Strong demand for the station wagon variant of the Audi A6 has lifted the large premium segment in the first five months of the year, but sales figures for the period also show the huge effect electrification is having on one of Europe’s longest-running sectors.
The wagon accounted for 77 percent of the A6 range’s sales through May, according to figures from JATO Dynamics, boosting overall demand for the A6 family by 34 percent compared with the same, pandemic-impacted period the year before.
That puts Audi ahead for the year in the race between its long-standing rivals, the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class, which finished second and third, respectively (see table, below).