The Audi A4 is set up differently from its main German competitors, offering front- or all-wheel drive instead of the normal rear-drive basis of BMW and Mercedes cars.
It manages to act mostly like a sport sedan despite this, although more serious drivers may feel the added weight and subsequent understeer of the layout.
The BMW 3-Series is a perennial benchmark in this class, but it's also heavier and more expensive than it has been in the past.
That said, it's hard to argue with the turbo six's performance, and BMW is adding even more power for 2016.
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class comes in flavors ranging from the efficient C300, all the way up to luxury-performance C400, but it's perhaps more oriented to comfort than ever before, aping the larger S-Class in both looks and dynamics.
Cadillac's ATS offers fantastic handling and its high-tech CUE infotainment system, in a package that may be one of GM's most compelling vehicles built in recent history.
The Infiniti Q50 is loaded with technology and comes with a hybrid option, while Acura's TLX promises to offer performance and technology in droves, and matches the A4 with front- and all-wheel-drive models.
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The 2016 Audi A4 is still a handsome, strong competitor with solid fuel economy and good power from its lone engine, even as the current generation comes to a close. |
The 2018 Infiniti Q50 is powerful, well-equipped luxury sedan that doesn't quite match up to Germany's finest yet. |
The 2016 Acura TLX is light on luxury feel, but it has great interior space, lots of technology, and in its base version, supremely enjoyable performance and handling. |
The 2016 BMW 3-Series delivers outstanding performance and comfort in a tastefully understated package. |
The 2016 Cadillac ATS meets all the benchmarks for performance, features, and driving dynamics, and it somehow emerges to market with a little more soul than most of its key rivals. |
The 2016 Mercedes-Benz C-Class is one very charming luxury car; in AMG trim, it's risen above and beyond Bavarian levels of handling. |
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| $35,900 | $35,200 | $31,695 | $33,150 | $33,215 | $38,950 |
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| 17 MPG City / 32 MPG Hwy | 19 MPG City / 32 MPG Hwy | 21 MPG City / 35 MPG Hwy | 17 MPG City / 42 MPG Hwy | 17 MPG City / 32 MPG Hwy | 18 MPG City / 34 MPG Hwy |
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| Intercooled Turbo Premium Unleaded I-4 | Intercooled Turbo Premium Unleaded I-4 | Premium Unleaded I-4 | Intercooled Turbo Premium Unleaded I-4 | Gas I4 | Intercooled Turbo Premium Unleaded I-4 |
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| Compact Cars | Mid-Size Cars | Mid-Size Cars | Compact Cars | Compact Cars | Compact Cars |
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| CVT FrontTrak 2.0T Premium | 2.0t PURE RWD | 4-Door Sedan FWD | 4-Door Sedan 320i RWD | 4-Door Sedan 2.5L Standard RWD | 4-Door Sedan C 300 Luxury RWD |
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| Front Wheel Drive | Rear Wheel Drive | Front Wheel Drive | Rear Wheel Drive | Rear Wheel Drive | Rear Wheel Drive |
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| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | N/A |
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| FrontTrak Sedan | Sedan | Sedan | Sedan | Sedan | Sedan |
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| CVT w/OD | Automatic w/OD | Auto-Shift Manual w/OD | Automatic w/OD | Automatic | Automatic w/OD |
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