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Audi is one of only three carmakers that will continue selling station wagons in the United States, and the German brand is keen to expand its long-roof line-up in the American market.

At present, the Audi RS6 Avant and A6 Allroad are the only estate models from Ingolstadt on sale in the U.S. Earlier this year, an Audi representative confirmed that the next-generation A6 Allroad will go on sale in the U.S. for the 2028 model year. There may be additional models in the pipeline as well.

“Part of the Audi brand at times is to have the right sort of offering for the enthusiast. We’re not the sort of vanilla brand that will just have three or four SUVs and a couple of sedans and call it a day. We want to be that brand that really pushes the envelope and has something for its enthusiasts,” Filip Brabec, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Audi of America, said.

“Wagons as a body style have obviously been something that we’ve pioneered in a way. In Europe, they’re hugely successful, and we are certainly big internal fans of them. We continue to look for opportunities and what other wagons could make sense in the U.S.”

The U.S. market previously had a wider range of Audi station wagons. The company sold the A4 Avant in North America until 2012. It was then replaced by the raised A4 Allroad, which eventually went out of production in 2024. Performance-oriented wagons were also offered in S4 and S6 versions until 2008 and 2003, respectively.

Even with Audi’s long domestic history in the station wagon space, Brabec acknowledged that sales volume is an important factor in deciding which long-roof models are brought to the U.S.

“At the end of the day, it’s always a little bit about the business case, and ‘can we make it work,’ and things like that. That’s what people like me do. But we are definitely always looking for opportunities, because it is a strength that we can use with customers who get it,” Brabec explained.

Brabec added that strong demand in certain regions is part of the reason Audi continues to support station wagons. Parts of the U.S. with a strong outdoor lifestyle and regions with poor weather are naturally good markets for wagons. However, he also pointed to New York City as another place where wagon sales perform well, for a rather unusual reason.

“The Allroad was always a very popular concept in New York City. You basically get the SUV space, and you sit high off the ground, but you don’t pay the SUV fee for the garage. That’s why the Allroad has always been successful in Manhattan: because people would pay thousands of dollars per month for parking, and you get a break if you have a passenger car,” Brabec said.

In fact, parking garages in Manhattan do charge higher monthly fees for vehicles they classify as oversized. A survey of monthly rates at Icon Parking, one of New York City’s biggest parking garage operators, shows that models such as the Audi A6 Allroad meet the size limits for the standard rate. By contrast, a vehicle such as the Audi Q5 costs an extra $30 per month, while the Audi Q7 adds an extra $225 per month. For urban car owners, station wagons can be a genuinely clever workaround.