Audi S4 News Archives

Michael Bettencourt Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 5:56PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Oct.

Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ont. a After several days of concentrated testing at its annual TestFest, the 2010 Best New AJAC award winners in 12 vehicle categories were announced today by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada.

Our friends at APR confirmed the suspicions of many today by posting up the dyno results from their stock 2010 S4.

The Audi S4 has rally race car heritage, all-wheel drive, and over 300 hp. When new, this car is pricey at over $50,000. However, pre-owned S4s are available along with the manufacturer's warranty protection.

For those who have recently flipped through the pages of Car and Driver, it is likely apparent that Audi has been receiving exceptional praise and results in comparison tests for its A6, S4, and Q5 models, all of which have won their respective comparison tests thanks to glowing reviews.

If you're a carmaker, it's a heck of a lot easier to get publicity out of a new model than one already in your stable.

All the sports-sedan action is below a $50,000 base price, we're told by Audi's marketers.

Audi ices a mighty 3 by shedding price, and even power. All the sports-sedan action is below a $50,000 base price, we're told by Audi's marketers.

In the years leading up to the recent Great Recession, automakers, like pretty much everyone else in the world, spent money like drunken sailors on shore leave.

Lightly used car: The S4 isn't just Audi's answer to the M3, it's also a luxury rally car for the road.

Lightly used car: The S4 isn't just Audi's answer to the M3, it's also a luxury rally car for the road.

Cars.com The 2010 Audi S5 is Germany's take on the American muscle car; with its powerful yet chic styling, it represents at both the drag strip and on Rodeo Drive.

For Denis Hartman, it's about looking to the future. The operations manager at TransForm Automotive, a London automotive parts maker, has seen his business weather the recession.

Click the individual pictures below to see them larger. Browse through vehicle features, both inside and outside, by watching a slideshow of the interior, exterior and dashboard highlights.

Audi took the extra year to refine the new-and-improved 2010 S4, which arrives on dealer lots with the new-generation A4's styling and a powerful supercharged V-6 engine.

No other auto manufacturer has mastered the art of subtlety like Audi. With the exception of the R8, vehicles with the four silver rings tend to traverse roads mostly unnoticed by fellow drivers, despite being superb driving machines.

The Peerless Motor Car Co. of Cleveland has been gone for almost eight decades, yet it is still famous as one of the "Three Ps" -- along with Packard and Pierce-Arrow -- that were pillars of the premium auto market in North America until the Great Depression.

I have a soft spot for the Acura TL sedan. Well, the previous, front-wheel-drive generation from 2004a '08. The latest version that launched for 2009 with available SH-AWD all-wheel drive has failed to capture my interest, mostly due to its oddly chiseled appearance and robotic driving experience.

LOOK AGAIN: The Audi S4 has no in-your-face musclecar trim but a slightly aggressive stance and 245/40 low-profile rubber on 18" alloys tell this is not a garden-variety A4.