Last week i was considering changing my toy for the new S4 avant, spoke to the dealer and by chance they had a year old full spec, but no sat nav. My thoughts were, warranty coming to an end, might have to actualy spend some mony on the car this year. Pads disks extended warranty etc. So i dove in to get a test drive. The couler was nice same Noggy blue, So off i went unfortunatly with the sales man. first impession was the engine sounded a bit Whiney at normal speeds but died away when you pushed harder, the grip was good, but with the passanger i couldn't realy push that hard into corners. The performance was a bit deceptive as my last three cars had turbos, so no kick in the back but when you looked at the speedo it was o dear. finaly got it back to the dealers and opened the window, and reving the engine the sound is great that rubbling V8, pitty it wasn't like that at low rev's. So i started to have a good look at the interior well to be truthful it looks like the bean counters are in charge here, the seats are realy just the old sports seats with the recardo badge, the dash dosn't have the same quality finish as the old S4, and small point but the foot rest is so close to the clutch i have to monover my foot past, and before you comment i've size 10's.
So the result was i,m keeping the toy for now but might be tempted by the new RS4 if it ever arrives.
