The Audi website says the S4 has "A smooth as silk six-speed manual or
six-speed Tiptronic® automatic with race-bred steering wheel paddle shifting"
yet I saw a 2004 yesterday with buttons, not paddles. Has anyone seen one with
paddles?

Thanks.
Grimes

 

Powertrains and Performance:
All S4s are fitted with a 4.2-liter, 340-horsepower V8 that channels the
power to Audi's quattro all-wheel-drive system through either a six-speed
manual gearbox or a six-speed Tiptronic automatic. The latter transmission
allows manual-style shifting via steering wheel-mounted paddles. Audi claims
that an S4 sedan equipped with the manual tranny can sprint from zero to 60
mph in 5.6 seconds, making this one of the quickest sedans available.



From Edmunds.com

http://www.edmunds.com/new/2004/audi...denav..15.Audi



"CaptGrimes" <captgrimes@aol.commies> wrote in message
news:20040415114013.10106.00000400@mb-m17.aol.com...
> The Audi website says the S4 has "A smooth as silk six-speed manual or
> six-speed Tiptronic® automatic with race-bred steering wheel paddle
shifting"
> yet I saw a 2004 yesterday with buttons, not paddles. Has anyone seen one
with
> paddles?
>
> Thanks.
> Grimes

 

Case wrote...

> The latter transmission
>allows manual-style shifting via steering wheel-mounted paddles.

Went and looked at one today and no paddles, just buttons. Strange....

Grimes

 

They might have changed to paddles to buttons for production. Edmunds and
other car reviewers might have tested the pre-production verison.


"CaptGrimes" <captgrimes@aol.commies> wrote in message
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> Case wrote...
>
> > The latter transmission
> >allows manual-style shifting via steering wheel-mounted paddles.
>
> Went and looked at one today and no paddles, just buttons. Strange....
>
> Grimes
>
>