Makes AudiA4

Audi A4 MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 31 MPG combined in 2017–2018, the A4 Ultra. Its weakest year peaked at 20 MPG (1996).

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517.2 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2025 version, the A4 quattro. Put it next to its 1996 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Audi A4 has EPA ratings for 30 model years, 1996–2025, every one of them among compact cars. In 2017 its most efficient version still placed second from the bottom of 14 small station wagons, where the Infiniti QX50 rated lowest.

Of the 991 car nameplates on this site, few have had a flex-fuel version (40 of them) or a hybrid version (73 of them); this one has.

Among 22 compact cars, 2025

The A4 placed 13th (tied). The class leader was the Toyota Corolla at 50 MPG. The next higher rating, 30 MPG, is shared by four nameplates.

The A4, five years at a time

Average rating of its best version per span, placed among compact cars.

1994–9833rd of 43

1999–0326th of 46

2004–0816th of 35

2009–1322nd of 41

2014–1831st of 52

2019–2315th of 34

Where the engine list turned over

2002
New: 3.0-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 23 → 23 MPG.
2010
Dropped: 3.1-liter 6-cylinder, 3.2-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 25 → 26 MPG.
2021
New: 2.0-liter 4-cylinder hybrid. Best rating 30 → 28 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Gasoline
Rated in 1996–2020.
Flex-fuel
Rated in 2013–2016.
Hybrid
Rated in 2021–2025.

All 30 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2025	A4 quattro hybrid	29	26 / 36	26	3
2024	A4 quattro hybrid	30	26 / 35	26	3
2023	A4 quattro hybrid	28	24 / 33	26	3
2022	A4 quattro hybrid	29	26 / 34	26	3
2021	A4 quattro hybrid	28	25 / 34	26	3
2020	A4	30	27 / 35	26	3
2019	A4	30	27 / 34	25	3
2018	A4 Ultra	31	27 / 37	27	3
2017	A4 Ultra	31	27 / 37	25	5
2016	A4	27	24 / 32	24	3
2015	A4	26	24 / 32	24	3
2014	A4	26	23 / 32	23	3
2013	A4	26	24 / 32	23	4
2011–2012	A4	25	22 / 31	24	4
2010	A4	26	23 / 30	23	4
2009	A4	25	23 / 30	20	8
2007–2008	A4	24	21 / 31	19	14
2006	A4	24	21 / 31	18	13
2005	A4	24	21 / 31	19	22
2004	A4	23	20 / 29	19	14
2003	A4	23	20 / 29	18	13
2001–2002	A4	23	20 / 29	18	11
2000	A4	24	21 / 29	18	13
1999	A4	24	20 / 29	19	12
1998	A4	23	20 / 29	19	11
1997	A4	21	18 / 27	19	6
1996	A4	20	17 / 26	19	4

Version names in the EPA list: A4, A4 allroad quattro, A4 Avant, A4 Avant quattro, A4 Cabriolet, A4 Cabriolet quattro, A4 quattro, A4 S line quattro, A4 S-Line quattro, A4 Ultra.

Same class, 2025

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