so ya......i am in the market for a premium/not-too-luxury AWD sport sedan
been doing research for a month already. so i came down to 3 choices
- 2014 infiniti Q50 AWD base
- 2015 audi A4 quattro, with their second highest trim
- 2015 TLX SH-AWD, with their second highest trim (tech package)
despite being the cheapest of the 3, i eventually crossed Q50 off the list because the trunk space is abit on the shallow side and there are issues with their intouch center console
so now we have A4 and TLX left. truth to be told i did not look into the TLX at all due to its very recent release, and i almost jumped the gun on the A4 until i heard about the TLX literally last week.
if my math is correct, price wise A4 should be only around 3000 bucks more expensive than the TLX. while TLX gets relatively alot more features and more powerful engine than the A4, the A4 has a relatively more premium look and feel to it. Not to mention that you can opt for their Audi Care 5 year pre-paid maintenance package (which is already factored into the 3000 bucks difference) which i feel brings the gap even closer since acura sadly do not offer prepaid maintenance packages
reliability-wise. both brands seem to be ranked pretty high from consumer reports, just after lexus. audi has had problems before with the A4 (notably their high fuel consumption), but looks like they have fixed the issues now as the current generation comes to end-of-life. however, this also means that by next year the next-gen A4 will make the current one look obsolete. likewise, the TLX is an all-new generation vehicle where acura puts lots of bells and whistles into it, but being the first-iteration we are prone to the risk of bugs and quirks and issues/lemons etc (the infiniti Q50 comes to mind).
so i am really torn now. and yes, i am a pretty indecisive person when it comes to cars since it involves quite a lot of money. my mom, who knows nothing about acura beyond the ILX which is only $3X,000, is like "what? omg! an acura for close to 50K? are you nuts? not worth it, of course you should get an audi if its only a few grand more". My (more knowledgeable) peers are also leaning towards the audi since the TLX (or the acura brand rather) has been off everybody's minds/attention as of late
but i digress. what would you pick? how much would you foresee the TLX maintenance costs to be over the first 5 years? how would you foresee both cars in 10 years in terms of maintenance upkeep?
been doing research for a month already. so i came down to 3 choices
- 2014 infiniti Q50 AWD base
- 2015 audi A4 quattro, with their second highest trim
- 2015 TLX SH-AWD, with their second highest trim (tech package)
despite being the cheapest of the 3, i eventually crossed Q50 off the list because the trunk space is abit on the shallow side and there are issues with their intouch center console
so now we have A4 and TLX left. truth to be told i did not look into the TLX at all due to its very recent release, and i almost jumped the gun on the A4 until i heard about the TLX literally last week.
if my math is correct, price wise A4 should be only around 3000 bucks more expensive than the TLX. while TLX gets relatively alot more features and more powerful engine than the A4, the A4 has a relatively more premium look and feel to it. Not to mention that you can opt for their Audi Care 5 year pre-paid maintenance package (which is already factored into the 3000 bucks difference) which i feel brings the gap even closer since acura sadly do not offer prepaid maintenance packages
reliability-wise. both brands seem to be ranked pretty high from consumer reports, just after lexus. audi has had problems before with the A4 (notably their high fuel consumption), but looks like they have fixed the issues now as the current generation comes to end-of-life. however, this also means that by next year the next-gen A4 will make the current one look obsolete. likewise, the TLX is an all-new generation vehicle where acura puts lots of bells and whistles into it, but being the first-iteration we are prone to the risk of bugs and quirks and issues/lemons etc (the infiniti Q50 comes to mind).
so i am really torn now. and yes, i am a pretty indecisive person when it comes to cars since it involves quite a lot of money. my mom, who knows nothing about acura beyond the ILX which is only $3X,000, is like "what? omg! an acura for close to 50K? are you nuts? not worth it, of course you should get an audi if its only a few grand more". My (more knowledgeable) peers are also leaning towards the audi since the TLX (or the acura brand rather) has been off everybody's minds/attention as of late
but i digress. what would you pick? how much would you foresee the TLX maintenance costs to be over the first 5 years? how would you foresee both cars in 10 years in terms of maintenance upkeep?
