Audi's mid-tier option wasn't particularly heralded when new. How about now?
Note for reference: kerbweight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. The 4.0-litre twin-turbo ‘hot vee’ V8 that was used in the new Bentley Continental GT and by Audi in its own S8 was also used in the S6 and S7, albeit detuned to 414hp from the S8’s 513hp.
PCV oil separator failure was another known issue on these cars, signified by a loud and quite annoying whistling noise. If you pursued it hard enough this would be fixed gratis by Audi under extended warranty, depending on mileage and age of course. The part itself wasn’t that expensive but fitting it was a labour-intensive job. If your S6 or S7 got the whistle and you’d been planning on upgrading your engine hardware anyway that would be the time to do it.
On servicing, either the MMI or myAudi account will tell you when a service is due. At a fairly well-known UK independent, you’ll pay around £230 for an oil change , £300 for an inspection service which includes and oil change and pollen filter, and £600 for that plus an air filter and spark plugs. A gearbox oil change every 38,000 miles will be about £400. Brake fluid services are every two years and £80. A complete diff oil change will be £500.
Of the three choices on your Drive Select knob, Comfort, Dynamic and the compromise Auto mode, ride quality in any of them was perfectly acceptable and less firm than the RS5’s, but the steering was artificially heavy in Dynamic mode and kind of overdid its attempts to speed up any changes from straight ahead, resulting in an artificially ‘jinky’ drive. At the other end, Comfort steering was light but very detached.
As with any car offering air suspension, the systems used by Audi were not immune from problems. Shocks are prone to leaking on higher mileage cars and they tend to need replacing in pairs. It’s tempting to go with aftermarket replacements to keep the costs down but even independent specialists will often counsel you to stick with OEM items. The S6 and S7 might not have had the intimidatory road presence of the RS but not everybody wanted that look in a car.
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