A6 2.7/3.0 TDI real life fuel efficiencies

**TheMatador** · 16-08-2009,09:54 AM

Hi,
Anyone got a 2.7 or 3.0 TDi with an auto box - quattro or not? What sort of real life fuel consumption are you seeing?

Looking to move up from an A41.9TDI - saw an advert for a used A6 3.0TDI quattro claiming 45mpg - is that realistic?

**fruitbat** · 17-08-2009,01:28 PM

You could start with :-

https://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/s...ad.php?t=55979
https://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/s...ad.php?t=34864

these are all about 2.7tdi from memory.

**TheMatador** · 17-08-2009,10:12 PM

Thanks - didn't see those. Some of the reviews suggest that in quattro form there's very little difference in consumption between the 2.7 and the 3.0tdi, but the 3.0 has about 25% more torque and is much nicer to drive.

**t11tmm** · 18-08-2009,11:38 PM

I'm getting 24-26mpg around town and 35-36mpg on motorway crusing @ 80ish.

Round town for me in devon is alot of stop start up hill etc. I do tend to "drive" rather than worry about fuel. I'm sure I could save a bit if I wanted to but an average of 30mpg is fine for me.

A6 3.0TDI SE Quattro - Auto tiptronic 2005.

**TheMatador** · 20-08-2009,05:56 PM

Yeah, that sounds more like what I was expecting - 45 sounded like wishful thinking. Its still excellent - I used to get that in a Ford Focus!. I don't think its that much lower that the 2.0TDI quattro's get either.

**dandam** · 20-08-2009,09:23 PM

I'm getting about 32 - 35mpg in a 2.0TDi auto around town (mainly in the óptimistically named Sport's mode), low 40's on the motorway.

Would love a 3.0TDi though

**ac606** · 25-08-2009,11:26 AM

I went from an 03 1.9tdi quattro A4 sport where I was averaging around 550 miles/tank (42mpg ish) and I was pretty heavy on the right foot. I'm now in an A6 3.0tdi quattro for around 2 months, and have changed my driving style a little. Nursing the car along ie keeping to the limits and no crazy acceleration the computer will show around 41-42mpg on a motorway journey, the reality however I'm averaging around 35mpg over a tank of fuel.
On the topic of driving the car, the A4 wanted to be chucked around wheras the A6 prefers to cruise and is a little less composed on the corners.