Audi A4 2.0 TFSI Sport Avant REVIEW | Mid-Size Wagon Offers Family Practicality at a Price
More or less, less is more with the 2017 Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TFSI Sport.
Among the many curious phenomena with premium vehicles, turning a four-door sedan into a two-door coupe can cost the buyer up to $10,000 extra, which is a lot of money in return for reduced practicality and but a promise of extra sportiness.
Yet morphing a sedan into a roomier, more versatile five-door wagon barely costs the consumer any extra – in the case of the new A4 2.0TFSI Sport, Audi charges $3000 to shift between each bodystyle.
The A4 Avant is no longer or wider than the sedan, though it is slightly taller, while boot volume moves from 480 litres to 505L here in the five-door. It doesn’t sound like much, but the improved practicality of a wide-opening tailgate is palpable.
Vehicle Style: Medium wagon
Price: $72,900 (plus on-road costs)
Engine/trans: 185kW/370Nm 2.0 4cyl turbo petrol | seven-speed dual-clutch automatic
Fuel Economy Claimed: 6.6 l/100km | Tested: 8.9 l/100km
OVERVIEW
Although few things are more quintessentially ‘Audi’ than the brand’s ‘quattro’ all-wheel drive system mixed with an ‘Avant’ wagon bodystyle, more Australian buyers simply prefer an SUV such as the ($92,955 plus on-road costs) Audi SQ5 TDI.
Although that is $20K more than the A4 2.0 TFSI Sport in standard form, our test car was equipped with a staggering number of options (see below) that bridged the gap.