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Skip to main content A1A3A4A5A6A7A8Q5Q7TTR8RS Audi site navigationExplore modelsUsed carsOwners areaFleet salesAudi innovationAbout Audi Locate a dealer S4 Saloon Starting from £37,290 (OTR) Specifications, Pricing and CO2 Download Brochure See the site in all its glory To make the most of the Audi website, you need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 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Text: Ollie Marriage / Photos: Chris Rutter August 2009 Audi and Mitsubishi are converging on the territory owned by the 335iAcceptance of the tenth-generation Lancer Evo remains an ongoing process, and we’ve ummed and ahhed about it for the last 14 months or more. Acclimatisation is the key word here. We tried our best, but the FQ-300 SST we ran on the Fast Fleet was curiously unlovable. Mitsubishi had taken the bold decision to alter the Evo’s angle of attack, but its aim was off target. The sights needed to realigned.And they have been. Brief early drives in this, the latest FQ-330 SST, complete with a re-programmed version of the twin-clutch gearbox  and a host of engine mods, have suggested that a sweet spot has now been struck. We shall see…Similar exposure to the new Audi S4 has been equally encouraging. But where Mitsubishi has toned down the Evo experience to reach a wider audience, Audi has been going the other way, ramping up the drama and excitement. Audi’s biggest problem is a lack of consistency. One moment it builds a blinder, the next a dullard, meaning cars such as the RS4 and R8 are shooting stars in an otherwise bleak sky. The two latest RS models, the RS6 and TT RS, have adopted Audi’s traditional fall-back position: efficiency without exuberance. And be honest, can you name a single truly satisfying S car? Not the last two S4s, that’s for certain. Now, having dabbled with both turbos and natural aspiration on those cars, Audi has settled on supercharging (contrary to the ‘T’ badge on the flank) as the best means to extract power, in this case 328bhp of it from a 3-litre V6. But of more importance are the alterations to the weight and torque distribution, the addition of an active diff and the sense that Audi’s engineers have finally cottoned on and realised past shortcomings.So Audi and Mitsubishi are converging on the centre ground, territory owned by probably the most complete executive sports saloon of the last decade, BMW’s 335i. Yes, the car you see here is a pre-facelift example (owned by reader Ben Jackson), but aside from a modest expansion of the track widths (6mm at the front, 24mm out back), cosmetic alterations formed the basis of the recent revamp and the 302bhp twin-turbo 3-litre straight-six was left well alone. One more thing. We’ve purposefully made sure all three cars here are self-shifters – a straight auto for the Bee-Em, twin-clutchers for the other two. The reasoning is very simple – almost no-one buys manual gearboxes in this class. Anyway, what’s wrong with a bit of left-foot braking? The 200 miles to Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast slip past with surprising ease. The Evo rides calmly and has a polished, even-tempered feel: communicative, biddable, willing to follow your lead. It’s a confident, well-rounded package – a quality it will prove to have in common with both rivals.Visually, it strikes a very different note. The Evo’s tall tail stalks the sleepy coastline like a shark’s fin in a swimming pool, the car’s outward demeanour entirely different to its inward behaviour. The S4 and 335i patter along in its wake, docile and largely unnoticed. We park up by a pebble beach and while Chris Rutter frames up various shots we take a closer look at the cars. Doors are opened and closed, seats sat in, tyres checked (especially the non-run-flats that Ben has recently fitted to his 335i) and bonnets raised. The Lancer’s transverse four is shoved to one side, the engine bay bisected by a fat stainless steel pipe. The BMW’s longitudinal straight six is neatly packaged and tucked well back, but it’s the Audi’s V6 we spend the most time looking at. We’re struggling to see, but the packaging of the diff, clutch, gearbox, engine and front axle must have given some very clever people some very big headaches. What we do know is that the diff is now sited between engine and clutch, which allowed the axle to be moved forward to improve weight distribution. I don’t want to drive the S4 just yet, though; I’d rather reacquaint myself with the 335i first. There’s a beautiful, weighty smoothness to the steering at low speed, backed up by the engine’s meaty thrum and accessible torque. It feels serious – but as we pick up the pace, also a touch loose. It could be the Vredestein Sessanta tyres, it could be the 30,000 miles on the clock, but as John Barker confirms, it’s a touch vague around the straight-ahead. This means there’s a moment’s hesitation between turning in and being convinced the car is with you.Once into a corner, it’s a different matter. There are some good roads just inland, and one bend is particularly revealing. It’s a fast right-hander that crests at the apex, throwing the car towards the verge. Except that the BMW doesn’t get thrown. Instead you feel the sidewalls flex as they take up the strain, then the front end really gets to work, biting into the road, the chassis largely neutral with a hint of drift. I love the way you can pour the power on without the nose pushing wide, and instead feel the weight balance move rearwards. It’s challenging, yet friendly. As JB will say later: ‘It’s the transparency of the front-engine/rear-drive layout, the clean steering and plentiful feedback.’But I’m not convinced it’s infallible in this company. The brakes are dead at the top of their travel and the comparatively lazy auto won’t let you have full manual control (only the Evo does that), while even Ben admits its rival’s paddles are more intuitive. Whatever Mitsubishi has done to the Evo X’s SST gearbox, it’s worked. The basics are that the 50 per cent torque limit in first gear has been removed and the ECU has had a rewrite, so no longer do you fear those sweaty moments at junctions as the Evo counts to three before lurching forward. And it remains devastating on a quiet country road. It’s not a big car and yet it still shrinks around you, making you feel as if you’ve got more room to play with than you actually have. It feels so light and playful that making full use of the leach-like front end comes naturally. But keep an eye on the rear – it’s soft and can be easily provoked by lifting off. Keep the power on and the suspension compresses, the nose lifts, and provided you’re not too early in the corner (where you’ll discover understeer) the Evo carries huge velocity out.It’s a fun car to work with, providing you with a business-like driving environment (albeit one that’s short of executive toys), but it misses the mark spectacularly in one area: the engine. You wait for the turbo wallop to hit home, but it never fully engages, never feels remotely like it has 324bhp. It’s weird because the X doesn’t lose ground to its rivals, but the impressions of speed are reduced – not least by the four cylinder’s monotone droning. Following it back to Aldeburgh, I’m gobsmacked by the amount of black smoke it pumps out too. Clearly the Evo hasn’t grown up and moved on in every area.After a particularly memorable fish ‘n’ chip lunch we split up and I commandeer the Audi to go in search of some photographic corners. We know what we want the S4 to do – demonstrate its rumoured new-found propensity for oversteer – trouble is, it’s not that kind of car, certainly not as gifted in that department as the 335i, anyway, and actually a less natural, instinctive slider than the Evo, too.We’ll come back to that in a sec, because there’s plenty else to appreciate about the S4, such as the way it goes in a straight line. The supercharger is undetectable, makes the turbocharged 335i feel laggy and propels the S4 forward with real gusto, allowing it to attack these roads and really work what turns out to be an encouragingly three-dimensional chassis. Crisp damping and good body composure mean it often feels more in touch with the road surface than the BMW, but when you really start to lean on it, encouraged by the signals you’re getting, the S4 isn’t quite assertive enough. But it’s a fine effort, level-pegging with the 335i in many areas, but ultimately just a little more stand-offish. And yes, if you give it the berries in second out of a roundabout you can feel power being fed to the rear, and the active diff does a good job of making it feel rear-wheel drive. Actual sliding? Nah, not really. But you know what? It doesn’t matter – you’re engaged by the S4’s eager direction changes, the way it works all four tyres evenly, the unflappable traction. It’s enough to give it the nod over the Mitsi, which, despite being the best X we’ve driven, struggles to justify the £35,999 outlay. The driving experience is maturing nicely, but the quality and image aren’t. The Evo is its own worst enemy. And against the BMW? Push hard and you will enjoy the 335i more; it’s that bit more mechanically communicative. If that’s your be all and end all, then the Bee-Em is your winner. But it’s not ours. We chose to test autos to highlight the everyday usability of these cars, and with its more progressive ride and superior gearbox, the S4, Audi’s first truly convincing S car, just – just – has the edge. Until BMW gives the 335i saloon a DCT gearbox, at least. 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All rights reserved.Licensed by Felden || MSN HomeHotmailMy MSNSign Inhimmoneytech & gadgetsvideoHotmailMessengerMy MSNMSN DirectoryCareers & JobsCarsCelebrityDating & PersonalseBayGamesHimHoroscopesLife & StyleLocalMaps from BingMobileMoneyMoviesMusicNational LotteryNewsShoppingSportTech & GadgetsTravelTVVideoWeatherWindows Live carsBing search: Make MSN UK your homepageHomeNewsFeaturesCar ReviewsCar GuidePhotosVideoUsed Car ListingsInsuranceFinanceNumber PlatesWarrantiesMotorsportBlogDan Trent, MSN Cars, Contributor, 01/04/2010 15:0830 Fast Audi QuattrosPlayPauseSlowMediumFastView first imageAudi ImageAudi's Quattro is 30 years old this year, this pioneering turbocharged coupe changing the face of rallying and spawning three decades' worth of fast, four-wheel drive Audis.Indeed, the total number of fast cars built by Audi in the last three decades is astounding, to the point that whittling down our selection to have one car for each of these years was a challenge!Huge performance, discreet looks, understated quality and - of course - the security of all-wheel drive traction underpin all 30 of the cars shown here. But within that selection there is incredible variety.We've got the famous five-cylinder turbo cars, V6s with turbos and superchargers, V8s, V10s and even a V12 diesel. They're all fabulous cars of course, any one of which we'd be happy to call our own...PlayPauseSlowMediumFastView first image Rate this page: Poor Thank you for rating. ExcellentYour rating helps other users gauge the value of a page Thank you for rating. PrintE-mailShare it:Del.icio.usDiggFacebookGoogleLive SpacesMySpaceNewsvineRedditStumbleuponTechnoratiTwitterYahoo! My Web... opens a new window Join the discussion!Add a commentShow commentsSort by: 1-4 of 4PreviousNextFlip900 #107 April 2010 22:48:42Why not get the photo's to match the descriptions? Some of the 1st few were wrong so lost interest after that!! If you need someone who can put articles together properly then email me :)ReplyReport Abusecar bore #202 April 2010 22:48:32picture 2 and picture 4: You've got them the wrong way round! Picture 2 is an audi 100/200 and picture 4 is an audi 80/90 (specifically the audi 90)ReplyReport AbuseHydragas #302 April 2010 09:28:55For those who will argue that there is only one true Audi Quattro, click on the Wikipedia link below and roll back your mind to yesteryear when cars were manly. Remember the hill climb races with those 600bhp Group B mad machines ?!   http://en.wikipedia.​​org/wiki/Audi_Quattr​​oReplyReport Abusestumpy90 #402 April 2010 08:21:07I just wanted to add to your article.   I used to own an Audi V8, 4.2 Quattro a few years ago whilst living in Germany, mine was one of the last of the line, a 92 exclusive model with all the whistles and bells normally placed on end of run production models.   Plus points are exclusivity, luxury, seamless power, mine was unrestricted and good for an indicated 170mph on the autobahn.   Minus points, truly horrendous fuel consumption, mine was regularly serviced and still only managed to achieve around 20mpg at best and 8mpg around town and down to about 2mpg when really giving it the beans all combined with a group 20 insurance bracket   Servicing cost's, which coincidently was the deciding factor which caused us to part ways, I was quoted by an official Audi dealer @£3500 for a 70k mile service, this included cam belts to be changed and as mentioned before  the car was a last of the line production run so it was fitted with the brakes from the models used in German Touring Car racing Series, so inboard disks and callipers with brake pads at £200 pound per wheel station!However having said it was a money pit, what does one expect when buying a flagship car?   My time with the V8 was an enjoyable one and i don't regret ownership of this iconic car for one moment, to summarise, should you have a hankering for one of theses cars and you can find one in the UK, go on give in to temptation and give your wife and bank manager a scare, they truly are tremendous fun if a little frightening on the running costs! ReplyReport Abuse1-4 of 4PreviousNextAre you sure you want to delete this comment?Report AbusePlease help us to maintain a healthy and vibrant community by reporting any illegal or inappropriate behaviour. 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