2014 Audi A4

The Audi A4 is a line of compact executive cars produced since late 1994 by the German car manufacturer Audi, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group.The Audi A4 has been built in four generations and is based on Volkswagen’s B platform. The first generation Audi A4 succeeded the Audi 80. The automaker’s internal numbering treats the Audi A4 as a continuation of the Audi 80 lineage, with the initial Audi A4 designated as the B5 series, followed by the B6, B7, and the current B8. The B8 A4 is built on the Volkswagen Group MLB platform shared with many other Audi models and potentially one Porsche model within Volkswagen Group.The Audi A4 automobile layout consists of a longitudinally oriented engine at the front, with transaxle type transmissions mounted at the rear of the engine.

2014 Audi A4

The cars are front wheel drive, or on some models, “quattro” all-wheel drive.The Audi A4 is available as a saloon-sedan and estate-wagon. The second B6 and third generations B7 of the A4 also had a convertible version, but the B8 version of the convertible became a variant of the Audi A5 instead as Audi got back into the compact executive coupé segment.A wide range of internal combustion engines were available in European markets, between 1.6 and 2.8 litres for petrol engines; and a 1.9 litre diesel engine available with Volkswagen Group’s VE technology, capable of achieving although Audi’s V6 engine, carried over from the old 80-90 was the only engine option in North America until 1997.