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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. Click the thumbnails above to check it out in high resolution.
Audi heralds the return of the A4 Allroad originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 10th, 2012
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Any way you look at it, ten million is an awfully big number. All the more so when you're talking about luxury sedans, not budget hatchbacks. But that's how many mid-size cars
Audi has built to date.
The total stretches back to 1972, through four generations of the Audi 80 and four more of its successor nameplate, the
A4. The landmark was reached earlier this month when the 10,000,000th midsize Audi - a red
S4 with two-tone interior - rolled off the assembly line at Ingolstadt.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of the
freshly facelifted A4 family, including the new A4 sedan, Avant wagon, Allroad Quattro soft-roader and S4 sports sedan. Details in the press release
after the jump.
Continue reading Audi celebrates 10 million midsize cars
Audi celebrates 10 million midsize cars originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 27th, 2011
Audi's updated the A4 line, bearing gifts for efficiency wonks if not for those hoping for freshened visuals. Sure, the headlights are a bit larger by a few millipedes and the hood's got a slightly more dramatic arch. Fine. But boy howdy, check out that Allroad.
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October 27th, 2011
Audi's updated the A4 line, bearing gifts for efficiency wonks if not for those hoping for freshened visuals. Sure, the headlights are a bit larger by a few millipedes and the hood's got a slightly more dramatic arch. Fine. But boy howdy, check out that Allroad.
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October 27th, 2011
Filed under: Spy Photos, Wagon, Europe, Audi, Luxury
Audi is progressing with development of the its
A4 Allroad facelift. Our spy photographers caught the model out and about during hot weather testing in southern Europe, which means the final production version is closer than ever before. It's still unclear as to whether or not the long-roof
A4 will find its way Stateside due to the fact that the German automaker has placed most of its chips on its CUV range. The A4 Allroad is built to handle all sorts of unpleasant road conditions thanks to its tall wheel arches, slightly higher ride height and stout all-wheel-drive system.
We're guessing this machine would have no problem besting most crossovers when the dirt trail turns to rock and mud. While some photos have surfaced showing the A4 Allroad with U.S.-spec amber marker lights, the tester in this series of shots is clearly a European model.
Audi A4 Allroad gets freshy-fresh originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 18th, 2011
Volkswagen said today it would recall nearly 170,000 diesel-powered Golfs, Jettas and Audi A3 to fix a fuel line that could leak. What makes it more interesting is just how hard VW had to work to find the defect.
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October 6th, 2011
