2005.5 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro - Road Test - Car and Driver

-- finished fourth in a four-car comparison [" Sustainable Sports Sedans ," C/D , October 2004]. Age got the old one. It was only three, but given the rate of progress in the car world these days, three years for a car is like 30 for a horse. New in this case is a sort of "bipolar new. To those on the outside, the look is new, with the mouth on the front saying "Oh. " just as on the bigger Audis. they now lap onto the decklid--this to visually broaden the shoulders, says Audi. To him, the look is same-old, same-old, except for a band of textured aluminum trim sweeping across the dash (this is to make the inside look wider), or when he happens to look down at the center console, in which case he'll see two no-excuses cup... Most German cars, if they have cup holders at all, have the most amazing contraptions hung on as afterthoughts when the designers finally acknowledged that Americans really insist on such things. These Audi receptacles suggest a Honda-like willingness to give us exactly what we want. New doesn't really mean "new new. Source: www.caranddriver.com