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Audi releases new videos of restyled A4, S4 and A4 Allroad
Audi has released three official videos starring the new A4, S4 and A4 Allroad. All three models just went through a mid-life restyling which - among other things - provided the whole lot with a revised front end design now featuring new LED day lights (aligned to what we have seen on the recent A6, A7 and A8). Besides, all versions will benefit from new suspension settings and Audi’s own electromechanical power steering, which can save up to 0,3 l/100 km of fuel.
The engine range includes the 2.0 TDI (available with 5 power steps: 120, 136, 143, 163 and 177 hp) and the 3.0 V6 TDI (204 and 245 hp) diesel engines as well as the 1.8 TFSI (120 and 170 hp), the 2.0 TFSI (211 hp) and the 3.0 TFSI (272 hp) petrol engines, while the S4 will use a 333 hp configuration the same 3.0 TFSI. The refined mechanics led to an average 11% reduction of both CO2 emissions and fuel consumption for the whole range. Click the link below for the other videos and full photo galleries
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Audi unveils 2012 restyling for A4, S4 and Allroad
Audi presents the renewed 2012 versions of its own A4, S4 and Allroad. The whole range underwent some aesthetic modification affecting especially the front end area, now sporting modern LED day lights, lower air intake and different fog lights in the same style of the recent A5 and A6. Some slight change can also be spotted on front grille, hood, tail lights and bumpers. S-line sporty packages are still available, with the S4 model positioned at the top of the range, while no news was given about the RS4, which will probably join the fold at a later time. The different bumpers made the A4 a little longer, now measuring 4.7 meters in length in its Avant version. More subtle upgrades can be found in the passenger compartment: a new line of steering wheels, different trims and especially the updated MMI infotainment system, now with more user friendly commands, 3D graphics, voice control and Google Earth satellite maps.
The wide engine range now offer the 2.0 TDI (available with 5 power steps: 120, 136, 143, 163 and 177 hp) and the 3.0 V6 TDI (204 and 245 hp) diesel engines as well as the 1.8 TFSI (120 and 170 hp), the 2.0 TFSI (211 hp) and the 3.0 TFSI (272 hp) petrol engines, while the S4 will stick to its 333 hp 3.0 TFSI. All versions will benefit from new suspension settings and Audi’s electromechanical power steering, which has been developed to reduce energy waste and can save up to 0,3 l/100 km of fuel.
All that brought to an average 11% reduction of CO2 emissions and fuel consumption for the whole range. For instance, the 170 hp configuration of the 1.8 TFSI uses 5,6 l/100 km and boasts a CO2 emission level of 134 g/km; the 136 hp version of the 2.0 TDI has a fuel consumption of 4,2 l/100 km and 112 g/km of CO2 emissions, while the sporty S4 uses just 8 litres of fuel every 100 km . Automatic and manual transmissions, CVT and dual clutch coupled with 4WD and RWD will also be available, depending on the model. More specifically, Audi’s Quattro system uses a 40/60 torque distribution electronically controlled by the ‘torque vectoring’ system, while V6 engines could also use the ‘active sport differential’ on the rear. Moreover, the restyled A4 will also offer the ‘active cruise control’, which automatically maintains the correct safety distance even at 200km/h and can apply the brakes below the 30 km/h threshold. Last but not least, all models will come with a special technology that - through the processing of steering behavior data and other parameters - will alert the driver when tired or ‘distracted’.
Click here for the full 2012 Audi A4 photo gallery
Click here for the full 2012 Audi A4 Allroad photo gallery
Click here for the full 2012 Audi S4 photo gallery
Audi S4 vs Opel Insignia OPC track video
The Audi S4 might be considered unfairly pitted against the Opel Insignia OPC (or Vauxhall Insignia VXR for the British) just because it’s an Audi. But the guys from Fifth Gear are here to prove that the Audi hasn’t got everything. The Insignia is heavier and 7 hp behind the Audi, but it’s also a lot cheaper meaning it could be the hot sedan of choice for those wanting performance without the price tag.
The classic track challenge is the forum for this comparison, and the idea was to check out two all-wheel drive models. The Insignia is significantly heavier though and while the figures don’t mean much on paper, transferred to the driving experience is where they make themselves felt. We’re not suprised by the results, frankly, and if you’ve got the money - is there really a choice between the two at all?
Esquire Car of the Year: Audi S4
Men’s magazine Esquire has announced the 2010 Audi S4 as its Car of the Year and while we think there are plenty of other similar cars that could be chosen, it’s a pretty good choice and definitely the kind of sexy-sedan blend that its readers would be looking for. Other cars in the 2010 car line-up for Esquire included Cadillac for local US cars, the Honda CR-Z for hybrid models, and the Mercedes SLS AMG as the most ‘awe inspiring’.
The Audi S4 wins out, being described as “pretty, fast and attainable”. If you’re a guy, you might be more interested in the cars for pretty passengers category. Esquire says of the S4:
Numbers and stats are starting points, but we believe that the Esquire Car of the Year should make you feel something deep in your gut. You should lust for it and dream about it, but it shouldn’t be an impossible goal. It must be attainable for the average man. It should sit in front of your house or office without drawing attention to itself and tackle four seasons of day-to-day transportation with ease. Yet crucially, sometimes, without warning, it must make you snatch the keys off the wall, haul off to the country and just drive.
See a video of the S4 drifting and burning up some track after the jump.
Audi S4: new photo gallery
There’s a lot of substance, and not much smoke, to the new Audi S4 presentation, with its sober but elegantly sportive aspect. There are a few slight touches to distinguish it from the normal A4 models, with alloy wheels, two threatening exhausts and a lowered base.
Audi S4: pricing and release date
In this official document, Audi has released its pricing for the S4 sedan and Avant, with availability from March next year.
If you wanted to know anything about the S4 model, you will find it here, as the document is huge - there’s even a contents page. For the sedan model, pricing is listed at 50,950 euros, for the avant 52,600 euros. The document is from Germany, so further confirmation is required, possibly sometime next week, for definitive pricing for the rest of Europe.
Audi S4: revealed before its debut
Even the logo has been revealed meaning that we should soon see the debut: the absence of camouflage and a stop in a car park, as if to wait its moment, are confirming the theory. The new Audi S4 sedan has been photographed at a dealership in the latest spy shots before the Paris show, event in which it will be launched.
As per tradition, the bodywork distinguishes itself from the field of TDI with its spoiler that isn’t exaggerated but is perfectly in harmony with its serious lines. The most tangibile change is the abandoning of the aspirated V8 and the return to the 3.0 litre TFSI with compressor capable of producing 335 hp. It will be the job of the seven-speed S-Tronic transmission to manage the 420Nm of torque.
The new Audi S4 in the snows of Sweden
World Car Fans publishes some spy-shots of an Audi A4 being tested in the snows of northern Sweden. If the quadruple exhaus tubes and the big alloy rims don’t lie, it should be the new Audi S4, which should be coming out later this year.
The biggest unkown of the new S4 is the engine: will it be the same 4.2 litre V8 FSI of the S5, with 354 ps ? Or will it get un upgraded version of this same V8, with up to 390 ps ? Or, again, it could get the new V6 3.0 Turbo-FSI that everyone expects to come out soon, which should output 333 ps.
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