Audi S4 TDI (B9) specs

Not such a bad idea if the hybrid system is neatly integrated (also acts as starter, stop-start etc.). But this is one complicated car. In comparison to fully electric cars, this is like a Swiss mechanical watch versus 1980s Casio.

But it’s more than 100kg heavier now. But oh well, perhaps it’s a hedge on the market that if you really wanted something more hardcore you’d get the RS, the S is now just a nice straight line and A to B machine.

This car is made just becouse silly European Union regulations. I don't like it. It's unnecessary complicated> expensive and at the end of the day slower than the old one. I hate European union.

I agree that it is unnecessarily complicated. It has all the problems of a modern, complex diesel engine and all the problems of fully electric car.

It may not matter for the current owner who buys it new, but it will be nightmare after 10 - 15 for the second, third, fourth owner.

Watch it break down even more now that their systems are even more complicated.

Check the Autozeitung test track time first and second - compare against the old S4.