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Agreed! Especially here in Audi's case when they will unveil Q5... I could understand A6 Allroad, but A4...

Allroad cars are attractive for people living on the country side driving on gravel roads every day and need a car with high ground clearance.

The A6 allroad and Volvo XC70 are much more sensible options than the bulky, expensive and gas guzzling SUVs.

A large, A6-Avant Allroad makes sense. But this A4 sedan allroad doesn't make any sense at all.

Even though I think the A6 allroad is a good car I have to agree that the A4 allroad is a bit fishy.

I still don't see the point. Most AWD cars have a higher ground clearance anyway and if the roads are that bad you need an SUV which will have a sturdier chassis anyway. These Allroads are nothing more than pretenders when it come to being something suitable for offroad not to mention very ugly IMO. An Audi shrouded in black plastic and all jacked up off the ground is just ridiculous and so uncouth considering how elegant their cars are to begin with. People who live and/or have to drive in country conditions buy trucks, not he-man looking wagons which is which this Allroad concept has been a flop here in the U.S.


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Like which ones? All MB, Audi and BMW's AWD models(non SUV) have standard ground clearance.

Sure you might argue that one should go all the way and buy an SUV but for some, an A6 allroad serve their needs just fine. An SUV is more expensive to buy and to own.

Some people aren't going to drive on sand dunes or through alligator swamps and just need an ordinary car which can take some dirt.

If you ask me, I would never buy an allroad. Too expensive and only cost 400 euro less than a Q7.

BTW Isn't air suspension standard in the A6 Avant? How high is the ground clearance with the highest setting?

What is this doing in the A2/A3/S3 forum...?

The reason A6 allroad wasn't (isn't) very successful was partly because Audi demands too high a premium over the standard A6 car. If it were around 10-15% higher, it would be a much better seller, IMHO. The other reason is that in the US customers don't really like wagons because it carries with it the image of "soccer mom" car, hence they tend to choose the "more masculine" option in SUVs even when a regular Avant would do.
Incidentally, I like the idea of an A4 allroad if they price it reasonably. Why? it's sure to handle better than the Q5 (for example, a6 allroad is only about 50-60 kg heavier than a6 avant and with an equivalent engine is only on average 0.2 slower to 100 km/h) and I usually prefer a car shape than and suv shape. In fact, when the bumpers are in the same color, I think the current A6 allroad looks better than the regular A6 avant (admittedly, with its air suspension set to the lowest ground clearance).

18,5 cm in the highest setting and 12,5 cm in the lowest