The Audi Cabriolet range fuses pure style and awesome power to create cars that define open air driving pleasure.
Timeless styling is interpreted in pioneering ways, from the elegant, progressive design of the exterior to the luxurious, distinctive interiors.
Audi technological precision means that both models take performance to another level, with features like electronic brake-force, 7-speed multitronic auto-transmission and Quattro permanent four wheel drive.
The A4 and S4 Cabriolets deliver the supreme, sporty driving experience.
The Audi A4 Cabriolet has become a classic in a very short space of time.
Elegance, timeless styling, a sporty emotional character and typical Audi technological precision have ensured the four seater has been instantly sought after around the world.
Four new more powerful engines now give the A4 an impressive increase in performance. Design modifications and advances in technology such as an optional acoustic hood also help set the A4 apart from its rivals.
From whichever angle you look at it, the new Audi A4 Cabriolet is an example of the fine art of interpreting classic, timeless forms in a new and pioneering way.
From the chrome single-frame grille which hints at the tremendous performance potential of the FSI and TDI engines, to the elegance and progressiveness that are continued in the curving forms of the headlights as well as the V-shaped contours of the engine hood. This car is a design classic.
Performance
With a choice of powerful new engines, electronic brake-force distribution and 7-speed multitronic auto-transmission the Audi A4 Cabriolet takes performance to another level. Add quattro permanent four-wheel drive and a combination of agility, power and responsiveness and you are left with progressive sportiness at its very best.
The Audi A4 Cabriolet features a choice of front wheel drive and Audi’s legendary quattro permanent four-wheel drive.
Improved braking offering better performance, ESP 8.0 including ABS, electronic brake-force distribution EBD, hydraulic brake assist, ASR and EDL.
Models with front-wheel drive can be ordered with a modified 7-speed version of the tried-and-tested multitronic® automatic transmission.
With six cylinders and FSI petrol direct injection this tremendously high-performance engine combines power and torque more systematically than ever before.
Technology
A dynamic performance is the result of the interaction of engine, transmission and suspension.
To complement the new, high performance engines and optimised transmission technology, the suspension of the new Audi A4 Cabriolet has also been fundamentally modified. Technological innovation such as speed dependent power-steering and 7-speed multitronic transmission give the A4 Cabriolet the Vorsprung durch Technik that Audi drivers have become accustomed to.
The fully automatic retractable steel-roof mechanism can be operated while driving at speeds of up to 18mph and opens at the press of a button.
The Audi A4 Cabriolet is available with Servotronic speed-dependent power steering, giving you the ultimate in comfort and control.
The A4 Cabriolet features dynamic suspension offering a ride that is both sporty and comfortable enough to cope with virtually every driving situation.
Continuously variable multitronic automatic transmission with 7-speed tiptronic mode.
Improves the power characteristic and cuts fuel consumption.
Safety
Safety – a subject that places considerable demands on convertibles.
The safety concept of the Audi A4 Cabriolet offers comprehensive protection for every conceivable situation. This includes a high level of active safety and passive safety systems specially adapted to the
needs of a convertible.
Even the bodyshell of the Audi A4 Cabriolet is noted for its very high torsional rigidity, this not only means additional safety, but also boosts ride comfort.
Two-stage driver airbag with crash sensors that trigger the driver’s airbag in two stages depending on impact speed. Full size front passenger airbag.
Thorax protection system: improved side impact protection as a result
of an additional energy absorbing bracing structure in the side doors.
The A4 Cabriolet’s active roll-over protection system features two out of sight roll-over bars which are triggered by sensors in fractions of a second in case of an emergency.
Electronic stabilisation program ESP with ABS, electronic brake-force distribution EBD, hydraulic
brake assist, ASR and EDL.
Adaptive light (dynamic cornering lights) in conjunction with xenon plus headlights (optional) for lighting the road more effectively.
S4 Cabriolet
Sui generis: the Latin phrase could be translated as ‘setting its own standards’. And what better example of this could one wish for than the Audi S4 Cabriolet? It groups together the peak emotions of two types of car: the pure sports character of Audi’s S models and the open-air driving pleasure of a four-seater premium convertible. The result: surely one of the most exciting cars in the Audi model range. The Audi S4 Cabriolet represents sportiness in its purest form.
The S4 Cabriolet represents pure sports character in restrained style.
And it’s the fine details in particular that mark out the Audi S4 Cabriolet as the most sporty interpretation of an open-top car in its class. As in the sister models, the interior pursues a unified design principle.
Smooth transitions convey this sense of overall harmony from every angle. The use of high-grade materials emphasises the exclusive personality of the Audi S4 Cabriolet as well as its sports character, and adds to its timeless elegance.
Performance
The Audi S4 Cabriolet has been conceived with just one aim in mind: a supreme, sporty driving experience.
A V8 engine with an exciting blend of sound and performance that’s new to the convertible market. The combination of V8 engine and quattro® driveline is also unique in a convertible.
Dynamic suspension, optimised to complement the Audi S4 Cabriolet’s specific road behaviour, completes the performance package.
The Audi S4 Cabriolet holds a 4.2-litre V8 engine with exceptional power flow. At its peak it is capable of reaching 344PS at 7,000 rpm.
The S4 features Audi’s legendary quattro permanent four-wheel drive system.
Only 5.9 seconds pass before the Audi S4 Cabriolet manual has reached 62mph from a standstill.
Greater material density of the hood layers and the optimised padded layer cuts outside noise.
Technology
Even the standard equipment supplied with the Audi S4 Cabriolet goes
the whole way in its attractive sports-style appeal and exclusive
character, but also in terms of technical features for added comfort
and convenience. There can be hardly a single requirement that the
standard equipment of the S4 Cabriolet does not fulfil.
Dynamic suspension, optimised to complement the Audi S4 Cabriolet’s specific road behaviour, completes the performance package.
Servotronic speed-dependent power steering gives the Audi S4 Cabriolet the ultimate in comfort and control.
6-speed tiptronic automatic transmission with dynamic shift program, additional Sport program and shift paddles on the steering wheel.
The S4 features Audi’s legendary quattro permanent four-wheel drive.
Safety
Safety – a subject that places considerable demands on convertibles. The safety concept of the Audi S4 Cabriolet offers comprehensive protection for every conceivable situation. This includes a high level of active safety and passive safety systems specially adapted to the needs of a convertible. Even the bodyshell of the Audi S4 Cabriolet is noted for its very high torsional rigidity, this not only means additional safety, but also boosts ride comfort.
Effective extra assistance for the S4 cabriolets lighting during wet weather increases clarity when you need it most.
The A4 Cabriolet’s active roll-over protection system features two out of sight roll-over bars which are triggered by sensors in fractions of a second in an emergency.
The S4 Cabriolet features two-stage driver airbag with crash sensors that trigger the driver’s airbag in two stages depending on impact speed. Full size front passenger airbag.
All-wheel drive, traction control and ESP combine to provide seemingly unshakable traction when accelerating from a standstill.
Improved braking offering better performance, ESP 8.0 including ABS,
electronic brake-force distribution EBD, hydraulic brake assist, ASR
and EDL.
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