AUDI ALLROAD 2.7 T Quattro 5dr Tip Auto (2000)

Audi A4 Allroad

I have always had a 4x4 because I live out in the sticks. So when I heard Audi were making one I jumped at the chance to buy it. And I was disappointed, I must say. There are a few reasons for this - I think really what Audi have created here is a 4x4 for posing in the city rather than rather than scrapping about in the mud.

It shares a few characteristics with the traditional 'proper' 4x4 - plenty of room inside, big meaty exterior and a pretty throaty heavy-duty engine. But what you don't have in the Audi Allroad is any real capability to get to grips with real off-road terrain.

It's not that Audi have even made a particularly bad 4x4 here. They certainly haven't made a bad car. It's just not as good as I'd hoped. It can cope with hills but anything craggy or particularly muddy and it falls down at the first post.