2000 Audi S4 Avant Quattro

Highlights

• 2.7-litre V6 bi-turbo
• Quattro all-wheel drive
• Smart deep blue paintwork
• Flashes of colour on the interior
• Six-speed manual transmission

Overview

Like a well-pressed business suit on the outside, which hides a snazzy lining on the inside, this Audi S4 looks smart and refined on the exterior, while the interior features a dash of colour in the form of bright blue suede seat panels and door cards. It allows you to go about your business without anyone batting an eyelid, while on the inside you’re having a whale of a time.

And the S4 allows you to have enormous fun while driving too, with its 2.7-litre V6 bi-turbo

engine producing 261 bhp and sending this power to all four wheels via a manual transmission. This means that whether you enjoy going quickly round corners, or slowly up muddy farm tracks, you’ll be able to drive with confidence.

Add to this the cavernous boot, thanks to being a proper estate car, and you have yourself a superbly practical car. For people who usually drive to work or the shops, but occasionally might find themselves heading out with a car full of passengers and a boot full of luggage on a cold winter’s night.

This car isn’t perfect, having been around for nearly a quarter of a century, but at least this means you won’t be too worried to use it as intended. It was built to be used, and it continues to be a very practical solution to all sorts of problems.

History and documentation

• Registered 6 January 2000
• Stamped service book with services as follows: May 2000 @ 23,500 miles, May 2001 @ 17,228 miles, May 2002 @ 26,722 miles, Apr 2003 @ 36,000 miles, May 2004 @ 49,383 miles, May 2005 @ 58,088 miles, Jun 2007 @ 70,005 miles, Feb 2009 @ 77,936 miles, Jul 2010 @ 84,932 miles, Jan 2012 @ 91,676 miles, Feb 2013 @ 96,973 miles, Oct 2014 @ 105,068 miles, Jan 2016 @ 111,705 miles, Apr 2017 @ 124,000 miles, Jun 2019 @ 137,800 miles
• Original leather document wallet with original Audi literature
• Extensive collection of invoices and old MOT certificates
• Two keys
• Three former keepers
• Purchased by the current owner’s father in Aug 2014
• Current MOT expires 5 Feb 2025
• V5 in owner’s name
• HPI clear
• London ULEZ compliant

Interior

• Unlike most business-class estate cars, this Audi has a refreshingly jazzy interior
• The black leather upholstery is contrasted with bright blue suede panels on the seats and door cards
• The upholstery is generally in very good condition for its age
• Just a couple of scratches on the driver’s seat bolster
• Electronically adjustable driver’s seat
• The door cards are clean and tidy
• Black carpets and overmats in good shape
• Automatic climate control
• Original Audi stereo with cassette player
• Leather steering wheel
• The dashboard to is free from cracks or UV damage
• Sun roof
• The huge boot is fully carpeted and well presented
• Full size spare wheel under the boot floor

Exterior

• Finished in a fetching shade of deep blue paint
• Colour-matched bumpers
• Chrome style window trims
• Roof rails
• There are some small chips in the paint, especially around the front bumper
• Some of the lacquer is peeling on the roof and wing mirrors
• A few small areas of bubbling, such as on the boot lid, door handles and wheel arches
• 17-inch six-spoke alloy wheels
• A few scuffs and small areas of bubbling on some of the wheels
• The tyres are said to retain plenty of tread
• The headlamp lenses are a little cloudy
• On the underside there is some corrosion, as you would expect to see on a car of this age and mileage

Mechanical

• 2,671 cc V6 bi-turbo petrol engine
• Five valves per cylinder
• Produces 261 bhp and 295 lb ft
• Quattro all-wheel drive system was fitted as standard to the S4
• Six-speed manual transmission
• The seller informs us that it starts easily every time, and that it drives superbly, changing smoothly through all six gears
• The accompanying service record is reassuringly well-stamped
• The only MOT advisories are for a fluctuating brake ‘but not excessively’, and a slightly loose ball joint in the nearside front suspension

Summary

Raise your hand if you are one of the following: you live at the end of a muddy farm track, you need to carry more than a weekend’s worth of luggage, you appreciate a splash of colour, you have a dusty collection of cassette tapes languishing in a drawer. Now look around you. These are the people who will be bidding against you to acquire this fine specimen of an Audi S4 Avant. Good luck to you all.

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