1996 Audi A4 quattro
 

Anyone know anything about these cars ?? What to look for ?
A close friend is considering a purchase.

Car has had 1 owner
all books and records
looks beautiful


Thanks for your help.

A close friend has a 96 2.8 (non-quattro). At 65K miles, he had to replace the head gasket, valve cover gaskets, and alternator, to the tune of $1800. I have not heard fastastic things about Audi reliability.

my friend had a 98 A4 1.8T, but it wasn't a quattro. I drove it at times as well. seemed fine. he didn't have any major problems till 110K. He was the second owner and bought it at around 70K. All I can say is, compared to my w124, his A4 seemed to be 'trouble free'

I have a friend that bought a 1998 1.8T, and it's been okay, but not as good as he'd hoped. He's had all kinds of electrical and stalling problems. He thought about trading for a 2.8, but the "Audi locals" told him not to, for fear of gaskets, tranny problems, and even more electrical gremlins.

We wanted an AWD car, and bought the Subie.

CR predicts Audi A4's reliability is poor, Mercedes C Class' reliability is very poor.

This is for 2004 models, but based on data obtained with previous year models.

In IIHS frontal offset crash test, Audi A4 showed very low A pillar and foot rest intrusion level. Just a little more intrusion than Mercedes C class, but less intrusion than most other comparable cars.

Maybe we're all bias.

epinions.com overall rating was very good. :)