Audi A4 review 2020: It’s all connected

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Leow Ju Len

01/09/2020

Driving Experience

If you’re looking for excitement, you’ll have to wait for the S4 (or better yet, the scorching RS 4 Avant). The A4 has new powertrains but they’re tuned for economy.

Mind you, the 190 horsepower engine in the A4 advanced is punchy enough to make the front tyres chirp on a dry road, but it makes its power early, so there’s little excitement when you rev the engine hard.

The handling is all about predictability rather than sharpness, so in this guise the Audi A4 never feels like a car that’s eager to dance through bends. The springs and dampers feel soft, so getting frisky with a corner means the Audi sometimes undulates gently beneath you instead of feeling taut.

At least the ride quality is well sorted, and the suspension works well with the nicely padded seats and the quiet cabin to deliver all-day comfort.

The new mild hybrid electric vehicle (MHEV) uses a starter-generator and a piggyback 12V battery pack to recuperate energy and then use it for things like extended engine shutdown — you can actually be on the ECP and if conditions are right when you lift your foot off the accelerator, the Audi can roll along with the engine dead.

We drove the last A4 to Genting Highlands and back. It was crazy frugal…

Things like that save small amounts of fuel (they’re there because emissions standards are so tough to meet these days), but the best thing that can be said about the MHEV system is that you don’t feel it working.

The low-revving tune of the engine, along with a fuel-saving B-cycle combustion method that fiddles with valve timing, do plenty to keep the petrol bills down. Most likely, an Audi A4 owner will be surprised at how slowly a car this size with 190 horsepower sips from the tank.

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About the Author

Leow Ju Len

CarBuyer Singapore's original originator, Ju-Len in person is exactly how he is on the written word and behind the wheel. Meaning that he darts all over the place and just when you thought he's lost the plot, you realise that it's just you not keeping up with his incredible rate of speed and thought.

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