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The roads around Seefeld in Austria are extremely picturesque. The terrain is hilly, so the tarmac tends to wind beautifully all over the landscape. Even the little towns that you cross are strategically placed and their little streets seem impossibly narrow. Just the perfect setting for taking a new Audi A6 and blitzing around, don’t you think? Well, I thought so too, but I am sorry to tell you I was being taught how to drive one around a driving course instead. In safe, sanitary circumstances, to do the least damage to the Austrian countryside as far as possible. Such is life.
No, I am not complaining, because I had one of the best days of my life, throwing an A6 all over in a manner that would, in normal circumstances, empty the bowels of any Audi official around. We were going through the Audi Driving Experience, a short one-day driving programme which was conducted by some top-notch driving training experts including an ex-Rally champ who counts Walter Rohrl as a friend. There, we were told how to sit in the car (yup), how to steer (yup), how to brake (yup), how to act when the car loses its tail, and how to get it back in control... essentially, the way you shouldn’t be driving on public roads.
It was great fun and a fantastic learning experience too, and I could tell you about the crazy stunts we did in detail, but I think you read up till here to know more about the other German luxury sedan that’s all set to make an Indian debut. So be it.
I just loved the futuristic look of the previous generation A6, with its beautifully curved roofline and rounded rear – I thought, heck, tomorrow is here today. I have seen a few gorgeous silver-coloured specimens on Mumbai’s roads and was thunderstruck by its understated looks. And then came the press kit and pictures of the new A6 in March 2004, when it was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. And I thought, there goes Walter De Silva again.
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