A6 3.0 Running Costs

[LeeU]

Hi,
I'm new to the forum, I don't own an A6 at the minute, I'm toying with 3 tbh, first is a 204PS 3.0 A6 Avant, second is a 245PS Quattro A6 Avant and the third is a 3.0 Bi TDI Quattro A6 Avant (all range 2011 - 2013). What are the running costs like on each model?
I do a lot of motorway driving, depending on where I'm working but average around 15000 miles per year.
TIA Lee

[Rassi]

Servicing will be very similar, fuel economy will vary but probably less than stated in "real life".

Mine does 8 litres/100 km (no clue what that is in MPG), and couldn't be happier. If you can stretch to the BiTDI, do it!

[jbmercapple]

Can't really comment on the others but I've got a 2013 BiTdi and on a gentle economical motorway run can get over 50 Mpg. But the smile on my face when I put my foot down makes up for the drop to high 30's.
No contest go for the BiTdi...


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[Splash]

Lee, there's a handy running costs comparison tool in the "Fleet Tools" section of www.fleetnews.co.uk

I haven't checked it for all your options, but its a starting point. As mine's an allroad 245 conservatively averaging 40 MPG (most mileage at empty motorway speeds ) you should expect more.

[Whippy53]

Strangely and contrary to expectation, the biturbo seems to be more efficient than the 272

[LeeU]

Can't really comment on the others but I've got a 2013 BiTdi and on a gentle economical motorway run can get over 50 Mpg. But the smile on my face when I put my foot down makes up for the drop to high 30's.
No contest go for the BiTdi...

I normally poodle along at 70 on cruise, that way my 3.0 CDTI Vectra returns 52-55 mpg and then puts a smile on my face when it shoots up

[Scott K]

My biturbo has done 38000 miles and the running costs for fuel, servicing and tyres is 17.6 p per mile. If you take out the tyres I have just fitted it is 16p/m. The biggest cost is fuel at just over 13p/m, the other costs are servicing (2 major, 2 interim), a set of tyres and wipers. Cheap motoring!

[LeeU]

My biturbo has done 38000 miles and the running costs for fuel, servicing and tyres is 17.6 p per mile. If you take out the tyres I have just fitted it is 16p/m. The biggest cost is fuel at just over 13p/m, the other costs are servicing (2 major, 2 interim), a set of tyres and wipers. Cheap motoring!

Thanks for that, I get the usual 18ppm from work and a car allowance of £7750 per year, the Vectra is nearly 10 years old and hasn't let me down in the 5+ years I've had it, I usually make money on business mileage, eg, if I go from home to the office which is a 360 mile round trip, I get ~£70 but it costs me ~£35, as per my last post above, I normally hit 70 mph and hit cruise and do my best to ignore everyone else flying past me (doesn't always work though).
I recently did a run over to Belgium, roughly 600 miles round trip and used less than a 60 litre tank all in, I know I wouldn't get that from a Bi TDI but not far off would be good.

[Bar Shaker]

If I drive conservatively on motorways, I get over 500 miles from a tank.

[Scott K]

I think you would be pretty similar. I have a few trips down to Sheffield every year and average 45mpg worked out on fills. I set cruise at 76/78 and get those figures. At 70 you should get better. ( I set mine after getting the speed from a separate GPS and have never been flashed)