2008 Audi A4 Bottom Line

This review a compares the 2008 Audi A4 with other vehicles in its class to give you the best advice even when other reviews present conflicting opinions.

Likes:
- Still handsome
- Nicely detailed interior
- German ride and handling
- Available quattro
- Available rear-side airbags

Dislikes:
- Rear seats are snug
- Wagon (Avant) not too spacious
- Multi-Media Interface (MMI)

The 2008 Audi A4 has been a long-time favorite of editors from TheCarConnection.com. In Avant wagon and sedan body styles, the Audi A4 is a great performer wrapped in a practical package. The current generation of A4 was new in 2005, and a new version is due for the 2009 model year—just around the corner.

To keep up interest in the current A4, for Audi, 2008 is the year that the company makes the more aggressive S-package styling standard on the A4. The look is bolder, with different front and rear fascias. Most everything else is carryover, and that’s not a bad thing, since the 2008 Audi A4 is a tastefully designed sedan with one of the auto industry’s best interiors.

The two body styles of 2008 Audi A4 are available with either front-wheel or quattro all-wheel-drive. Power comes from a choice of four and six-cylinder engines. Standard is a 2.0-liter turbocharged direct-injection in-line four that generates 200 horsepower; the optional 3.2-liter V-6 is borrowed from the larger A6 and likewise uses direct injection to produce 255 horses. The four-cylinder can be mated to either a six-speed manual or Multitronic continuously variable (CVT) automatic transmission in the sedan version; the wagon and all V-6 models offer a choice of the six-speed manual or a conventional six-speed automatic gearbox. The V-6 sedans and wagon include a standard sunroof and all automatic-equipped A4s get F1-style shift paddles on the steering wheel.

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