http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/ Autoblog Comments for Frankfurt 2007: the 100% new and improved Audi A4 http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 2:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 3:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 4:47PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 12th 2007 3:49AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/photos/j-d-power-2007-vehicle-dependability-study/346679/

If you're going to suggest I do something, perhaps you should do it yourself first.]]>Sep 12th 2007 10:42AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 2:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 3:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/
I'm beginning to wonder if somebody's kitty got run over by a Nova back when they were little and we're still holding a grudge.]]>Sep 11th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 13th 2007 10:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 16th 2007 11:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 16th 2007 11:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/
hey but my neighbor ordered one,she thinks its the best car out there.... because it looks good.]]>Sep 11th 2007 4:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/Sep 11th 2007 4:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/
Why is it that we Europeans are perfectly content with our 100 - 150 PS cars?

Why?]]>Sep 11th 2007 4:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/11/frankfurt-2007-the-100-new-and-improved-audi-a4/
Maybe Europeans are willing to accept less horsepower due to their limited experience with the automobile compared to Americans. Or maybe we need the extra power to move our gigantic butts around.

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In the US, especially in the middle, things are much farther apart, and connected by long ribbons of concrete. And when you have to travel farther, you want to get there faster, and spend less time dawdling in traffic.

plus, our government is so wonderful to keep mandating more safety fluff, and some folks want, and some folks even need larger capacity cars to travel those distances. All of that adds weight. Weight requires power to move.

People don't like to spend hours at a time at speed in the likes of a VW Lupo, or other small, light car that can get by with 100-150hp. Short trips, ok. But most people travel several times a year, and/or commute dozens of miles one-way every day, and a sardine can with wheels is a little too small (and vulnerable.)

Most folks can do with 200-250 horsepower.

But this is an AUDI sporty-sedan. That raises the expectation. This car is not a econo-compact.

I have a sport sedan, similar to an A4, from one of it's AWD competitors, Subaru. A Legacy GT. It has 300hp out of a tuned turbo 4-cylinder, and a 5-speed manual, and doesn't cost as much as even the base A4, AND it will probably last twice as long.

And it doesn't dawdle in traffic. It makes 400-mile weekend trips (that is an average to short weekend trip for me) it makes the miles fly. It can get out of it's own way, and it is very fun to drive. The non-turbo Legacy gets ~175, and is still a very nice car. "Fun to drive" takes a hit, though.

300hp is not such a hard mark to hit anymore, anyway. It used to be tuned-up V8 territory, now production V6s and turbo 4s can attain it reliably.]]>Sep 11th 2007 5:06PM