most reliable A4 avant

[vblanche]

Hello,

which one of the A4 (B5,6, 7 or 8) do you think is the most reliable car? which engine?

Should I consider that newest generation are always the most reliable as technology evolves usually for the best?

thanks
vincent

[kodkod.84]

Errr I would say the older models are probably more reliable especially the 1.9TDI diesels.

There was a thread on here not long ago with someone with a 2.0TDI wanting to do an engine swap as the original engine was knackered. This was in a B7!! :aargh4:

Wait and see what the experts on here have to say on the matter though.

[shark_90]

B5 1.9TDi 110 if you don't mind the (lack of) performance.

[vblanche]

B5 1.9TDi 110 if you don't mind the (lack of) performance. ok, but if I mind the lack of performance? :D

3.0TDI? or 2.0TDI? I don't think I need so much BHP that the 3.0TDI is offering, but the whole "machine" 3.0TDI quattro sounds a very nice car...

[shark_90]

3.0TDi over 2.0TDi IMO.

[adamss24]

I would recomend a b5 passat 1.9 tdi with the AFN/AVG 110Bhp engine. Fit a decent tuning box on it and it will feel right and still return 50Mpg when taken easy. 110Bhp is plenty enough from a diesel of that era ! The a4 b5 is too small inside and it really lacks rear leg room. The new b6/b7 are just good looking but wont last eons !

[ALF_A4]

Surely nothing with a turbo (therefore no diesels!) as they always go pop sooner or later. A large, unstressed NA petrol would get my vote - so one of the V6's. I ran a passat 4WD 2.8V6 to over 150k miles (including the odd trackday and a lot of towing of the race car I then had) and it was very reliable indeed. I sold it (for the pittance you get for high-miles cars) three years ago and it is still on the road, a dealer just got in touch to check the mileage. Since any sort of half-decent failure would have made it a write-off in that time, it has obviously still behaved... As have all my Alfa V6's. Indeed the A4 2.0T I have now is my first 4-pot in a long time, and in that regard I'm not loving it.