slow 0-60?

[nlevin86]

i recently purchased a new 2017 A6 3.0t Quattro premium plus. I followed the owners Manuel for proper break in and once I hit 1,000 miles, I thought i would see what it could really do. Seemed a little slower than I expended so I though I would clock the 0-60 time. Every time I keep getting 5.5 seconds. Several sources claimed they were able to hit 4.6. Now I understand I'm using a timer so there is probably a few tenths of second difference in my response and accuracy, but still. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[KevTrem]

Your engine and transmission haven't bedded in properly yet. Try again when it hits about 25k and everything has loosened up. BTW 5.5seconds is far from slow for a 2ton lump

Also try the premium fuel rather than the regular and try running the 0-60 at night when temps are cooler, LA is hot during the day

[AT.]

Every time I keep getting 5.5 seconds.

You could check your "car settings", maybe there are some "automatic" settings against to Dynamic.

[zollaf]

keep trying .. are you doing it right, its not easy to get a proper quick time unless you do it all the time. i dont know if you are a track experienced driver but if not you could ask someone that is, see if they can get a quicker time. also see if you can get it on a track to get a proper time.

[bbrown1664]

1000 miles on a diesel is not run in properly. i.e. it would not have loosened up properly yet.

Try it again once you hit 20,000 miles.

5.5s should be quick enough though unless your a boy racer.

[NewAudi]

1000 miles on a diesel is not run in properly. i.e. it would not have loosened up properly yet.

Try it again once you hit 20,000 miles.

5.5s should be quick enough though unless your a boy racer.

He has the 3-litre petrol version, but you are absolutely correct, after only a 1000 miles, the engine is not run in yet.

[dtwort]

Are you using launch control?

[ukgroucho]

As noted it is not run in yet.

I think the 4.6 sec time was from Car and Driver mag or similar.. they would have had a car that had more miles on it and a professional driver who would have applied "proper" abuse off the line (see below).

If your car is like my brothers (he lives in Northern California) it is a Tiptronic 8 speed (ZF gearbox). This is different to European 3.0T (Supercharged) engines which are few and far between and use the 7 speed S-tronic and have launch control. I don't think the ZF boxes have launch control (officially) and you will lose about a half second as the gearbox winds up.

Forget manual timers.. if you have an iPhone then drop the few dollars to get an app like Dynolicious, which takes care of the timing for you - there are similar apps for android but I cannot recommend one (no real experience).
With my allroad 3.0 BiTdi which is supposed to do 5.6 secs to 60 that is exactly what we got when flooring it in sports mode... but you could feel lag off the line as the gearbox gets it's act together and the turbos spool up.

Using the "it's not launch control BUT" approach I got a 4.9 sec 0- 60. Approach is as follows: ESP off, hold throttle with brake on at 2800RPM (so big turbo awake) and dump brake whilst transitioning to full throttle.
With your supercharged engine you don't need to be that rough but I'd suggest ESP off, brake on, build revs to maybe 1800 - 2000rpm and dump brake whilst applying full throttle.

At the end of the day I'm not sure it matters that much... it's a superb engine with great mid-range but if you really need to scratch that 0 - 60 itch then I hope this helps.

[cjmcb]

Not sure if the gearboxes are designed for multiple launches- a friend with an e60 m5 had a massive bill for a rebuild after many (too many) launches. The 3.0 BiTDi is only quoted of doing it in 5.1s with the 320ps engine.

The harshest thing to do to an auto is full bore launches from a standstill.

[ukgroucho]

Not sure if the gearboxes are designed for multiple launches- a friend with an e60 m5 had a massive bill for a rebuild after many (too many) launches. The 3.0 BiTDi is only quoted of doing it in 5.1s with the 320ps engine. The harshest thing to do to an auto is full bore launches from a standstill.

Agreed.
The allroad is heavier than the saloon hence 5.6 secs to 62 MPH (100 kph) is "quoted". The difference between the 313PS and 320PS engines in terms of acceleration is pretty negligible as they both produce 650nM torque and that is going to be the deciding factor. I suspect that Audi quote 0-100kph times by just flooring the car in sports mode.
When flooring the allroad in sports mode i did 5.6 secs or thereabouts - and you could feel - and see on the dynolicious graph - that you lost a chunk of time initially getting 'off the line'. I only ever did the pseudo launch control thing once and it made a huge difference (the shove off the line is impressive).

What this does highlight though is that the real world pace - the mid-range acceleration once the car is wound up - is even better than the 0 - 100kph figures would suggest.