Article says MLB/longitudinal
Any weight savings will be taken up by all the Allroad bolt-ons. Although, that huge plastic rim around the wheels help prevent shopping cart chips in parking lots, I guess.
I developed instrument clusters for a couple of years, from 2012-14, and worked on the beginnings of the Lincoln Continental cluster for 2017 which will be a big display. We're seeing more instrument clusters in that price range (Cadillac CTS, too, I think?) that are just big TFT displays. No more dial gages with pointers with stepper motors. Like anything else, we'll see that technology trickle down to average vehicles in the next decade.
You can get a paint option that eliminates the contrasting color wheel arches and bumpers, makes the Allroad look less like a Subaru.It annoys me that Audi marketing selects the Allroad over the A4 Avant for the US (**if** they even make a TDI wagon available here). I guess it must be that idea that everyone in the US wants an A$$UV.
Not saying it won't happen but that article is not authoritative. No one from Audi has actually stated the TDI Quattro is finally coming to the A4. It would be nice if it did but until Audi announces it as such, there's no guarantee. Too many assume these speculative articles as fact and get disappointed when it doesn't happen.
The day will come where TFT screens will be the norm on all cars, and only the most expensive, luxurious cars will have retro dial gauges.
Not sure why you feel confident about that. They already have several here. They've stayed away from the transverse engine TDI Quattro, but I think we have a good shot at getting the A4 with a TDI and Quattro. Much, much less confident about seeing a manual transmission...or a wagon.
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That made my day
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They must pay the Audi engineering department more than the VW engineering departmentWhat? They found a spot for the DEF tank and all wheel drive?
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[/QUOTE]Couldn't there be other vehicles that use the same power train? Upcoming Q5 (will be a huge product for Audi), next gen Q3 as well maybe? Merc and BMW both offer 4 cyl diesel power in their small Utes- seems like Audi would move that way as well.
They could migrate the Q5 and A6 to the 2.0 TDI but currently they aren't so there's no offset. I don't think they'll carry two TDI options for the Q5 in the US/Canada. The Q3 is transverse not longitudinal so the transmission would not meet the simularity standard. That's why the 'new' Q3 uses the old TSi engine from the Tiguan of 2009-current. If the Tiguan has it, the Q3 has it too since they share the PQ35 platform.
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