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DEBUT – AUDI A4 AVANT

Already one of the world’s most desirable wagons in previous iterations, the A4 Avant is now based on a GoodCarBadCar beauty.  That helps.  A4 Avant’s will continue with a turbo-four and V6 but have a big advantage uncommon to vehicles of our era: more capacity via extra length but less weight.  Thanks, Audi. Especially for pairing that with improved weight distribution, something every A4 of the past needed.

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Day 235: Iran's IRGC Navy says seven tankers were hit in the strait (unconfirmed); Saudi authorities report four killed in Eastern Province attacks.
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