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Audi A4 Cabriolet Gallery
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All is predictable, accurate and responsive, if a little soulless. Audi has engineered in a bit more steering feedback, however, especially in the S4, and the brake pedal action is now less snatchy. The V6s do seem a bit nose-heavy, though and the S4 just isn't as inspiring as a car this powerful should be - it's still nowhere near as exciting as an M3.
The pick of the engines so far appears to be the 2.0T FSI (200bhp), as featured in the Golf GTI: it's plenty powerful enough, and provides more than strong enough performance in real-life driving conditions, while making for a better weight balance and thus more agile feel, especially with the (lighter) front-wheel drive transmission.
Anyway, this isn't really a car for out-and-out lunacy, or taking to the limit: best view it as extremely effective for comfortable motorway mileage, straight-line speed and, let's face it, posing. As such, it's very easy to drive, with an excellent driving position and all-round visibility, slick and precise manual gearboxes and smooth Tiptronic autos.
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