The automatic will of course be equipped with paddle shifters for those inclined to pretend they are Dindo Cappello. Follow the jump to find out what's new about the latest A4 and what it's like to drive with some of the European engines that most Americans will never get to sample. In the summer months, Ibiza is the vacation playground of large numbers of British and German tourists who fly down to hang out on the sunny beaches and dance and drink all night in the clubs.
Early April is definitely the off-season, but it provided a great opportunity to thrash some German metal on switchbacks that wind their way through the mountains on the northern part of the island. Don't be too jealous, though -- from the time our plane landed until we took off again, we were only the island for about 21 hours and beaches were not part of the plan. Before we jetted to the Mediterranean, though, we got to play with the A4 on its home turf.
Following our visit to the R8 factory in Neckarsulm, we jumped into a fleet of A4 sedans for a run to the home office in Ingolstadt. The cars for that journey were a mix of 2. If you want to understand why Europeans love their diesel engines, just fly into Stuttgart, rent an A4 3. Do you that and you may … Hide Full Review.
Engine 2. Smart Buy Program is powered by. See the value of your car and get a cash offer in minutes. Cash Out or Trade-In. Research Another Vehicle. We notice you're using an ad blocker. This writer went from Detroit to Chicago and back in 12 hours, through a wall of lake-effect snow. By now, Audi has become famous for the obsessive quality of its interior fits and switchgear, and this A4 upheld tradition.
But nothing aside from a sun-visor clip and a steering-wheel adjuster worked loose over the course of a year. Every rocker switch retained its short travel, every HVAC knob maintained its horological ticking, and both steering-wheel-mounted roller-selectors kept their satisfying feedback.
Even the seats and trim remained free of the zombie claw marks our long-termers typically acquire during their stay here. Audi also repositioned the steering box lower and forward in the chassis, for a more direct path to the tie rods.
Top-gear passing times shrank as the engine loosened up, even if the A4 maintained a 0-to time of 6. As promised, that merging acceleration handily beat the numbers of the last i, C, and IS we tested, although those were the lighter non-AWD versions. More than 30 mpg on spirited freeway drives, including many a lusty on-ramp session?
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