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My A4 is in for a new rear bumper as the result of someone driving into the back of me. I've been given an XE in the meantime. Making every allowance for the fact that it's a manual and less powerful than my A4, the 2 do not compare favourably.
The driving position (even with adjustment) is unnaturally low. The touch interface for Nav, Media, Phone etc. is nowhere near as good as the MMI. Everything build-wise is a division behind the A4. Knobs feel like they might fall off and the general fit and finish appears less solid. On the plus side it has a heated steering wheel and to be fair, does drive quite nicely. Whereas I had been looking at the prospect of an XE as a possible post Brexit alternative, should German cars become prohibitively expensive, I now will have to go back to the drawing board. It's no match. The motoring press would have you believe otherwise but a day in one is quite enough for me.
The driving position (even with adjustment) is unnaturally low. The touch interface for Nav, Media, Phone etc. is nowhere near as good as the MMI. Everything build-wise is a division behind the A4. Knobs feel like they might fall off and the general fit and finish appears less solid. On the plus side it has a heated steering wheel and to be fair, does drive quite nicely. Whereas I had been looking at the prospect of an XE as a possible post Brexit alternative, should German cars become prohibitively expensive, I now will have to go back to the drawing board. It's no match. The motoring press would have you believe otherwise but a day in one is quite enough for me.
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