AudiA4 2.0T Sedan

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Testing the new Audi A4 Quattro, we. were passing a long line of traffic bottled … Audi A4 Quattro it was just another day. at the office. …

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Audi A4 2.0T Sedan
Four-Door Sedan For the Enthusiast Driver
road test
B Y C R A I G P E T E R S O N
OCCASIONALLY WE’RE REMINDED THAT
all-wheel drive isn’t just for getting up a
snowy driveway in wintertime.
Testing the new Audi A4 Quattro, we
were passing a long line of traffic bottled
up behind a truck on a two-lane highway.
No worries until we came abreast
of an SUV shuffling along immediately
behind the 18-wheeler. As we drew
alongside, without warning the driver
simply yanked his vehicle into the left
lane to pass. Accelerating hard, we
flicked the Audi far onto the left shoulder,
the two right wheels barely remaining
on the pavement, and simply drove
around the sport-ute, completing the
pass without drama. Apart from solid
whacks as the left wheels hit deep
craters on the dirt shoulder and a shotgun
blast of gravel peppering the floorpan,
the episode was over in momentsand
barely noticeable.
That’s the advantage of having all
four wheels pulling for you, backed by a
world-class Electronic Stability Control
system. Even in the hands of an expert
driver, a front- or rear-drive…