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Old 10-13-2007, 05:02 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Should Audi A5 be quattro only?

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Originally Posted by Yannis View Post
Well i reading AutoBild today (a translated version in Greek is now sold here) and according to the testers even a FWD A4 is very very close to 3 series in driving dynamics.
So i see no reason why a FWD 1.8TFSI A5 (or A4) should not exist. Of course as power increases quattro is a must.
I just read the test from Autobild.de. They do say that the A4 1.8 TFSI comes close to the 3er Sedan but they also say this (translated with Babelfish):

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Result: The A4 continues to push out the experiencable borders of the front wheel drive again a piece. But: It is and remains a fronttriebler, as our low exposes Felisa already soon. There AUDI knew the front axle so far forward, the engine downward moves - if it uphill fast by zigzags goes, if the bitumen becomes damp, then scharrt the circle-internal tire again to stop. Then the A4 pushes over the front wheels to the edge of curve and betrays the deficiency of the long wheel base: AUDI did not largepull a leichtfuessigen dancer there. Sportiest sedan? Probably rather marketing poetry - at least with the basis model. Well, the stronger, sportier and more expensive A4 can perhaps correct that later.

Anyway, I think FWD A4 makes perfectly sense but it's the A5 that I'd rather see only with quattro.
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