In its final year before a complete redesign, the 2008 Audi A4 continues to offer more variety than the competition.

Positioned one rung up the entry-luxury car ladder from the Audi A3 hatchback, Audi offers the 2008 A4 as a new car in 2-door convertible, four-door sedan, and five-door station wagon body styles. The wagon, called the A4 Avant, is covered separately. You can also learn about the V8-powered and performance-tuned Audi S4 variants in a separate article. And although the high-performance Audi RS4 is discontinued for 2008 in the US, this model was sold in Canada through the 2008 model year and has become somewhat of a unicorn on the used car market as a result.

Changes for both body styles are limited to standard S-line exterior trim and an available iPod interface Heated seats for the front row are included on all models in Canada at no extra cost. An A4 Special Edition sedan arrived mid-way through the year, equipping the car with an Audi A4 S-Line appearance package with a spoiler and unique bumpers, rain-sensing wipers, bi-Xenon headlamps, a light sensor with a coming-home feature, driver’s side memory seat and power-adjusting passenger seat, and other features.