Want Audi estate for my wife -- please advise
 

Team,

I've never been on car market since 2010
And it looks like I miss some important wisdom here

It is time to get "estate" family car for my wife
(ideally in "women's colour", i.e. lipstick red)
Budget £10k+ or so

1. want Petrol
2. want Manual
3. want low RPM on highway speeds for good noise comfort
4. want simplicity and something that will last forever if maintained properly

Would happily buy just another D2 FL 3.7,
but they are not available with estate chassis & manual
(my A8 3.7 makes 1.5k RPM @ 70mph @ 5th gear, which is absolutely superb)

Interestingly, don't see many A3, A4 and A6s on the market with 1. large displacement naturally aspirated petrol engines 2. with manual
It looks like v8 and v6 engines are only found in S- or RS- series, but those won't satisfy my 3rd criteria since they will rev like crazy at motorway speeds.

Please advise what I should look at -- I will welcome all your comments!

Also, where should I search for used cars sold in the UK?
(I have only looked at autotrader.co.uk and cars section on eBay)
What's the ultimate place to find great stuff these days?

A6 2.7tt??

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113037347726?

Not exactly a ladies colour, and I assume with £10k you're after something a little newer?

Good call, thanks
Those old A6s can be an option
Interestingly you can't find those big displacement engines on newer A6s

I was thinking A4 B7 with the 3.2 FSI, but there's only one red one on ebay and its an auto https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-56-A...5/173354093760

There's a bit more choice if you go diesel https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-55-A...R/163070549505

This red-painted 'Black Edition' (ie de-chromed) looks lush, but misses the drivetrain mark completely with a 2.0TDI auto https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A4-2...d/142816407842

Going up a size to the C6 A6, there is a darker metallic red available but its pretty rare. Otherwise everything is monochrome or dark blue. Not much choice of fun colours there, and most of them are diesels.

You might have specified a unicorn there ;) Maybe buy something monochrome and wrap it a fun colour?

Admittedly the one in the advert has been modified to 320bhp and carries a premium in their asking price. Quite rare now to find a nice clean example of the A6 2.7tt.

Thanks Mikki -- will followup on all your suggestions.
This is exactly what I think -- I specified a unicorn !!
Happy to sacrifice colour.

i think you will need to consider the TFSI engine
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be careful withe older stuff 56reg etc
do a DVLA check as some 3.2 petrols carry the dredded £540 a year taxdisc

Thanks Roberto!

Are they 'bullet proof'?

Direct injection looks scary after D2!

Its fairly easy to find something that ticks three of the four boxes, but a full house in a fun colour is going to be a challenge...

Cheers Miki.
Forgot the colour.
Replaced it with 'immaculate condition'...