Audi A4 – What the Auto Press Says

Audi A4

The 2011 Audi A4 ranks 9 out of 21 Upscale Midsize Cars. This ranking is based on our analysis of 23 published reviews and test drives of the Audi A4, and our analysis of reliability and safety data.

The 2011 Audi A4 is a viable alternative to the more-expensive BMW 3-series. It has an upscale, simple interior that ranks at the top of the class, and provides a fun ride that spices up daily commutes.

Audi refreshed the A4 in 2009. Two model years later, the 2011 Audi A4 has experienced few changes. For 2011, Audi gives the A4 an eight-speed triptonic automatic transmission with manual shift control and shifts amenities on the Prestige trim. Combined with its Quattro all-wheel drive system — which Audi says more than 80 percent of buyers choose — the 2011 Audi A4 corners aggressively and but can also be a quiet commuter.

While reviewers love this car’s appearance inside and out, Audi’s engine selection puzzles them: a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder. The Audi A4 isn’t underpowered by any means, but in a segment where the competition has six cylinders, the Audi A4 will never be a top-notch driver. “The Audi A4 has never really been known for its performance,” Edmunds says. “Instead it has been (and continues to be) a car defined by a high-quality interior, one that’s typically the benchmark in its class.”

Even if the engine isn’t what it could be, the 2011 Audi A4 has a lot going for it. Fuel economy is great, and although its fuel ratings dropped a bit from last year, the A4 is still one of the most fuel efficient vehicles in the class. Audi says drivers should average 21 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the highway with the manual transmission. And since the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named the 2010 Audi A4 a “2010 Top Safety Pick,” drivers should feel just as safe driving the 2011 model because there are few significant changes.

The 2011 Audi A4 is the largest sedan — and one of the most affordable — among Upscale Midsize Cars. Buyers who want an upscale car, but are afraid of $33,000-plus price tags can settle for the pocket-book-friendly, but snazzy A4. However, the Audi A4′s price can climb north of $40K with all of the options — so don’t get carried away when choosing them.

Other Cars to Consider

There are a number of alternatives to the 2011 Audi A4 that are solid drivers and offer both all-wheel drive and luxury. The BMW 3-Series is a class favorite, but it is also more expensive. Starting around $33,000, the BMW 3-Series has earned a reputation as the best sport sedan for its balanced handling, powerful engines, and a classy interior that’s fitted with advanced electronics. Like the 2011 A4, the BMW 3-Series has optional all-wheel drive starting at $35,150. Also consider the Infiniti G37. This option, however, makes the G37 pricier. It starts at about $36,000.

Audi A4: The Details

The 2011 A4 comes as a sedan and an Avant wagon. Both models have the same trim levels: Premium, Premium Plus and Prestige. The Avant offers more cargo space. This wagon is reviewed separately, and costs about $4,000 more than the sedan. The A4 Cabriolet convertible has been dropped from the lineup and replaced with the sportier A5 Cabriolet.

• “It delivers on all of the promises an entry-level luxury car should. It’s opulent inside. It’s quick and comes with scads of new technology.”– Detroit News
• “The A4 feels like an A8 luxury cruiser that has fallen into a shrinking ray. It’s not like the franchise was in danger, but the A4 saves it anyway.” — Los Angeles Times
• “It can’t match the raw speed of most of its rivals, but it has a classy interior, excellent handling, and plenty of pep for most owners. It also has better fuel economy (the base model gets 30 miles to the gallon on the highway and 23 mpg in the city) because it’s one of the few compact luxury cars offered with a four-cylinder engine. And you can always pay more and get the A4 with all-wheel drive and a powerful six-cylinder engine.” — BusinessWeek
• “At its core, the A4 is still the sport sedan that many enthusiasts love, and the new larger, more mature sedan is now even better prepared to take on its Mercedes-Benz and BMW rivals.” — Motor Trend
• “It’s a passionately pragmatic and stylish choice for those clients who find the [BMW] 3-series too cramped and boisterous and the [Mercedes] C-class too conservative in appearance and ability.” — Automobile Magazine
• “I used to drive an A4 from the late ’90s, and loved it. But this fourth-generation car is like the college rule-breaker that you run into a few years later: he’s climbing the ladder at his law firm, wearing suspenders and drinking single-malt Scotch. If you hang with him now, you’d better reach for your wallet. For the A4, a car that was distinctive and special in the low $30,000 range becomes a trickier proposition as the price soars past $40,000. Buyers had better believe Audi’s pitch about the A4 being in Mercedes’s league, because the prices certainly are.” — New York Times

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Toyota, Volvo, and GMC Score Top Honors with Vincentric’s Best Value in America Awards

Bingham Farms, MI (PRWEB) March 3, 2011

Vincentric’s 7th annual Best Value in America awards were released today, with Toyota, Volvo, and GMC winning the inaugural brand value awards for Passenger Cars, Luxury Vehicles, and Trucks respectively. A revived Chevrolet also performed strongly, buoyed by its new Chevrolet Cruze and Chevrolet Volt, while Audi performed strongly in the premium segments with three awards. Other brands with multiple winners were Honda, Lincoln, Infiniti, and Ford.

“Vincentric’s 2011 Best Value in America awards use cost-of-ownership to provide an independent benchmark that helps consumers understand which vehicles provide the best value in their segment,” commented David Wurster, President of Vincentric. “This year’s results show strong performance from manufacturers that measure and proactively manage the key factors impacting cost-of-ownership. When residual values, scheduled maintenance intervals, parts costs, and other ownership costs are understood, value can be built into the vehicle upfront, minimizing the need to discount later at the point of sale.”

Vincentric measures cost-of-ownership using eight cost factors: depreciation, fuel, insurance, opportunity cost, financing, maintenance, taxes and state fees, and repairs. Using a statistical model, the company identified its Best Value in America winners by measuring which vehicles had a lower than expected ownership costs given their market segment and price. Each vehicle was evaluated in all 50 states plus DC using a range of annual mileage intervals and insurance profiles.

New for 2011 was the Eco segment, in which Vincentric’s process for measuring electric vehicle ownership costs was incorporated into the value measurement for the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf.

Further information regarding all of the winners of Vincentric’s Best Value in America awards for the 2011 model year and Vincentric’s methodology is available at http://www.vincentric.com .

2011 Winners of Vincentric’s Best Value in America

Brand Awards

Best Passenger Car Value: Toyota
Best Luxury Brand Value: Volvo
Best Truck Brand Value: GMC

Passenger Cars

Subcompact: Nissan cube
Compact, Coupe: Infiniti G37
Compact, Hatchback: Honda Element
Compact, Sedan: Chevrolet Cruze
Compact, Premium: Lexus IS 350
Compact, Hybrid: Toyota Prius
Eco: Chevrolet Volt
Mid-Size, Coupe: Audi A5 & S5
Mid-Size, Sedan: Honda Accord
Mid-Size, Sedan, Hybrid: Toyota Camry Hybrid
Mid-Size, Sedan, Premium: Volvo S60
Mid-Size, Sedan, Premium, Hybrid: Lincoln MKZ Hybrid
Large: Toyota Avalon
Large, Premium: Audi A6 & S6
Prestige: BMW X6
Convertible: Mazda MX-5 Miata
Convertible, Premium: Chevrolet Corvette
Sports Car: Ford Mustang
Wagon: Subaru Outback
Wagon, Premium: Audi A6 Avant

SUVs, Crossovers, and Vans

Crossover, Compact, Entry Level: Hyundai Tucson
Crossover, Compact, Mid Level: Honda CR-V
Crossover, Compact, Premium: Volvo XC60
Crossover, Mid-Size: Toyota Venza
Crossover, Mid-Size, Premium: Volvo XC90
Crossover, Hybrid: Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Crossover, Large: Buick Enclave
Crossover, Large, Premium: Lincoln MKT
SUV, Compact: Toyota FJ Cruiser
SUV, Mid-Size: Toyota 4Runner
SUV, Mid-Size, Premium: Toyota Land Cruiser
SUV, Large: Chevrolet Tahoe
SUV, Large, Premium: Infiniti QX56
Minivan: Honda Odyssey

Pickups

Compact Pickup: Toyota Tacoma
Full Size Pickup, 1/2 Ton: Ford F150
Full Size Pickup, Heavy Duty 3/4 Ton: GMC Sierra 2500HD
Full Size Pickup, Heavy Duty 1 Ton: Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD

ABOUT VINCENTRIC

Vincentric provides data, knowledge, and insight to the automotive industry by identifying and applying the many aspects of automotive value. Vincentric data is used by organizations such as Yahoo!Autos, AOL, Cars.com, Chevrolet, Toyota, Kiplinger.com, AutoTrader, Business Fleet Magazine, Volvo, NADAguides, The AutoChannel.com and Fleet-Central.com as a means of providing automotive insight to their clientele. Vincentric, LLC is a privately held automotive data compilation and analysis firm headquartered in Bingham Farms, Michigan.

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Filed under: Motorsports, Audi, Racing

Audi invited us to warm and sunny Florida for the 59th annual Twelve Hours of Sebring, the opening round of the 2011 American Le Mans Series that was held this past weekend. While the French racing team Oreca took the surprise win in the LMP1 class (beating the factory Peugeot 908 HDi team in their older first-generation Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP), Audi held on through punctured tires and collisions to deliver both the fourth and fifth spot in matching R15++ diesel-powered prototypes (Audi will run its brand-new R18 prototype at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June). In the GT class, BMW proudly nailed first and second place with its hot M3 GT.

Spending time behind-the-scenes with a race team offers a completely different perspective, especially when it comes to an endurance event. While huge crowds of spectators down cold beer and blister from sunburn at Sebring’s huge infield and midway (with some seriously creative camping accommodations), dozens of Audi Sport Team Joest crew sweat out the long hours working on the minute details – everything from track concrete composition to atmospheric barometric pressure is taken into account. During our glimpse into a whirlwind 48-hour period (encompassing qualifying and the race), the pace was maddening whether the drivers were attending signing events or the crew was rehearsing pit stops.

Check out our extensive photo gallery with coverage of the 56-car field. Note the amount of race telemetry delivered in real-time to the team engineers in the hot pits, and the exhaustion of the crew in the 85-degree ambient temperatures (who capture shut-eye only while the car is running well). A special shout-out to Xander Walker, who we bumped into hanging with the folks in Turn 10 – see you guys next year!

Audi’s Sebring drivers (Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish, Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Mike Rockenfeller) signed a flag for us before the race. While it looks great on our wall, we’re going to give it to one of you (official rules). Leave a comment on this post to enter (only one comment or else you’re disqualified), and we’ll choose one lucky recipient for the win.

How to Enter:

• Leave a single comment on this post (if you leave two or more, all of your comments will be disqualified)
• You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec)
• Limit 1 entry per person during entry period
• This entry period begins 7:30 PM EST on Friday, March 25 and ends at 7:30 PM EST on Saturday, March 26. We’ll randomly select 1 winner at that time to receive an Audi flag signed by the team’s 2011 Sebring drivers.
• For a list of complete rules, click here

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Posted by Admin in Uncategorized on 03 26th, 2011

Doctor Discounts Best Sales Month Ever

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) October 4, 2008

Carlsen Audi in Palo Alto posted an increase in internet sales for the month of September. While other Audi dealers struggled to find sales, Doctor Discount was busy writing savings prescriptions. Taking advantage of the high consumer demand for the all new 2009 Audi A4 with its all new PZEV engine and dynamic European styling combined with Audi’s world leading automotive engineering, Doctor Discount was able to write savings prescriptions for customers as far away as Oregon.

Carlsen Audi New Car Manager, David Stevens credits Audi of America’s aggressive end of year sales incentives and superior product as the foundation for last month’ sales success story. David is hoping to take advantage of the high consumer demand for Audi’s newest product offers to help make October a record month for sales.

When asked if he was concerned about stories in the media taking about consumers having difficulty securing automotive financing, David responded, “I have not seen that with our banks. Audi Financial Services has been great. They are still offering .9% APR financing on 2008 models. Audi Financial Services just announced a great lease on the 2009 Audi A3. We still have interest rates as low as 2.9% APR on select certified pre-owned Audi’s.”

Dave and his sales staff are planning to set sales records for the month of October. Dave admits that the economic situation makes it easier to sell cars. “People are expecting to get great value for their money. Audi offers savvy consumers excellent value when the purchase their Audi, great fuel performance and inexpensive ownership costs. It’s a great time to be selling cars.”

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Question by D.A.: Buying an Audi A4 this winter?
so i did this thing online where you “make your audi a4″
I want an AUTOMATIC a4, not manual.
And i don’t care about speed, nor am i willing to learn how to drive a manual -_-

which one of these are automatic?
plz don’t complicate your answer.

Here are the 3 types that were listed.
-6 speed manual transmission and quattro
-6 speed tiptronic transmission and quattro
-multitronic CVT and FrontTrak Front Wheel drive

Best answer:

Answer by Echoz
the last two are auto, the CVT is automatic with manual shift, so you can use it as automatic but when you want to shift fast and use the RPM fast to gain higher speed in less time you just shift it and there you are

this is pic of automatic transition in audi A4 with CVT

http://www.netcarshow.com/audi/2008-a4/1600×1200/wallpaper_45.htm

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Posted by Admin in Audi A4 on 03 24th, 2011

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