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Old Nov 2, 2025 | 04:27 PM
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The Q6 has really good fender flares but the front end with the split headlights is not good.

Also 2nd row knee/legroom is a joke. It feels far smaller than the numbers suggest
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Old Nov 2, 2025 | 04:29 PM
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He has a CR-V, its very similar in size. I think it looks good in front
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Old Nov 2, 2025 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by gor134
The Q6 has really good fender flares but the front end with the split headlights is not good.

Also 2nd row knee/legroom is a joke. It feels far smaller than the numbers suggest
It's a Q5 sized car inside, basically a SUV with a useless 2nd row. I swear most of these "3 row" SUVs are really just barely passable as 4 seaters.
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Old Nov 2, 2025 | 09:30 PM
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I don't agree with that.

The smaller Q4 e-Tron, while not a good Audi, does feel roomier in the 2nd row when talking about legroom/kneeroom.
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Old Nov 2, 2025 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gor134
I don't agree with that.

The smaller Q4 e-Tron, while not a good Audi, does feel roomier in the 2nd row when talking about legroom/kneeroom.
How tall are you and what's your leg ratio? All but one person in my friend group is 6'0"-6'4" and we hate most suvs smaller than a Q7 etc size, in our case it doesn't work well at all.

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Old Nov 3, 2025 | 10:57 AM
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I'm 5'10 so not that tall.

Actually, looking at the dimensions, the Q4 and Q6 have basically identical rear legroom, with the Q4 having longer front legroom. So if you move the driver seat up you do get more legroom in the rear of the Q4 I think.
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Old Nov 3, 2025 | 10:58 AM
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We had 4 people in his Q6 eTron and everybody was fine
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Old Mar 6, 2026 | 02:24 PM
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Looking grim... no longer accepting any new orders in Germany.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/audi-a...essor-in-sight

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Old Mar 6, 2026 | 02:39 PM
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It was dead to me when they canceled the W12 version of the D5 other than special orders.
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Old Mar 6, 2026 | 04:34 PM
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The styling was so blah. The D4 was much better looking. Such a great car though and a sleeper. Also weird powertrain options either a base 6 with 335hp or jump to a 600hp S8. Needed a V-8 in the middle
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The styling was so blah. The D4 was much better looking. Such a great car though and a sleeper. Also weird powertrain options either a base 6 with 335hp or jump to a 600hp S8. Needed a V-8 in the middle
Yep. No reason to trigger my rant on how badly they screwed up the styling of the D5 and cheapened it.....and somehow lost in power/performance to the S8+ to top all the failings off.

I will eventually have a D5 though, it will be very annoying because the base car needs to be an S8 then the engine will need to be swapped out for the correct version we couldn't even special order here. A D5 is needed after all to have the full set from D2-end

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Originally Posted by Striker223
I will eventually have a D5 though, it will be very annoying because the base car needs to be an S8 then the engine will need to be swapped out for the correct version we couldn't even special order here. A D5 is needed after all to have the full set from D2-end
What a mess.
Sounds like too much work to me, swapping engines and stuff.
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Old Mar 6, 2026 | 05:32 PM
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What a mess.
Sounds like too much work to me, swapping engines and stuff.
It is a lot, but I have to have the top version of the D5 and every single generation of W12 lol!
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Old Mar 6, 2026 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker223
It is a lot, but I have to have the top version of the D5 and every single generation of W12 lol!
I get it but it sucks that after all that work it won't be stock like it should be.

Might hurt the value being modded maybe?
I don't know, they should've been available here too, Imo.
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Old Mar 6, 2026 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker223
Yep. No reason to trigger my rant on how badly they screwed up the styling of the D5 and cheapened it.....and somehow lost in power/performance to the S8+ to top all the failings off.

I will eventually have a D5 though, it will be very annoying because the base car needs to be an S8 then the engine will need to be swapped out for the correct version we couldn't even special order here. A D5 is needed after all to have the full set from D2-end
Been shopping them for years. Resale stinks the pricing for a used car this amazing is a steal
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