528 vs A6 3.0T? Which would you go with?

kmac1980 · 03-22-2012, 03:39 PM

I'd go A6 in a heartbeat.... I wanted one, but a well optioned S-Line A6 here in Toronto was WAY more expensive ($10K+ because of deep discounting on 2011 5 series) than my loaded 535xi M-sport, and I couldn't justify the price difference...

Relapse · 03-22-2012, 03:39 PM

i would go with the 528i mainly because audis always have a hint of volkswagen in them. With the A6 its with the rear end styling. Doesn't at all look upscale.

Sedoy · 03-22-2012, 03:55 PM

Very easy choice - Audi A6. With proper tune that supercharged V6 is amazingly powerful…!!! ABT in Europe claims 420hp with ECU tune, very capable engine.

rmastale · 03-22-2012, 10:33 PM

So you have KWV3 on your 1; so you know you'd have to put them on your 5. With that it's s no-brainer.

AC_S5 · 03-22-2012, 11:33 PM

Fun to drive? I don't know about the new Audis but I have driven the older models A6 and the steering just not good. Artificially heavy and disconnected from the road if you ask me.

I need to test drive the new models sometimes, they have improved perhaps?

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kmac1980 Major 35 Rep 1,035 Posts Drives: '19 540xi Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: toronto iTrader: (1)	I'd go A6 in a heartbeat.... I wanted one, but a well optioned S-Line A6 here in Toronto was WAY more expensive ($10K+ because of deep discounting on 2011 5 series) than my loaded 535xi M-sport, and I couldn't justify the price difference...
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Relapse Private First Class 30 Rep 119 Posts Drives: BMW X5 40i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	i would go with the 528i mainly because audis always have a hint of volkswagen in them. With the A6 its with the rear end styling. Doesn't at all look upscale.
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Sedoy Captain 680 Rep 997 Posts Drives: F10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: New England iTrader: (0)	Very easy choice - Audi A6. With proper tune that supercharged V6 is amazingly powerful…!!! ABT in Europe claims 420hp with ECU tune, very capable engine. Last edited by Sedoy; 03-22-2012 at 04:04 PM..
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rmastale Lieutenant 60 Rep 438 Posts Drives: F10 535i MSport, F15 X5 MSport Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Francisco Bay Area iTrader: (0)	So you have KWV3 on your 1; so you know you'd have to put them on your 5. With that it's s no-brainer.
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03-22-2012, 11:33 PM	#27
AC_S5 First Lieutenant 9 Rep 343 Posts Drives: 2011 F10 523i Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hong Kong iTrader: (0)	Fun to drive? I don't know about the new Audis but I have driven the older models A6 and the steering just not good. Artificially heavy and disconnected from the road if you ask me. I need to test drive the new models sometimes, they have improved perhaps? __________________ 2011 F10 - Sophisto Grey / Cinnamon Brown You can find me in E60.net too! Gone (but not forgotten) 2005 E60 523i, 1999 E39 523i, 1998 E46 323i
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