Auto123 gets in a first drive of the 2025 Audi A6 e-tron - yes yes, an EV that's not an SUV. What audacity!
Tenerife, Spain – From an Audi suspension, we already expect a velvety touch. But on the beautiful roads of Tenerife, the largest Spanish island in the Canary archipelago? These roads and this setting would give a Ford Edsel the airs of an automotive masterpiece. I wasn’t there in a Ford Edsel, however. I was behind the wheel of the new 2025 Audi A6 e-tron.
The A6 e-tron also comes in a variety of flavours: Sportback, Avant, RWD, quattro , larger or smaller batteries and so on. This is enough to configure several A6 e-tron models, but a less complex dilemma awaits Canadians, since as mentioned we’re only getting the Sportback version, and only in AWD: Actually I'll come back to the lighting in two seconds. First, let me highlight a feat: the 2025 Audi A6 e-tron Sportback boasts a mind-blowing coefficient of drag of 0.21, making it the most aerodynamic Audi ever.
“It's true, but it's a start. We're just starting to communicate,” replied the man in charge of Audi's sound and light show. Our fingers wanted to linger at the ceiling light to play with the settings of the optional panoramic roof, which is unlike any other. The transparency of the glass can be modulated at the touch of a button. The liquid crystals change position under the effect of an electric current, letting light in or, on the contrary, blocking it out. In a word: fascinating.
2025 Audi A6 e-tron, frunk | Photo: M.Crépault At the front of the A6 e-tron, there's a 27-litre “frunk”. Approach it, still with the fob, and all you have to do is hover over it with your hand for it to half-open. The hood itself relies totally on you to lift it. But full Open Sesame capability is coming, it's written in the sky.
The upshot is that the consensus among the Canadians present was that the 2025 A6 e-tron should provide us with an average range of 550 km when tested against our long distances and changing seasons. Future EPA tests will tell us more. The menu for deactivating them, one by one, takes up several pages of the central screen. What's more, as soon as you bring the vehicle to a halt, these aids reappear in full force and you have to repeat the “cancel” operation. I mused aloud to an engineer about a master button. A single finger and, poof, all the aids would be deactivated at once! “No way,” said the man. Apparently, the government doesn't want that.
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