For a nation so addicted to crossovers and SUVs, it’s perverse that Audi had to get sneaky to make America swallow its wagon medicine. The 2017 Audi A4 allroad keeps to the Avant-with-attitude ethos of previous generations, but introduces a brand new quattro all-wheel drive system that the German automaker expects to go down very well among what has traditionally been a fairly niche allroad audience.

To my – admittedly wagon-biased – eyes it’s one of the most handsome models in Audi’s current stable. Ground clearance may only have increased 34mm over the 2017 A4 sedan, a combination of taller suspension and higher profile tires, but factor in the more muscular bodywork, the vertical chrome grill slats, and the higher roof rails, and you have a car that visually straddles the segments between A-series sedan and Q-series SUV.

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