The New Audi A4 35 TFSI Sport Review - The Most Popular A4 Just Got Facelifted
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ต.ค. 2019
- Sorry about this, a sound issue snuck through on the last upload. All fixed. Enjoy!
Audi have just updated a cornerstone of their lineup - the A4. This new variant has a whole host of new features and in this video I drive what Audi expect to be their best and biggest seller, the petrol engined A4 35 TFSI.
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My experience with Audi A4 35 e-tfsi (2022) after 10,000km:
Summed up in one sentence - the car is extremely refined, comfortable and effortless to drive.
The drivetrain is quiet, linear and very smooth. The engine is 150hp 2.0 turbo petrol, with the assistance of more powerful alternator, that acts as generator while decelerating, to store the electric energy within the small battery pack in the trunk.
I think it also acts as torque filler at lower rpms, while pulling away or while accelerating.
The engine is quite elastic, with flat torque curve, and pulls nicely from 1,500 revs until 6,000revs. They tried to make it more 'diesel-like', if it makes sense.
The only small drawback is the gearbox tendency to switch to high revs instantaneously when applying the throttle abruptly.
This is something that can be mitigated with slightly more gentle driving style, and progressively applying the throttle while accelerating hard or overtaking - that way you 'use the entire rev range', and the car pulls nicely.
Overall, the engine is strong enough, but requires a bit of planning when accelerating, despite strong torque curve (for a petrol engine).
The fuel consumption is decent: it is very good on highways and longer journeys / combined driving, where it can average between 6.8 and 7.5 L/100km. In urban conditions, and when you drive it hard, it goes up to 9.0-9.5 L/100km on average.
My style of driving yields approx. 8-8.5 L/100k on average, but I am probably more taxing on the fuel than the average driver.
The comfort is superb, it's the best part about this car. I have the upgraded sports seats, that hold body in place beautifully.
The suspension, low noise, smooth driving - brilliant. I have done a lot of long journeys, and I can only praise how the car behaved. Tyres are 225 50 17, with enough meat to benefit the ride quality.
You can also drive it hard, where the car steers precisely and grips well in the corners. Paddle shifts help the sporty feeling.
Headlights are also great, full LEDs that work great in the night-time, and look awesome during the day.
The quality of the interior is superb, Audi is first class in that regard; the materials, virtual cockpit, plastic, knobs and buttons - all first class.
Maintenance - the first service interval is @30,000km or two years, which is great. Warranty is 4yrs or 120k kms.
Overall, I would sum up the ratings as follows
Drivetrain 8.5/10
Driving & Comfort 9.5/10
Quality & Design 10/10
MPG & Costs of ownership 7.5/10
I’ve been driving a 1.4tfsi A4 sport manual for the past 2 and a half years. It’s nothing special to look at, drives not very excitingly and is very comfortable. Maybe a bit boring. But the more time I spend in it, the more I appreciate the quality of the car. I’ll definitely be having a look at this one next year. Thanks for your honest opinion, Jay. And, of course your inimitable sense of humour. Brilliant!
Well done on your honest, unbiased review James
The new front really looks very good on the road. Much better than the last one.
The logic with the 35, 40, 55 etc numbers is comparability with future electrical options btw.
I quite like this, actually! It does look quite ordinary, but it is still smart and the engine is perfectly adequate for most driving. Mind you, I doubt it is fast enough for regular viewers of the channel.
My Audi dealer massively cocked up a software update on my TT, so I've been experiencing the joys of courtesy cars for the past week whilst they fix it. I had one of these (35 TSFI, manual) for the weekend and it was very good indeed - it handled very nicely, engine was perfectly adequate for normal motoring. I then switched to an A3 with the same engine, and it was surprising just how much quicker it felt in a smaller, lighter car - very impressive and properly punchy. Real world economy is excellent too.
I'm watching because I'm considering other VAG cars with this engine.
Not on helium today!! I really do like the turbo blue colour, IMO it really suits the car. That info screen is just in the right place for being punched when the sat nav sends you down a dead end 😂
We had one Tdi A4 in company fleet and spending long business trip in this car I have to say....yes, it does its job pretty well. Only more exensive cars of VW Group like A6 or Passat had some advantages like space.
Thanks, sons getting the new A4, 150 PS, Black Edition Avant, and was wondering if the car tested was the same, apart from the salon bit. Good test as usual.
Thanks for the review,
I currently have a 87k mls 2017 A4 TDI Sport in Silver!! I have just ordered my new car which is the A4 35 Sport TFSI in Navarra Blue with the optional 18" Dynamic wheels. I can feed back that there is no real options that you can add from Audi eg: lights upgrade / privacy glass / wireless charging etc.. which is extremely frustrating as even just the privacy glass surely would not affect emissions?? I have had Audi get a 3rd party just to "add" the Privacy Glass as a dealer option.
Just bought one and I have to say the comment around boring I disagree with to be fair JayEmm did too at the end. I think it is excellent and will bridge the gap between now and when Electric becomes mainstream (charging stations, price points as they are currently set at around £42k plus for all models including the Kia EV6). Good review all in hope I get a pen.
Hmmm....your review reflects exactly what I felt when I tested an A4 around 14 years ago...it was nice enough and a smarter looking Focus but it just was not something that you actually wanted to buy...it was nice...but oddly nothing made you WANT it.😳
Well we lost the manual in America. I really liked those and the dial positioned under the shifter. Idk why they turned the screen into a touchscreen tho
Yup! I really struggle with the 'IPAD stuck to dash' craze overtaking the 'cheap' car industry nowadays! I had one for a day in a Fiesta MK8 and hated it! Oh well ...... that's progress :)
Buy used, that's my advice.
Your views on the entertainment system. Spot on !
I watched a video on an earlier Audi that had the button to hide it, that was a good idea, why have they stopped doing that ? Grrr.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only other car to do this is a Bentley !
To me it's totally insane that it is illegal to drive while using a mobile (which I agree with) yet the touch screen can be just as much a distraction.
I can just see an inept driver prodding away at their 'infotainment system' and then having an accident. Crazy.
Great review BTW.
Because kids love their Ipads lol. The whole leasing the car is really only a thing because younger generations don't buy cars. I might be 22 myself, but I'd much rather buy a used car, than lease a new one, because I want the car to be mine. Well, also older cars are better designed lol.
I agree with you on the touchscreen thing. Just because they can, doesn’t mean they should. It’s madness. Dangerous and annoying. And so many new cars have that cheap-iPad-stuck-on-the-dash look. Grrrr.
Shame the sport isn’t fitted with a dark headliner. Some people don’t like that, but I prefer it to boring light grey. And it doesn’t show dirt as quickly
6:42 please let me know where this British road is it looks ace 😁😂🤣😂🤣
£37,000 for that! I thought you were going to say £28,000 for the more "basic" car. Why oh why do we have to deal with all these touch screens. Please please please give us some knobs to twiddle and buttons to push.
The standard specs n A4s are getting better that’s for sure, but then the price isn’t cheap so I’m not sure you’re quite getting value for money at any model in the range...Lexus offer a far better proposition with the ES and the IS gets replaced next year I think(?)
give you a tip j bud, when you need to pull away in a hurry knock the gearbox into s and it makes fast pull off amazingly easy. but in d almost feels dim-witted.
Sport wasnt making the difference here you think. There is something going on, discussed in an upcoming video with an SQ7
@@JayEmmOnCars ahh nightmare bud. I have the Octavia currently as a courtesy car. its a 16 plate 7 speed. knock it into sport and its fine but in d its very sluggish on the uptake. thought it would be the same problem I had. it nearly done me an injury on certain junctions lol.
Coming from owning solely Toyotas i know everything about Toyota but sweet f all about Audi or German cars for that matter.
I have an opportunity to get one of these on lease for a steal so I’m gonna take the plunge and get an Audi. Still not sure what colour to get or whether to get manual or automatic, I am Leaning towards manual but not sure. Any help guys? How bad actually is that S Tronic dual clutch gearbox? Thanks a bunch!
Hi, Could you please add your consumption during the test? thanks filip
After watching producer Michael buying watches, £37,000 seems cheap.
I like your new ending credits very 80s , which is a good thing
G A I like the 80’s but hated the new end credits and had to turn off quickly 😂
The new headlights and front bumper look way similar to a Ford Taurus...
Beautiful car. There really is little to complain about with an A4 if you want an all round high quality car. The stupid regulations regarding emissions which are strangling car makers from every which angle are, without sounding political, the EU's doing. Because, you know, the extra 0.001g/km saving is worth it for hiking the cost of development up for the manufacturers which clearly have to pass them onto the consumer. A diesel S4 and S6 can be attributed to biased CO2 testing by the EU, where other continents focus on other pollutants, so currently technology dictates that you can't get the sort of power from a diesel S4 anymore form a petrol if you want it to meet regulation criteria, and electric cars aren't profitable for manufactures, no attractive for consumers. "We want you to build a rocket to take man to the moon, but you can only use fireworks, because rocket thrusters create too much smoke."
@ Jay, if you put 'review' in the title YT will show the vid to more people! :p
He has
Nearly 40 grand for 150 horsepower engine doesn't make sense at all.
VoloKin Project I agree 40k is way to much. But the more a car costs doesn’t have to equate to more power. It’s obviously better build quality and materials
@@jimjam8149 how would you feel if you get owned by a 20 year old, £800 Jaguar XJ8?
VoloKin Project people in the market for that type of car aren’t bothered by things like that! I well aware there 100s of cheap cars out there that would run rings around that Audi! But your making out that more money must equal more power when it doesn’t!
@@jimjam8149 it must when the average delivery van is more powerful than that.
VoloKin Project why must it? It’s not a sports car nor is it marketed as one. Like I said I agree it’s far to expensive but there’s plenty of expensive cars that aren’t all about power.
Hi when did you actually make this vid ?
About a month and a bit ago, same event you may have seen from other YTers
I’ve just got rid of my 2018 MY 2.0 TFSI Black Edition, what could be a decent car is spoilt by the hateful, dangerous and laggy gearbox, I couldn’t wait to get out of it and after just over 18 months I’d had enough.
Do not buy one of these cars if it has S Tronic.
Totally agree, Tiptronic gearboxes are SOOO much better than S Tronics. The lag pulling away from roundabouts in my Q5 was shocking... I’ve got a tiptronic Auto now and the gear changes are barely noticeable.
Oh nice the new Fr"audi" has a 3.5 V6 ?..... nope a 2.0 4 Cylinder......
The whole point of the new naming system is to avoid that confusion, unlike mercs and beemers, in the new system the numbers represent the power not the engine size, way more useful in a world of tiny turbo engines
Hans Muller Merc and BMW naming system has been based on power and not engine size for a long time now, Audi is just joining the club.
Is it a 4 x4
Why would it be. It’s fwd; only the Quattro versions have 4wd but none of them are really 4x4’s and never have been.
new skoda xD
I pity the goober who spends twenty grand on options.
@Jack njones that doesn't makes much sense. Do you need an A6? No? You really like the A4? Yes? Then why not option it, if you really want to, and make it look special?
I pity anyone who pays list price. I got £7,000 off my S5 (ordered brand new to what I wanted) with £1,500 of my £4,000 of options for free.
@@diogovieira3362 For £20,000, you can get a 987 Boxster, and pay its tax, insurance, servicing and petrol for a few years and then still get money back when you sell it.
Just an example - choose any car.
Or you can get some trinkets for your A4.
@@julianevans9548 ...but I don't need a boxster. Thats the point. I could get whatever new car for, say, 10.000, or a used car with a whole lot more,maybe for less
@@julianevans9548 I could also buy something more useful, instead of wasting money buying a new car
£37000 for a 150 bhp a4. That sounds crazy to me. If I had £37000 to spend on a car I’d buy a vxr8 Bathurst s. 6.2 v8 supercharged. 560 bhp 545 ibft of torque. Beautiful car.
Yeah sure, of which you pay for the engine and nothing else, so with the VXR8 you'll get shite quality interior with refinement levels that would embarrass a 25 years old Audi, let alone a new one.
Oliver Newell ok mate it’s clear you don’t know shit from Shanghai do you. If you want a nice Audi buy an rs4 for half the price of that £37000 150 bhp a4....??
@@kristianspencer1978 Dude, be serious. In what shape would be a rs4 for half that price? It would be very badly maintained, very hardly driven, and very expensive to fix after a few months when everything starts to fail... stop comparing apples and oranges.
@@coyote6154 not a new rs4, a 4.2 v8, u could get a minter for £18500.??
The regulations on manufacturing cars in the EU are becoming so tight. Most of the cars that Manufacturers like JLR build are exported to the US, which isn't party to the Paris Agreement and therefore doesn't require the cars to adhere to a lot of the regulations.
This means that a big part of the cost of developing and manufacturing cars in the EU is wasted when sold in the biggest car market in the world.
Either, the manufacturers will pass that cost on to the American consumer, which will make Euro cars in the US uncompetitively priced, which will hurt sales and affect profitability, or, the manufacturers will price the cars lower in order to compete with US domestic and Asian offerings which will force the quality of the cars down and likely cost a few jobs in Europe.
Either way, as with every industry on the planet, regulation hurts. I fear the European and British car industry has a tough time ahead, given that the secondary markets are dictating costly regulations which competitors in the primary market don't have to invest in.
We currently do anything possible to damage our industry
Why do you think they want buy you with the pen? :ppp do you think they need your positive feedback to sell their cars xD
All new cars coming out of Germany are the same, the same fake engine and exhaust sounds, there is a complete dis connect between the driver and the car, all you get is speed. The best car are in the past!
Audi has lost it's way now with styling, all those cars lined up look pretty busy and fussy at the front...less is more.... in design terms heaps of fake exhausts no doubt... In badging terms I think they are going down the BMW path, everything is a M car today.. For me there will only ever be 3 M cars M1 the M5 and M3 the rest you can keep.
Christ, the big shitey phone gaffer-taped to the dashboard gets bigger with every new car. Pretty soon they'll have that instead of a windscreen.
Presumably, people are so enslaved to their computers/phones/tablets/etc. that they see this as a good thing.
(Otherwise manufacturers wouldn't be doing it? Mind you, I suppose that means the public also like ludicrous-looking gear selectors.)
If someone gave me this as a company car, I would wonder what I had done to upset them..
That's harsh. It actually would make a very good company car. Really comfy
@@JayEmmOnCars I don't like the way they build cars. Throwing the engine at the front of the car annoys me as it makes it so hard to work on. Plus I just don't like Audi's.
@@jackthehat8593 Wait.... You work on your company car??? that must really cause warranty problems on the lease!
@@ChuckFickens1972 I'm either missing the joke, or.....
@Jack njones hmmmm, just a child eh? I believe you're wrong there. I could tell you to go check out Jay's E60 M5 review, but despite the overwhelming evidence you'd still think that I was under driving age.
Wrt the engine in the front, I am referring to the fact that Audi put their engines in front of the front axle, making them front end heavy and lacking in handling. Having owned an Audi A4 (regrettably) it is something that I have some experience of. But you know, call me a kid for shits and lols, hit that like button yo.
Still got that shitty chrome around the windows
I hate Audi’s the thought of them as a manafacturer literally sends me to sleep . The day I consider an A4 is the day I know I’ve given up on life
Lots of filming of the car when it is clearly not on the shitty UK roads... Look like German Alpine roads...
Audi stock footage as we just couldn't get enough of our own footage with the time restrictions
Pos shit car just go S4
What a load of wittering tosh around a mediocre review.