Through Ian's Lens: 2009 Audi A4
Within the entry-level luxury sedan class, the Audi A4 has one of the toughest assignments: Compete with the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. The 2009 A4 is a great example of how Audi is putting its best design foot forward in the small-luxury segment. A spotless interior is matched with a decent (neither boring nor exciting) exterior design that should give the other big German automotive companies something to think about.
With the 2009 model year comes Audi’s new headlight design. Every new Audi's uplevel trims on the A4 use a string of LEDs inside the headlight housing to accent the front of the car and act as daytime running lights. It’s just not enough to have xenon headlights anymore; now you need LED lashes to complete the look. It’s yet another classy way to let the world know you own an Audi and can afford luxury over a Chevy Malibu.
Cars.com was lucky enough to have both the 2009 Audi A4 sedan and the 2009 Audi A4 Avant (wagon) in the office at the same time.
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Nice photos!
It's interesting to see the reaction to the '09 A4s. A model that critics already liked (the '08 A4 averaged an 80 in published reviews) almost immediately jumped three full points:
http://motormouths.com/car/audi/a4
Given the abundance of new reviews of the car, that's pretty significant.
i thought you had to pay extra for the Xenons plus the LED lashes, commonly in the "Premium Plus" package that'll put you back an extra $4g's
so yea, your statement that, "Every new Audi model uses a string of LEDs inside the headlight housing" seems a bit misleading; the $31-33k base price on the A4 definitely does NOT come with the cool lights. You actually have to pay at least $4k for the xenons; otherwise you get the boring halogens.
which brings me to my pet peeve -- cars in the A4/ CTS caliber should not bother with halogens. heck, even the XF comes with only halogens as standard equipment. come on, even the relatively cheap TSX has xenons standard. that's just a cheap trick
Great...