2016 (161) Audi A6

The Audi A6 Avant is a handsome and practical family car. With a cavernous boot space and room for three child seats across the back, this Audi is certainly no slouch in the practicality stakes either. The interior is every bit as well-made as the engine under the bonnet with the figure hugging seats particularly comfortable on long journeys. There is plenty of space in the boot and virtually no load lip so Shep can have easy access. Six-footers can rest assured there is plenty of space front and rear with acres of headroom in particular. It shares the same stylish sweeping dash as the rest of the A6 range, which is no bad thing. A large glove box and plenty of cup holders are nice touches that other car manufacturers would do well to heed. It is incredibly comfortable with minimal road noise invading the cabin and even the worst Irish roads proving largely unobtrusive to this fine German wagon. Diesel engines are the pick of the bunch but both petrol and diesel provide excellent power to economy ratio.