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AMONG. the. S4’s. features are: a standard eiaht-

- speaker, 80-watt AM/FM/cassette/CD system; auto-
_. matic climate control; and power mirrors.

‘ATTRACTION

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system improves traction

From previous pang

2,000 rp.m., vou'd better
hold onto the steeving
wheel, because it takes off
with a steady surge of
power, At highway speeds,
the S4 makes a very com-
fortable touring car with the
engine turning over just
2,500 r.p.m. at 100 km/h.

Shifting the six-speed
manual gearbox is an easy
“one-two” motion between
gears. Shifts are medium
length, but I found clutch
effort a bir heavier than
average. The driveline is not
as tight as I expected, and
emits a mild “thunk” if gear
<. Ages are not done care-
fully. First gear is geared a
bit too low for my tastes,
requiring a gear change to
second very soon after take
off.

I found the steezing at
low speeds requires very lit-
tle effort, but the car tends
to wander with road varia-
tions, and steering feel was-
n’t as precise as | would
have liked in a $56,000 per-
formance car,

The Ad's fully indepen-
dent suspension is used in
the S4, but the S4 suspen-
sion has been lowered, and
many parts are made of alu-
minum including the control
arms in the four-link front
suspension and the double
wishbone rear suspension.
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tional stability and has very
high cornering limits. And I
found the ride was surpris-
ingly comfortable for a car
with a sport suspension and
low-profile tires.

The $4’s large, powerful
four wheel dise brakes with
aluminum calipers exhibited
excellent performance, quick
stopping distances and no
fade. Four wheel ABS is
standard.

No description of an
Audi would be complete
without a discussion of its
Quattro AWD system. The
fourth-generation Quattro
system sends power to all of
the wheels all of the time
(unlike some AWD systems)
and now includes Electronic
Difterential Locking (EDL)
operating in both front and
rear differentials. This fea-
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the front to rear capability
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up to 66% of the power to
front or rear, the Quattro
system will allow the $4 to
move if only one wheel has
traction.

One of the advantages of
Audi's system is that there is
no power lag when slippery
surfaces are encountered —
the reaction is immediate
and traction is available right
away. And while AWD helps
improve wet weather trac-
tion or traction in the snow,
it also helps improve traction
and directional stability on
dry pavement when corner-
ing quickly. Even dry tires
can spin on hot or dusty
pavement, and the Quattro
system compensates for it.

Features

In addition to the stan-
dard features mentioned
above, the $4 includes tilt
and telescopic steering
wheel; cruise control; fold-
ing ignition key; heated dri-
ver’s door lock; headlight
washers and heated wind-
shield washer nozzles;
Xenon headlamps; fog lights
front and rear; tool kit; anti-
theft system; and a reflective
emergency triangle in the
trunk.

The only options are 2
glass, sliding sunroof; Bose
premium sound system; six-
dise CD changer; aluminum
belt-trim instead of wood;
Audi navigation system;
hands-free phone; and
Homelink transmitter for
the garage and home.

The Audi $4 vehicles
come with a three-year,
80,000 vehicle warranty.

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