Glisse

Thanks dbuxton, it is a beautiful place. Necessary to speak a few languages, not just to understand neighbouring countries, but each other. I live in the south, which is French speaking, and you have visited the north, which is German (sort of!) speaking. Off to the east, people here speak Italian. And the primary spoken language determines, to an extent, the culture. So many countries in one.

Seeing you are living and travelling around the region, you should visit Audi Neckarsulm some time. As it is the home of both quattro GmbH (now called Audi Sport) who make the RS vehicles, and Audi Exclusive design studio, they always have some amazing vehicles on display on the first floor (second floor in "American") of the Audi Forum display space. You can also arrange factory tours - assuming the floods have now subsided.

Back to Dutch, another S4 video review from Autoblog.nl, who do use English sub-titles. I find the reviewer, Wouter, to be an amusing guy although he may aggravate some. He knows Audi though, and he focuses on driving dynamics above all:


Also, Automann-TV (he of the famous driving gloves) has just posted 2 clips of the S4, concentrating on the sound (he rarely talks). His comment on the 0-250kph acceleration video is interesting, in that he says the new engine is noticeably more responsive at higher RPMs than the supercharged version. He knows Audi well (his personal car is an S3):

dbuxton13

Woo hoo, more good stuff, thanks for sharing. The Audi Forum is a must visit for me, and it's only an hour and a half away from home... just need another open Saturday to plan a visit. Yesterday I drove up to the Nürburgring, about the same distance to the north. Just being there gets the adrenaline going. Looking forward to taking an S4 up there, once I finally get one into the garage!

arU4ic

I hope the US gets the frameless rear-view mirror... KILLER.

JD15

The A4 has it, so the S4 definitely will.

arU4ic

Nice catch... not sure how I missed that in the A4.

Sebast007

There is a video where a blue S4 Avant is doing 0-100 km/h in 4.6 seconds. The saloon should be a little faster than that ^^

Glisse

Probably about right, but it seems the Mercedes C43 is faster, at least in coupé form:


Still, if such things are important, wait for next year's RS3.

Sebast007

Well Itīs more like I didn't thought the car to be much faster than what Audi wrote on itīs spec sheet. I'm used to getting close numbers with other brands but never below whatīs predicted. The Sedan is at least 4,5 seconds to 62 mph. It will be the fastest car I have ever owned. I love numbers but you're right itīs not just about numbers. ^^