Overview
Its lifted suspension and ruggedized styling are indicators that the 2024 A4 Allroad shouldn’t be like Audi’s different automobiles. Whereas it will not deal with the identical trails because the Ford Bronco or the Jeep Wrangler, the A4 Allroad will get you and your stuff to campsites off evenly crushed trails simply tremendous. All fashions include a turbocharged four-cylinder and all-wheel drive, and in our expertise, this mix offers brisk acceleration. The Allroad’s on-road driving demeanor can be refined and its cornering perspective is sort of vigorous, particularly contemplating the automobile’s additional floor clearance. Practicality is essential with a station wagon and the A4 Allroad can haul greater than the common A4 sedan, however rivals such because the Subaru Outback and the Volvo V60 Cross Nation can match much more inside their cargo bays. The A4 Allroad gives a standard Audi expertise inside, with a businesslike cabin that is filled with tech, however past the high-quality supplies, there’s little to get enthusiastic about from a luxurious standpoint.
What’s New for 2023?
The A4 Allroad positive aspects a number of customary driver-assistance options for 2024, together with adaptive cruise management and lane-keeping help. A heated steering wheel and a smartphone-enabled distant begin perform are additionally now customary. The Navigation bundle, which is elective on the Premium Plus trim and included on the Status model, now contains traffic-sign recognition and a extra superior predictive adaptive cruise management system.
Pricing and Which One to Purchase
We advocate the mid-range Premium Plus model. It is barely elevated over the bottom Premium model with further customary options corresponding to Audi’s cool Digital Cockpit gauge show, keyless entry with push-button begin, a wi-fi smartphone charging pad, power-folding exterior facet mirrors, and a reminiscence seat for the motive force.
Engine, Transmission, and Efficiency
There’s just one powertrain for the A4 Allroad, nevertheless it’s a great one: the gutsier, 261-hp model of the common A4’s turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder, which now comes with a 12-volt hybrid system. A seven-speed computerized transmission and the most recent model of Audi’s Quattro all-wheel-drive system are customary. In our expertise with older nonhybrid fashions, we famous that the gearbox modulates its perspective relying on the motive force’s calls for and might snap off fast, exact shifts below arduous driving or extra relaxed, unobtrusive shifts round city. We’ll have to attend to check the A4 Allroad with its new powertrain. From our earlier expertise, nonetheless, the A4 Allroad drives like a dream, balancing experience and dealing with extraordinarily nicely. Its cornering grip is loads ample and places it proper in keeping with most opponents. It looks like a automobile reasonably than an SUV, one thing we admire and assume many consumers will too.
Gas Economic system and Actual-World MPG
The EPA estimates the A4 Allroad will earn 24 mpg within the metropolis and 30 mpg on the freeway. Nonetheless, we will not consider its real-world mpg till we run one on our 75-mph freeway fuel-economy route, which is a part of our intensive testing routine. For extra details about the A4 Allroad’s gas financial system, go to the EPA’s web site.
Inside, Consolation, and Cargo
The A4 Allroad has a pretty, businesslike inside, which we want much better if we hadn’t seen the artwork piece that’s the Volvo V90’s cabin. It will not be lovely, however the A4 Allroad’s cabin is completely purposeful, good-looking, properly appointed, and cozy. Regardless of being considerably shorter in exterior size than a number of of its opponents, the Allroad’s again seat has practically as a lot legroom because the V90. As befits a luxurious automobile, the Allroad comes customary with leather-based upholstery, power-adjustable entrance seats, a panoramic sunroof, and three-zone computerized local weather management. The A4 Allroad misplaced the carry-on baggage take a look at earlier than we even acquired our suitcases out, nonetheless. It is smaller in and out than opponents such because the Outback. Extra perplexing is that it barely beat the sedan model of the A4 in seats-up cargo-carrying room, regardless of its supposed 11-cubic-foot benefit in cargo quantity; it held simply six carry-ons behind the rear seat, just one greater than the A4 sedan.
Infotainment and Connectivity
Audi’s MMI infotainment system’s crown jewel is the elective Digital Cockpit, a high-resolution configurable show positioned the place the gauge cluster would usually be. It may be organized to point out both a digital model of a standard cluster format or a extra infotainment-focused show, which may function real-time Google Maps overlays of the encompassing environs. A ten.1-inch infotainment touchscreen takes heart stage atop the dashboard and options Apple Carplay and Android Auto.
Security and Driver-Help Options
A wide selection of ordinary driver-assistance know-how is spectacular, however loads of the Audi’s opponents supply an analogous suite of options. For extra details about the A4 Allroad’s crash-test outcomes, go to the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security (IIHS) web sites. Key security options embrace:
- Normal automated emergency braking with forward-collision warning
- Obtainable lane-departure warning with lane-keeping help
- Obtainable adaptive cruise management
Guarantee and Upkeep Protection
Virtually all the automobiles on this class, together with the A4 Allroad, have a guaranty based mostly round a four-year or 50,000-mile restricted and powertrain guarantee.
- Restricted guarantee covers 4 years or 50,000 miles
- Powertrain guarantee covers 4 years or 50,000 miles
- No complimentary scheduled upkeep
Extra Options and Specs
