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Winding Road Test: 2009 Audi A4 (Update - EVO test p. 2)

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Old 11-30-07, 11:07 PM
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Old 12-01-07, 10:03 AM
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Looks great, and impressively it's 250lbs lighter than the current model.
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looks a lot better too...
I really wanna check out this car!
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looks great all around.. although engine power could be a little bit more with all the competitors out there..
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I like the Highlander print ad...
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I was looking at it too.
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Old 12-01-07, 01:40 PM
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Love the lighter weight and the loss of the giant front overhang....
Still though, I can't see buying this OVER what is currently out there.
 
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Thanks for the info.
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The interior looks to be improved, making the entry-level Audi quite nice...somewhat similar layout as the R8, driver-focused but the screen is up higher on the A4. Outside, it's evolutionary, better than the previous A4 and now more like the A6...ok.
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I just can't get enough of the LED DRL's. That's gotta be the hottest new thing now!
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Originally Posted by 2SwiFt29
looks great all around.. although engine power could be a little bit more with all the competitors out there..
Yeah, but you have to take into account that it weighs less than most of its competitors as well.
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I love every single new Audi of late. I would probably buy any one of them over the competition. The Q7, the A5, the R8... every one of them gets my pick over their competition. But, this A4, it's just so BLAND, so boring. The A5 is similarly 'bland' but still elegant and has fantastic proportions, especially in real life. Like the A6, the A4 is just proportionally... not so attractive, and comes off as incredibly bland and just not spectacular. Audi knows how to make not only two doors, but WAGONS look sexy as hell; they really need to learn how to make their four doors look good too.
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Originally Posted by knihc2008
I love every single new Audi of late. I would probably buy any one of them over the competition. The Q7, the A5, the R8... every one of them gets my pick over their competition. But, this A4, it's just so BLAND, so boring. The A5 is similarly 'bland' but still elegant and has fantastic proportions, especially in real life. Like the A6, the A4 is just proportionally... not so attractive, and comes off as incredibly bland and just not spectacular. Audi knows how to make not only two doors, but WAGONS look sexy as hell; they really need to learn how to make their four doors look good too.
Are you saying that Audi should do what BMW did and ruin their cars by letting Bangle flame design them?......
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Originally Posted by mavericck
Are you saying that Audi should do what BMW did and ruin their cars by letting Bangle flame design them?......
No... That's not what I said at all.

Like I said, I enjoy the clean-cut surfaces of every single Audi... except for the A4 and the A6. Their sedans just have wrong proportions; the A6 looks like a boat, what with it's ridiculous overhangs. And the A4... I dunno. Maybe if the belt line were higher, the door handles places further up...
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if audis reliability was better, id seriously consider one
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