2010 Audi S4 vs. 2009 BMW 335i - Car and Driver
All the sports-sedan action is below a $50,000 base price, we’re told by Audi’s marketers. It started at $51,085 and chased BMW’s somewhat pricier M3 —indeed, caught and passed the E46 iteration in our May 2003 comparo —with a 340-hp, 4. 2-liter V-8 and a suspension that loved to sprint. “A big V-8 changes everything,” we wrote in 2003. Audi’s eight-cylinder was indeed a rumbling, tach-twisting revelation in its size class. From its 2008 base price, the S4 has dropped $4360, to $46,725, and Audi expects 50 percent of S4 sales to fall between the base price and $50,000, landing it right in the lion’s cage prowled by the fabulous BMW 335i , a mark upon a bench if ever... Audi is proud of its timely price cut, but the first few 2010 S4s in the U. S. were optioned to the bump stops. We took what we could get: a deli-mustard six-speed manual with the $6100 Prestige package, which includes a bang-up Bang & Olufsen stereo, keyless start, 19-inch wheels, and a few other convenience items. It also had the $3950 Audi drive select, fitting electronically adjustable shocks and steering and a torque-vectoring rear differential with push-button settings (the diff is available by itself for $1100). We got all-leather seats ($1000. the... Source: www.caranddriver.com
