Audis A6 LED lights the way

The new Audi A6 is set to outshine its premium sector competitors as the world's 1st executive saloon to feature all-LED headlights. Offered as an optional alternative towards the more familiar halogen or bi-xenon lamps also presented, the advanced LED units emit a strong white light that is comparable to daylight, and use just 40 watts of electricity every, creating them but another essential weapon in the battle against power consumption.

The sophisticated LED units use just 4 one-chip and 5 two-chip LEDs to make dipped-beam light, and 24 white LEDs to produce up the daytime operating lights in each headlight. This keeps energy consumption and upkeep down, and assures a fantastic service life.

The Audi R8 was the initial ever production auto to function all-LED headlights, which are now quick becoming a staple alternative across the Audi model variety. All-LED headlights are also now obtainable on the A7 Sportback and A8 luxury saloon, as well as the new A6 Saloon.

The new LED lights are additional enhanced by intelligent systems such as adaptive light handle and high-beam help, which give maximum visibility with out dazzling other road customers. The adaptive light program adapts the light supplied by the headlights towards the driving predicament, with various arrangements of light when driving within the city, on country roads and on motorways.

The headlight manage unit utilizes a little video camera inside the base of the rear view mirror and route data from the optional MMI navigation plus navigation system to anticipate modifications in ambient lighting. For example, the cornering light arrangement might be triggered before the vehicle reaches a junction or corner to aid visibility on approach.

The high-beam assistant automatically varies the range and width on the headlights among dipped and full beam in accordance with the road scenario. The method also incorporates an all-weather function that makes use of the rear view mirror camera to detect the lights of on-coming targeted traffic and adjust the headlight intensity to offer optimum visibility in varying circumstances with out disturbing other road users.

All LED Lights headlights join Google Earth mapping, Bose surround sound, head-up show, Audi active lane help and wi-fi hotspot capability, as just some of the new A6 Saloon's innovations.