same as the current model, so whats new in the design?

ExoticCarOwner

September 10, 2009 5:44 AM

Im not sure that I even beleive that this is a test mule because its evidently the current model just with wide fenders. Especially since those rear lights are of the pre-facelift A6. For 2009 the A4 and A6 both have slightly different designs so the one pictured here is actually of the one before that.

afterace2

September 10, 2009 9:27 AM

you know what a mule is, right?

BabyMilo

September 10, 2009 9:29 AM

Imagine an abit more of an up right A5 Sportback and youve got the new A6

andrewB

September 10, 2009 10:45 AM

if anyone remembers the last model mercedes benz with the last model E class was mixed in with the previous models before that, i think that was in the usa? cant remember where it was car companies often put last model or current ones in teh middle of no where hoping no one will pick it up, jsut the eagle eye car fans will, alot of the car companies do hot weather testing out in NT australia

HEMI426

September 10, 2009 9:39 PM

The new audi's with longer wheelbase look better, It's a bit weird though why vw doesn't have that, atleast not yet.

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