2009 Audi A4 Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Audi A4:

The best-handling A4 ever; beautifully built interior and now with actual rear-seat legroom; fantastic brakes.

-- Edmunds.com

...footroom is excellent and there's enough elbowroom for NBAers...

-- Car and Driver

The A4 flat out flies.

-- 0-60

In creating the interior of the A4, Audi has not overlooked what was arguably one of the outgoing A4's key selling points' supreme quality that makes more expensive cars look cheap by comparison.

-- Edmunds.com

...with that increase in length and width and a minor reduction in height (it's now lower by less than 0.1 inch), the new model has a planted, sportier stance and holds the road with a new sense of confidence and enthusiasm...

-- Motor Trend

What reviewers liked least about the Audi A4:

..the Audi [A4's] 6-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission...performs such sweet throttle blips on manual downshifts, although the actuation of the console shift lever...is counter intuitive.

-- Road & Track

Audi A4 Comparisons:

...for the daily grind, be it enduring rush hour or relishing a deserted byway, the A4 is more accessible and more comforting [than the Acura TL].

-- Motor Trend

Best one-liner about the Audi A4:

A little extra space and improved dynamics has taken what was already a great vehicle and bumped it up a notch.

-- Motor Trend