ELEGANCE ON WHEELS; A6 holds its own against competition.(Auto File)

We would never say that as a company Audi has an inferiority complex, but we could understand if it did. Competing against its two backyard luxury car-making archrivals-Mercedes-Benz and BMW-is enough to give any carmaker a complex. And it's not just the German makers Audi need worry about, as competition from Acura, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar and Lexus, among others, makes the luxury car field a crowded one. But Audi has a couple of hole cards to play in this high-stakes luxury car poker game: exceptional design and the decades-old reputation of its quattro all-wheel drive. ...