Factory build sheet
2016 Audi A6 Quattro Prestige
Build WAUHGAFC-G · 3L 6cyl · All-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read WAUHGAFC and position 10 reads G. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every A6 whose VIN starts WAUHGAFC and carries G in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1,670 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1,670 known VINs
- 37 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Audi with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- 333 hp 3l v6
- Engine manufacturer
- Audi
- Horsepower
- 333 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- AUDI AG
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$14,598 median asking price · 51 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Low 2% of listings $4,950 Top 2% of listings $22,995
The same build, other model years
Audi used the VIN pattern WAUHGAFC for 5 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2012 Quattro Prestige 3L 6cyl Sedan · 1,533 vehicles code C $8,990
- 2013 Quattro Prestige 3L 6cyl Sedan · 1,360 vehicles code D $10,500
- 2014 Quattro Prestige 3L 6cyl Sedan · 1,615 vehicles code E $11,400
- 2015 Quattro Prestige 3L 6cyl Sedan · 912 vehicles code F $12,395
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2016 You are here code G $14,598
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WAU | AUDI AG · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | HGAFC | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | G | Model year — 2016 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2016 Audi A6 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★★ 5 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2016 A6. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
1,670 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to WAUHGAFC-G shares the specification above.
- 1,670 Known VINs
- 37 Listed for sale now
- 51 Priced listings
- $14,598 Median asking
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 4 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the A6, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2016 Quattro Prestige 3L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 63 vehicles
- 2016 Quattro Prestige 3L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 144 vehicles
- 2017 Premium 2L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 753 vehicles · $15,180 median
- 2017 Quattro Premium Plus 3L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 1,284 vehicles · $16,340 median
- 2017 Quattro Premium 2L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 1,336 vehicles · $13,995 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 51 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 1,670 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.