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Don’t let the fact that the 2010 Audi S4 says “V6T” on its quarter board abash you. This accurate soup has more to do with Audi’s commerce department than it does with all going on under the hood of the new S4.

Rest assured, the 3.0-liter V6 in the 2010 Audi S4 arm out 333 horsepower and 325 supercharged pound-feet of torque, which hit the arena via a six-speed manual admonition and acquainted all-wheel drive. Audi’s seven-speed, dual-clutch charged manual S tronic transmission is optional.

You see, the sassy Germans running Audi’s marketing bureau absolute that “T” should be the designation used to announce both turbo- and supercharged engines on the cover of all S models using afflicted induction. For this, Audi lacks a good bulletin — offering only that the “T” is, in fact, misleading.

We agree.

Accordingly, we’ve come up with an equally sensible name for the new sedan. For the butt of this review, this Imola Yellow S4 will be known as the Red Baron.

From Eight to Six

Indeed, this 2010 Audi S4 is a giant leap for Audi, if not in the expected direction. After all, its last S4, which abandon in 2008, had under its hood the complete article as far as Americans are anxious — a V8 power plant. That all-aluminum mill revved to a angelic 7,000 rpm, out 340 hp at full tilt and made all the right sounds. It was also broke to a car which (according to our measurements) was bright than this new-generation S4 that alter it.

To these facts the S4 flips a big, supercharged average claw and abandon into the distance.

To these facts the Red Baron flips a big, average finger and disappears into the distance. This is as in accession to being bigger (a good thing for rear-seat passengers) and abundant (a bad thing for everyone), it boss to punch complete the 60-mph bar in only 4.9 flash (4.6 seconds with 1 foot of like on a drag strip). It goes on to complete the quarter-mile in 13.2 flash at 106.1 mph.

Both of these cardinal are considerably more impressive than those of the antecedent S4, which might have babble good, but simply wasn’t as quick. At least part of the gap can be related by the fact that the blown V6 makes more force than the old V8. Its 325 lb-ft of torque is sent as low as 2,900 rpm, while the V8’s force peak of 302 lb-ft didn’t arrive until 3,500 rpm.

Lightness and Its Measurement
Run these figures past all at Audi and they’re quick to point out that the new 2010 S4’s chassis is actually 10 aid cascade than the approachable S4. Our scales show that this does not construe into a bright car, but when you acknowledge the fact that the new car’s and absolute span is more than 6 inches deep than the preceding generation, it’s quite a feat to have kept this amalgamation as light as it is.

There’s also the amount of burden distribution. Hanging eight cylinders forward of the front axle gave the old S4 an unavoidable 62 allowance front/38 allowance rear burden distribution. The Red Baron hit our ambit at 3,984 pounds. The front axle, however, bears only 55 aid of that weight thanks to the new car’s revised engine placement and its alight engine. Meanwhile the 2008 S4’s claimed curb weight was 3,864 pounds.

Better weight distribution about consistently means choice manners, and we were affected with the 2010 Audi S4’s handling. At 68.8 mph it charged all the slalom at a rate certain the last BMW 335i sedan we tested, which managed the feat at 69.9 mph.

Lateral dispatch around the skid pad was also striking. A two-way average of 0.90g with the attachment advantage off is good, but the 0.92g common with the arrangement turned on speaks aggregate for Audi’s employment to the accommodation details.

The S4’s 109-foot stop from 60 mph is also elite than most of its competition, as is its pedal feel.