RE: New Audi RS4: revealed

[goron59]

I think I'd rather have the B7 RS4. I do miss mine a bit...

[Park'O]

dave stew said:

If Audi is looking for inspiration to avoid RS5 style criticisms it could do worse than use the old RS4 as a blueprint. But then, why not just buy one of them instead? Looking at the specs it's surprising how close the old car runs the new one, being just 30hp down and a tenth slower to 62mph. And there was a manual version. Good ones are still making strong money - as much as £30K - and a quick browse of the classifieds reveals a plentiful supply.

Can't disagree with this comment at all - are next generation models that much better these days?

Better dynamics, less drag than the old version.

[ALThaus]

"RS6 style arch extensions now included"?

They seem identical to the ones on the original quattro.

I like it! despite the facelift on the rest of the audi range making them look like the new 1 series from the front.

[Shewie]

Just a bit too subtle for me, still prefer the look of the B7 RS4. Reading the text am I right in thinking this is to be S-Tronic only with no manual option?

[Hungry Pigeon]

Had an RS6 for a while, and it was the pits - largely due to the unbelievably rubbish DRC. I had heard rumours of similar problems with the old RS4 and reputed fixes, and was wondering whether the new DRC actually works or whether we should expect the suspension to blow up and bills of many thousands of pounds once the warranty has expired....

[spiritof'76]

Was expecting a greater leap forward

All the same.......... not too shabby

[uncle tez]

Looks a bit boring to me and i prefer the interior on the old car aswell

[Dagnut]

pffffffttt............just get a passat

[goffahsez]

Like this a lot.

Needs manual box and flared arches for my personal taste though.

Nice

[dele]

That front bumper is a crime against humanity

The rest however is pretty good

[rajkohli81]

yawn

[anonymous-user]

Looks great, not too keen on the alloys though.

Think it'd look great in a blue or similar.

[Mubble]

Wonder if this engine will appear in the R8 at some stage?

Makes the V8 R8 look slightly underpowered now.

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

Ive got an S4 avant which I use mostly as an A4 avant and occasionally as an S4 ( if that makes any sense) not sure I would justify the extra 20k or so for the RS4. The S4 is very accomplished as it is.
Having aid that I havent driven it, so maybe im being a bit premature.

[RRS_Staffs]

North West Tom said:

It looks very subtle. Not sure if that's a good thing or not.

Good in my book
Stealth = good

[Chicane-UK]

Don't like it as much as the previous one...

[RenesisEvo]

Looks a bit too much like the last RS6 for my liking:

Edited by RenesisEvo on Wednesday 15th February 12:56

[Cupramax]

goffahsez said:

Like this a lot.

Needs manual box and flared arches for my personal taste though.

Nice

Its got flared arches, are you blind?

[WeirdNeville]

I so have a soft spot for lairy Audi Estates....

But the lack of a manual option (damn you CO2!) and what seems like a lack of progress means the last RS4 is still the one to have, for me.

[Dr G]

Audi have always made fairly subtle performance cars; I fail to understand why some people haven't yet noticed this!

I love the look personally, I'll have mine in Sepang with Titanium rotors please.

Audi were making noises about dynamic improvements for the 2012 facelift RS5 that I've not yet read anything more on but I assume they have taken the same approach to this.