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By Mark Andrews

South China Morning Post.
05/12/2009

Audi’s A4L is a comfortable and well-engineered stretch saloon for chauffeur-driven mainland executives, writes Mark Andrews

<p>Audi has long been involved in the mainland car industry. In 1988 it signed an agreement with First Automobile Works to make the 100 model under licence. Since then, Audis have become a common sight over the border. On the official government buy list, the A4, A6 and imported A8s have become Party officials’ cars of choice, usually in black.</p>

<p>Last year Audi introduced the B8 (fourth-generation) A4, and for the mainland, a unique stretched A4L model. The wheelbase is 61mm longer than European versions, and 60mm overall.</p>

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