Audi S6

In low sun the paint goes almost colorless: a light, flat metallic set against dark wheels and a black grille, with nothing warmer in the frame than the sky behind it.

The S6 pairs a twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter V6 with S-specific styling inside and out. Photographed on an open roadway under a steel canopy, the car reads as one more piece of the concrete-and-glass setting around it.

The badge first reached American buyers for the 1995 model year, and a V10 sedan followed from 2007 to 2011. The photograph comes from Audi of America’s press materials.