AUDI A6 3.0 Tdi to A6 Bitdi or A8 3.0 Tdi

[colin53]

I currently drive a 2012 Audi A6 3.0 Tdi And I am looking to move to either a 2014 A6 3.0 Bitdi or a 2013 A8 3.0 tdi. Any advice and views would be appreciated.

[Whippy53]

Go for it??

[Rassi]

Wouldn't a 4.2 TDI A8 be more of a competitor to the BiTDI and if you want a step up in performance?

[Bar Shaker]

The A8 is quite a different animal compared to the A6. The new one is excellent, the pre facelift didn't do it for me and it didn't do it for the S class buyers that Audi was chasing.

A new A8 with the right options is £20k more than an RS6. Horses for courses.

[Chesterfield313]

The A8 is quite a different animal compared to the A6. The new one is excellent, the pre facelift didn't do it for me and it didn't do it for the S class buyers that Audi was chasing.

A new A8 with the right options is £20k more than an RS6. Horses for courses.

What A8 are you looking at?! I nearly bought an A8 3.0 Sport Executive before I got my A6. I got offered a brand new one for £42k, £23k off list. The Sport Exective really doesn't "need" any additional speccing. I'd love to know where you got offered an RS6 for £20k less, I'll take 2.

I agree that the facelift looks better than before. It was only a small change, but it looks MUCH better. So, to the OP, I'd choose the bitdi just based on that.

[Bar Shaker]

A friend has a chauffeur company and runs S class' and Range Rovers. He bought a loaded up A8L. The spec was just over £100k before discounts.

Even a 4.2 Sport (what I looked at) quickly gets north of £90k with seat, leather and AV equipment upgrades.

My friend got rid of the A8 as his clients preferred S Classes, despite the A8L ride being far superior, in his opinion. He took a real beating by getting rid of it and vowed never to go near them again.

I would imagine a poverty spec one would be worth half of nothing, once you were off the forecourt property.

[Chesterfield313]

If you get the right discount it is worth more than the second hand ones for sale, the money off them is huge. Not sure if you've ever looked at a Sport Executive that can be had for around £45k, in standard form it is not poverty spec, even by the fussiest standards.

[belly buster]

A friend has a chauffeur company and runs S class' and Range Rovers. He bought a loaded up A8L. The spec was just over £100k before discounts.

Even a 4.2 Sport (what I looked at) quickly gets north of £90k with seat, leather and AV equipment upgrades.

My friend got rid of the A8 as his clients preferred S Classes, despite the A8L ride being far superior, in his opinion. He took a real beating by getting rid of it and vowed never to go near them again.

I would imagine a poverty spec one would be worth half of nothing, once you were off the forecourt property.

Agreed depreciation / residuals on an A8 are brutal. Best reason to avoid.

[colin53]

Chesterfield313:- Im looking at an A8 63 reg. sport exec. and an A8 14 reg. SE exec.

[DazN]

I owned a C63 and was looking for something bigger and more practical so a friend lent me his 3.0 TDi, when I drove it I was very unimpressed, I even had to check his number plate online to make sure it was a 3.0 v6 as it felt very, very lacking in power. I'm not sure if that was stepping from a 6.3 v8 petrol into a diesel but I was very surprised.

I had been looking for one myself and this completely put me off, however a week or so later I found a BiTDi advertised and the C63 had been sold so I thought I would go for a test drive, what a difference.

The BiTDi a different car, it has enough power to satisfy most peoples requirements and it's just a joy to drive.

I have also fitted a Kufatec sound module to the exhaust so the car sounds amazing too!!!!!