The Audi A4 scooped our Business Car of the Year award just a month ago thanks to voting by BusinessCar readers.
While most fleets looking for a more powerful diesel will opt for the superb 170PS 2.0-litre engine, we’ve widened our horizons and tried the 2.7 TDI, which comes with a cost per mile of 58.9p, according to KwikCarcost.
Unfortunately, the 2.7 diesel delivers just 20PS more than the 2.0 TDI, and when twinned with a standard auto gearbox doesn’t feel much quicker. Indeed the 0-62mph times uphold this with the 2.0-litre managing 8.6 seconds and the 2.7-litre just 0.3 seconds faster.
Fleets also won’t be that impressed that the 2.7 TDI comes in above the 160g/km capital allowance threshold.
But this more powerful diesel is the same great A4 Avant as offered in the rest of the range, however we’d recommend you save £3425 and go for the 170PS 2.0 TDI instead.
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