Audi A4 Sedan, B8
The sensible one of the segment, quieter and better built inside than an E90, less interesting to drive, and carrying two expensive risks the BMW does not. The early 2.0 TFSI's oil consumption and the multitronic CVT.
Overview
The B8 is the sedan Audi A4, built 2008–2015 and facelifted in 2012. 5 standard engines are documented here, each with its own issue list, inspection sequence and price band. Asking prices across the standard range run €2,900–€18,000, and 3 of the 5 carry a risk level of 4 or 5; the facelift cars sit at a premium over otherwise identical pre-facelift ones. The cheapest way in is the 1.8 TFSI CABB from €3,900, while the 2.0 TDI CJCA is the lowest-risk engine at €5,200, so which engine you buy matters more here than which year. Prices are illustrative placeholders rather than a sourced market sample. See the methodology.
Audi A4 sedan (B8) · photo Audi A4 B8 Limousine Ambiente 2.0 TDI Eissilber by Thomas doerfer · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
| Body style | sedan | Production | 2008–2015 |
| Platform siblings | B8 Avant wagon | Facelift (LCI) | 2012 |
Engine matrix: pre-facelift, 2008–2011
The 4 variants sold before the 2012 facelift. Power and years come from the variant records; prices are illustrative, not sourced.
| Badge↕ | Engine | Fuel | Years↕ | Power↑ | Torque↕ | Risk↕ | Issues | Price band↕ | Good buy↕ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 TDI | CJCA | diesel | 2008–2011 | 143 PS | 320 Nm | R3 | 4 | €3,800–€11,000 | €5,200 | Buy |
| 1.8 TFSI | CABB | petrol | 2008–2011 | 160 PS | 250 Nm | R4 | 4 | €2,900–€7,600 | €3,900 | Caution |
| 2.0 TFSI | CDNC | petrol | 2008–2011 | 211 PS | 350 Nm | R5 | 6 | €3,200–€8,200 | €4,300 | Avoid |
| 3.0 TDI | CCWA | diesel | 2008–2011 | 240 PS | 500 Nm | R4 | 4 | €5,200–€16,500 | €7,500 | Buy w/ conditions |
Engine matrix: facelift / LCI, 2012–2015
The 5 variants sold from the facelift on, priced at a 9% premium over the pre-facelift car.
5 variants from the facelift on, carrying a real market premium of roughly 9% over an otherwise identical pre-facelift car. Variants appearing in both tables were sold either side of the changeover, the build month decides which one you're looking at, not the model year.
| Badge↕ | Engine | Fuel | Years↕ | Power↑ | Torque↕ | Risk↕ | Issues | Price band↕ | Good buy↕ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 TDI | CJCA | diesel | 2012–2015 | 143 PS | 320 Nm | R3 | 4 | €4,150–€12,000 | €5,700 | Buy |
| 1.8 TFSI | CABB | petrol | 2012–2015 | 160 PS | 250 Nm | R4 | 4 | €3,150–€8,300 | €4,250 | Caution |
| 2.0 TFSI | CDNC | petrol | 2012–2012 | 211 PS | 350 Nm | R5 | 6 | €3,500–€8,950 | €4,700 | Avoid |
| 2.0 TFSI | CNCD | petrol | 2012–2015 | 225 PS | 350 Nm | R3 | 3 | €6,300–€15,800 | €8,200 | Buy w/ conditions |
| 3.0 TDI | CCWA | diesel | 2012–2015 | 240 PS | 500 Nm | R4 | 4 | €5,650–€18,000 | €8,200 | Buy w/ conditions |
Market availability varied by country; check the engine code stamped on the block rather than the badge on the boot. · Compare every engine side by side →
Model-year availability
Which engines were on sale in which year, from the year ranges in the variant records. Availability varied by country.
Rating map, price against risk
Good-buy price plotted against risk level for every standard engine, so the value corner is visible at a glance.
Every standard engine in the chassis, plotted at its good-buy price against its risk level. Cheap and low-risk is the top-left; expensive and fragile is the bottom-right. M cars are excluded, they would stretch the price axis and tell you nothing about the rest.
Prices across the range
Where the money sits across the whole chassis. Every figure here is an illustrative placeholder, not a sourced market sample.
Every standard engine on one euro axis: the bar spans the 10th to 90th percentile of asking prices, the tick is the median and the green marker is the good-buy figure. S/RS cars are excluded; they sit an order of magnitude above the rest.
Every standard engine · cheapest first · 2.0 TDI CJCA highlighted as best value
at or under the good buy · good buy · median · bar spans the 10th–90th percentile
Chassis-wide issues, every engine inherits these
Faults recorded against the bodyshell and running gear rather than one engine, so every variant on this page inherits them.
Written once against the chassis and shown on every variant page below, so nothing here is repeated 5 times: S/RS cars included, since the bodyshell and electronics are shared.
Buying summary
Our read on the chassis, built on the records above rather than added to them.
Buy the facelift if you want the petrol and the pre-facelift only if you want the 2.0 TDI, which changed least. The three questions that decide a B8 are the same every time. Has the 2.0 TFSI had revised pistons, has the chain tensioner been done, and is there a multitronic in it. A manual or S tronic quattro diesel with a service book is the low-risk buy in the range; a front-drive multitronic petrol with no paperwork is the one that costs you a four-figure bill.
Cheapest and dearest in this chassis
The ends of the range by good-buy price. Useful for sanity-checking anything you're quoted.
Lowest entry price
1.8 TFSI CABB : from €2,900, risk 4
2.0 TFSI CDNC : from €3,200, risk 5
2.0 TDI CJCA : from €3,800, risk 3
Lowest risk
2.0 TDI CJCA : risk 3, good buy at €5,200
2.0 TFSI CNCD : risk 3, good buy at €8,200
1.8 TFSI CABB : risk 4, good buy at €3,900