Audi A6 Awarded 2005 World Car of the Year

On the positive, the revised Audi A4 offers much better interior fit and finish than the A6, with only one centre stack button

Audi has the honour of being the first automaker to ever receive this inaugural award. (Photo: Audi Canada)

experiencing side-to-side play in the test car available. The A8 suffered the same fate as the A6, however, with all switches and buttons feeling loose, and therefore substandard.

Nevertheless, Audi has the honour of being the first automaker to ever receive this inaugural award, with the non-profit corporation that administers it expected to follow up with a new winner next year, and every year thereafter. Being a new award, there are no previous winners to compare the 2005 results to.