2017 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro (Six-Speed Manual)
Need a luxury sedan with all-wheel drive and a
manual transmission? In the USA your list of choices grew
significantly with the 2017 Audi A4 Quattro.
Audi announced Wednesday that the 2017 A4 2.0T
Quattro will officially be offered with a six-speed manual as a no-cost option.
The 2017 A4 went on sale in the spring, but only with the seven-speed S tronic
dual clutch setup.
The manual will be offered on all three variants –
Premium, Premium Plus and Prestige – so you have a wide choice of equipment, as
long as you're OK with all-wheel drive or nothing. Manuals get access to a new
Sport plus Package with the dynamic steering and sport adaptive suspension that
previously came only on the faster S4 model.
Right now, your only bets for a manual transmission
on a car in this class in the U.S. come from the BMW 3-series and the Cadillac
ATS 2.0T. And BMW is the only one letting you pair it with all-wheel drive in
the form of the considerably more powerful – and considerably more expensive –
340i xDrive. Acura, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz have all done away with their
manuals in recent years.
The six-speed version may be more fun to drive,
but it'll actually be 0.1 seconds slower to 60 mph, at 5.7 seconds, according
to Audi's estimates. Still, your left leg and right arm will finally have
something to do.
The six-speed A4 Quattro will start at US$ 40,350 when
it goes on sale this fall.
