The Audi A4 2015

The Audi A4 seats five and comes standard with a turbo-charged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and front-wheel drive.

All-wheel drive, a six-speed manual transmission and an eight-speed automatic are available.

 

The A4 comes in Premium, Premium Plus and Prestige trims, while the performance-oriented S4 comes in Premium Plus and Prestige trims.

The A4 hasn’t been fully re-designed since 2009.

What has evolved is:

·More fashionable interior

·New petrol and diesel engine line-up

·New Chassis.

Key elements include:

·A wider single-frame grille,

·Newly shaped headlights with revised LED daytime running lights

·A new styled bonnet, larger wheel arches, a flattened roof, new tail-lights featuring Audi’s traditional LED graphics

·A higher boot lid on the sedan.

·New design seats

The new A4 has grown in size, has a 120kg weight reduction, as a result of the hot-formed high-strength steel in the body structure and aluminium being used for body panels and the roof.

Options Available

·A 12.3in digital instrument panel, and an 8.3in monitor

·Inductive charging pad for mobile phones

·Sensor control opening of the luggage compartment

·Bang & Olufsen sound system,

·Tablet-based rear seat entertainment and the latest version Multi Media Interface (MMI) system that features an internet connection.

Safety Features

Audi’s new ‘Pre-Sense City System’ with windscreen camera to monitor the road, which provides an acoustic warning and braking at speeds up to 25mph.

The new A4 now has a choice of three turbo-charged four-cylinder petrol, two four-cylinder diesel and two V6 diesel engines, all featuring EU6 emission compliance.

Engines

·A new 1.4-litre four-cylinder petrol engine (replacing the 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol engine) and can accelerate from 0-100kmh in 8.9 seconds realising a top speed of 210 kmh with combined consumption of 4.9 Litres/100 kms in combination with the optional S tronic dual-clutch automatic gearbox.

·Audi’s 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine now comes in two states of tune, providing the new A4 2.0 TFSI with ability to achieve 0-100 kmh time of 7.3sec and a top speed of 250 km/h along with figures of 58.8mpg and 114g/km for the former, while the latter boasts a 0-100 km/h time of 5.8sec, a limited 240 km/h top speed,

·Also Audi’s familiar 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit. The former provides 0-100 km/h acceleration of 8.6sec and a 220 km/h top speed. The latter boasts an official 0-100 km/h time of 7.7sec and a 236 kmh top speed.

·Rounding out the new line-up is a 3.0-litre V6 diesel.

Front-wheel drive is standard on all models save for the initial range-topping A4 3.0 TDI.

Four-wheel drive is also optional Gearbox choices include a newly developed six-speed manual on all four-cylinder engines.

Seven-speed dual-clutch S tronic unit is available for the first time on front-wheel drive A4 models and comes as standard on the least powerful of the two 3.0-litre V6 diesels.

The more powerful 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine receives a standard eight-speed automatic featuring a coasting function that idles the engine on a trailing throttle for added fuel saving.

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