Audi A4 Cabriolet 3.0

I have a Audi A4 3.0 S-Line Tip Quattro convertible.

Pros: ageless styling, superb build quality, reliability, comfort, road holding, works in the snow!

Cons: heavy (quattro),ride - with the 18" wheels and sports suspension can be firm on poor roads (great at speed), fuel consumption can be on the high side.

I would have given it 4.5 stars if it were possible. Extremely comfortable, refined and classy car. Lovely sonorous V6 engine and intelligent auto-box make driving a pleasure. Have seen 30mpg on longer runs with too luch problem.

You can feel the weight at times but then again you know you have bullet proof build quality and four wheel drive that somehow helps make up for it. Not hugely fast, but then it's not that type of car.

I work for a leasing company, so am provided cars to test direct from the manufacturers. The Audi A4 Cabriolet is just stunning. A full 4 seat car, but also a great sports car & convertible and frankly there is not much out there for under £30,000 I would rather own. The superb Audi quality is evident on every nut and bolt. Just looking at the car is the first turn on, but the longer you have it, the more you love it and not just for its great looks. The car makes 100% financial sense and if you can afford to buy it in the first place, it will cost you less to run and own over 3 years than the most basic Mondeo. This is primarily down to the incredible second hand price the car will return when you decide to sell it. Even a clean 10 year old car (which cost under £20,000 when it was new) can still make £10,000. Compare that with a 3 year old Mondeo/Vectra etc which can easily lose £10,000 in just 3 years. Added to this is Audi's variable servicing system which decides when it needs a service based on the way you drive and use the car (none of this 6,000 mile service stuff), the Audi can easily run to 20,000 miles plus before it needs to go back to the dealer. Do you know what one of the other best things about the car is ? People like you when you are driving it, they smile and let you out of junctions, its just a nice car that people universally like (so they figure you must be nice too!) unlike the made it rich brigade that show just how little they really know about cars by falling for "the ultimate driving machine" nonsense and buying a BMW (round this way, the shell suit and the baseball cap on backwards come free from the local BMW dealer). Buy the Audi Cabriolet and I guarantee you fall in love with it, the only problem will be how do you replace it next time around?