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Class, finesse and performance: New A4 gets Audi back in the race

The sedan could challenge luxury car market leaders BMW and Mercedes-Benz

Audi A4 Sedan
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Audi A4 SedanClass, finesse and performance. While the A4 scores high on all these fronts, the question is: Are these enough to drive volumes?

Pavan Lall Mumbai
Despite its unique brand attributes that combine understated luxury with advanced engineering, the Audi is yet to take pole position in the luxury game in India where it still trails BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

The automobile brand had garnered a great deal of attention from luxury car buyers because of its Bollywood strategy under former Audi India heads Benoit Tiers and Michael Perschke. Tiers and Perschke positioned the company as a maker of high-tech luxury SUVs (Q5, Q7) that are most popular with the in-crowd. Think athletes and Bollywood stars.

While this strategy pushed awareness and translated to sales in the