MMI Controls: S4 vs A4... different?

[dennisA4]

I love my MMI buttons/dials location in front of the cupholder on my A4.
It's so convenient, especially with the automatic transmission since my left arms tends to stay on the arm rest. I don't have to move it to control the MMI.
But I just happened across a pic of a new S4 interior and it looks much different with the controls up on the center stack.
Had to go to Audi USA webite to confirm the difference. The pics of the S4 interior (manual and auto) are indeed different than the A4 on their site.
At first I thought maybe it was manual transmission cars, since your hand would be on the shift knob, putting it closer to the center stack, but it looks like the auto is the same way.
Any idea what the reason is?

The 2015 S4 pic i see in the classifieds looks like this...

http://www.newreview2014.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2014-Audi-A4-interior-view.jpg


But my A4 and almost every image on google of the S4 looks like this...

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2012/01/22-2013-audi-s4-fd.jpg

[RickFLS4]

S4 with nav has buttons like in bottom picture. S4 without nav has buttons like top picture.

[dennisA4]

Ah-hah! <smacks forehead>

Man, you think that distinction would be clearer on the audi website.

Thanks!

[chaos2984]

yea up on the dash is the default base option. To me its worth it to pay the price to have them down below and all the added stuff you get with that package.