<P> The Audi A4 is a line of compact executive cars produced since late 1994 by the German car manufacturer Audi, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group . </P> <P> The A4 has been built in five generations and is based on the Volkswagen Group B platform . The first generation A4 succeeded the Audi 80 . The automaker's internal numbering treats the A4 as a continuation of the Audi 80 lineage, with the initial A4 designated as the B5 - series, followed by the B6, B7, B8 and the B9 . The B8 and B9 versions of the A4 are built on the Volkswagen Group MLB platform shared with many other Audi models and potentially one Porsche model within Volkswagen Group . </P> <P> The Audi A4 automobile layout consists of a longitudinal engine front - engine design, with transaxle - type transmissions mounted at the rear of the engine . The cars are front - wheel drive, or on some models, "quattro" all - wheel drive . </P> <P> The A4 is available as a sedan and station wagon . The second (B6) and third generations (B7) of the A4 also had a convertible version, but the B8 version of the convertible became a variant of the Audi A5 instead as Audi got back into the compact executive coupé segment . </P>

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