2006 Audi S4 Test Drive

Draggin' Wagon

Zero to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds will blow away a Dodge Charger R/T and stay a tick ahead of a Honda S2000 roadster, even with two bicycles in back and a kayak on the roof.

Did You Know ...

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• The four rings of Audi’s emblem symbolize the four once-independent car companies that merged to form the modern Audi: the original Audi company, DKW, Horch and Wanderer.

• In the 1930s, Audi — then called Auto Union — made some of the most successful grand prix race cars in the world, often beating even Mercedes-Benz’s formidable racers.

• In 1986, 60 Minutes aired a segment claiming that Audis uncontrollably accelerated, sometimes injuring or killing bystanders. Audi sales in the U.S. plummeted, though it has since been shown that the incidents were caused by drivers unknowingly pressing the accelerator rather than the brake pedal.