Audi heralds the return of the A4 Allroad
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Audi heralds the return of the A4 Allroad
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Audi has been known for all-wheel drive and wagon rooflines for a lot longer than it has been making crossovers. Before cranking out the Q7, Q5 and Q3, the German automaker was making Avant Quattro wagons that carved up alpine mountain passes like nobody's business. And then came the Allroad.
Bridging the gap between a wagon and an SUV, the Allroad versions of the A4 and A6 take a similar approach to the Subaru Outback and Volvo XC70, giving the wagon a rougher, go-anywhere image compared to the standard Avant estate. We used to get the Allroad in the North American market, but after a brief hiatus, the A4 Allroad is back.
We got a chance to drive the soft-roader just last month, but couldn't resist the temptation to snap it again for the Ingolstadt aficionados among us as it made its official North American debut alongside the new A4 and S4 here at the Detroit Auto Show.
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Great. Glad to see it back.
IMO, they never should have pulled the old one from the American market to start with. Like the Volvo XC70, it was a great European competitor to the Subaru Outback, though, of course, somewhat more expensive and less-reliable. And the Outback, nice as it is inside, is not an Audi-quality interior or sheet-metal.
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This new one looks much better than the last. I've always thought making a wagon look butch with black fender flares was laughable and ungainly.
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