AUDI'D RICHADA RATE THE A4 2.0 TFSI S LINE?

Advantages: Acceleration. Style. Build Quality.
Disadvantages: Power Delivery. Driving Position. Price. Equipment. Soulless. Fuel Consumption.

...THE GARAGE? At 4703mm long and 1826mm wide, unless you have a particularly small one, yes it should indeed fit inside your garage. WHICH SPECIFIC MODEL? At £27,830 (aren?t these modern day ?Cortinas? getting pricy?) and packing 211bhp, the Audi A4 2.0TFSi S Line, that I am reviewing here, is towards the top of a bewilderingly comprehensive range of models. It is the most powerful and expensive four cylinder front wheel drive A4 saloon. The A4 range starts at £20,485 for the 118bhp 1.8TFSi and tops out at a whopping £33,700 for the 237bhp 3.0 TDi Quattro (four wheel drive) Executive S Line. With each engine configuration Audi offer a quattro (four wheel drive) variant ? indeed I will be offering an argument for not offering certain models, the 2.0TFSi included, with only front wheel drive. IN WHAT CAPACITY AM I REVIEWING THIS CAR? This is...

RICHADA 03.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Audi A4 2.0 TFSI

Audi A4

Advantages: Acceleration (V6, S4), Automatic-transmission performance (CVT), Steering/handling, Ride (base suspension), Interior materials, Available AWD
Disadvantages: Rear-seat room

...The vast majority of A4s are sold with quattro. Quattro A4s with 4 cyl and automatic transmission feel slightly underpowered. Manual-transmission quattro 1.8Ts are lively enough, while manual-transmission V6 quattros are satisfyingly quick. Lighter front-drive models feel spry with any transmission, though CVT versions are lazy from a stop. Test 1.8T CVT sedan did 8.6 sec 0-60 mph; test V6 CVT Cabriolet did 7.8. Seamless CVT acts much like conventional automatic, but requires use of manual mode for best performance. Manual transmissions controlled by precise shifters. S4's V8 strong at all speeds; test sedan did 5.6 sec 0-60. Averages for manual-transmission test models: 1.8T sedan, 24.8 mpg; 1.8T Avant, 21.5; V6 quattro sedans,18.3-21; S4 sedan, 15.6; S4 Avant, 15.9; S4 Cabriolet, 14.1. Audi says CVT is 10 percent more fuel efficient...

adamclayton101 26.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Audi A4 1.9 TDI

Audi A3 Sportback 2.0 TDI SE

Advantages: A 5-door premium "mini-estate"
Disadvantages: Cost. It's really just a Golf, buy you pay for the badge...

...Last week (a fairly reasonable 9 weeks from placing the order) we took delivery of our brand new Audi A3 Sportback SE 2.0 TDI, to replace my Mercedes CLK (check out my other reviews), a splendid car but really not a suitable family-mobile... I know I've not had the car very long, so maybe am not in a fantastic position to give a full review, but as no-one else has reviewed this car on Ciao (yet), I wanted to make this information available to you all. I hope this is OK, and will update this review as time goes by and I can add more detailed comment. Audi itself is named after Auto Union Deutsche Industrie, a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. The trademark of Auto Union was a symbol of four overlapping rings, symbolizing the four member...

matt_fantastic 02.06.2006 (06.06.2006) · Read review
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Audi A4 2.0 saloon

Advantages: Quality of construction, good looks
Disadvantages: Small interior, engine lacks low-down torque & power

...The Audi A4 2.0 is a handsome high quality car with a smooth highway ride and generally low noise levels. Interior The interior is snug for 4 occupants although those in the rear seats should not be taller than 1.7M as legroom is limited. The seats are well constructed for comfort but lack sufficient sideways restraint for more enthusiastic cornering. The seat longitudinal adjustment is by lever located on the left, a bar across the front of the seat would be simpler to locate. The rake and height adjustment controls work well. Elegant entry or egress is thwarted by the low roofline that forces passengers to contort somewhat, particularly in the case of rear seat occupants. The drivers door armrest does not have a handle on the inner end making for a long reach when closing a fully opened door. Footwell and pavement...

DanielDuggan 26.07.2004 (12.08.2004) · Read review
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Review of Audi A4 2.0

Running a Used A4

Advantages: Build quality, reliability, ride & handling, comfort, practicality, fuel consumption.
Disadvantages: Servicing parts/costs

...I purchased my first A4 having previously driven older cars after passing my test. Obviously the A4 was a superior car to these older cars, but having run the car for over 30,000 miles in 2 years I have been very pleased with it. My A4 was a 2001 model 2.0 sport. It was bought from an independent dealer with 72,000 miles recorded at 3 years old. The car had a full service history, although as a fleet car it hadn't enjoyed the care and attention a privately owned car might have. I paid £8,750 for the car, and ran it for just over 2 years as a daily commuting car, with twice-weekly motorway trips. The car has been used on holidays over the UK, and during the summer on a trip to the south of France and back. In all of this time the car has been 100% reliable, and regularly returning close on 40mpg on motorway journeys. It has always...

richardwest1 07.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Audi A4 2.0

  It looks so different to the modern mush

Advantages: Stunning and different looks, involving drive, solid quality, practical size
Disadvantages: Expensive to buy, equiment spec average, poor dealer experiences

...tech business I work in, where the car you drive so often reflects a lot about your work approach and lifestyle. I was lucky enough to test-drive a shortlist of 4 cars all circa the £21-24k price tag before choosing. I tested a Saab 9-3 2.0TD Vector Sport, BMW 1-Series 120d SE, Audi A3 2.0 TDI SE. Overall I loved the Audi A4 Avant and still do, but considering the high cost, image and market expectations of a car like this I feel no shame in being brutal in some aspects of the review. Looks and street cred - First Impressions -------------------------------------------------------- The first thing that captured my attention was the new look front-end to the A4. The deceptively long bonnet with an over-sized front-grill slapped in the middle of cleaner and smoother front bumper than any Audi has seen so far is truly eye catching...

hardmanphil 07.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TDI

Audi A4 , more like AWWW D A bore

Advantages: Quick , nice door sound , MPG
Disadvantages: Low,unreliable, tiny tiny boot, big little car

.... The MPG is astonishing, and I can get what equates to 50 Mpg if you drive it like a Vicar , the problem is the A4 likes to be driven hard and fast rather like Vicars wives, but even when you are thrashing around like MK2 Escort on a bleak northern estate with your techno hard house banging out from your tinted windows and grounding out on every speed bump , you still get 40 mpg + . Another positive feature, and one which probably reflects on my own sad existence is the doors also make a lovely clonk sound, the noise which other countries vehicles don't seem to make , and the internal build quality is pretty good. It all feels solid and most importantly reliable . Its your Uncle Craig, he plays cricket , he is kind and he has a square jaw , the problem is Uncle Craig drinks a lot and one Christmas he peed himself , and that's what...

invisigothh 30.12.2005 (23.07.2007) · Read review
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Review of Audi A4 Avant 1.9 TDI

Almost perfection = A 2.0TDI SE review.

Advantages: Size, running costs, Motorway muncher
Disadvantages: Not ideal for Town Driving. Not for 5 large adults.

...Been driving a 2.0TDI SE for the best part of 2 years. I have done about 60,000 miles in the car and have had very few complaints, so lets get them out of the way first. The steering can feel a tad light at high motorway speeds if you are not carrying a lot of weight. The sensitivity of the steering wheel can lead you to contsantly adjust your steering wheel slightly every few seconds. You can however get this adjusted at your dealer (it has six settings). So this is easily fixed. Secondly the button handbrake can take a little getting used to, especially if you do a lot of motorway miles and rarely use it. But thats just because it is a new system, not one that is faulty. Now onto the good points. Cruise control is fantastic. Pull the level to turn on at your current speed. Tap up for 5 more mph and tap down for 5 less mph...

Domestos 14.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI

Audi A6, Ride of your life

Advantages: comfortable, Spacious, Smooth, powerful and economical car
Disadvantages: None found

...۞ Audi A6 2.0 TDI SE ۞ ************************** The Car itself. **************** We have had this superb car for just over a year and done 26,000 enjoyable and trouble free miles with only one service. The car even tells you itself when it needs servicing. We had an Audi a few years ago and, although it was a good reliable car, we thought it was a bit overpriced and not really worth the "Vorsprung Durch Technic". This one replaced our well-loved Volvo S80 and it has more than filled the gap. So what are the plus points? ****************************** It's fast, quiet for a diesel, responsive, comfortable, economical, reliable and safe. Maybe not one of the greatest lookers in the word but it can hold its own very well amongst larger saloon cars and can certainly give...

THE_ELITE13 24.05.2006 (25.05.2006) · Read review
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Review of Audi A6 2.0 TDI

No I won't get rid of it!

Advantages: Too many to list !
Disadvantages: No Split rear seat as standard

...NOT come as standard, so if you need these, they have to be ordered with the car! ** Are we there yet? ** The acceleration of the 1.9 TDI engine is really impressive, and it allows me to safely get past slower vehicles when I need to. I?m not too sure of the published 0-60, but I don?t think published details are that important. What is important is the fact that it does accelerate VERY quickly. I find I can beat most cars of the line (not that I race on the road) and leave myself a very healthy margin. One thing I have found is that if I accelerate too quickly, some of the contents of the storage area under the air con controls come out to meet me! Recently I had to drive to Germany, so had the chance to see what it would do, I got 135 mph out of it no problems. At that speed the car felt very, very safe, I had no judder from...

lazza123 01.08.2003 (16.09.2003) · Read review
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