Saturday 12th September

Sold! The best Audi Sport cars you missed out on

Five, six, eight and 10. Every flavour of Audi that's recently sold on PH

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Audi R8 (Type 4S) V10 Performance, 2020, 15.4k miles - sold for £88,976*

Everything looked set for an all-electric successor to the R8. Audi had put all its eggs into the EV basket, the plan being to produce only battery-powered vehicles from 2026 onwards. Those lofty ambitions have since been walked back, with piston engines (albeit with hybrid assistance) still very much on the menu. It has even revealed a new supercar, the Nuvolari, which takes the underpinnings of the Lamborghini Temerario and dials up the hybrid, twin-turbo V8 to over 1,000hp. So the R8 probably isn't Audi’s final combustion-engined supercar after all - but it is certainly the last to come with a naturally aspirated V10. Examples such as this low-mile facelift have changed hands for below six figures for some time now, meaning the £88,976 including the buyer’s fee it achieved at auction is bang on the money. A good return for the seller, while the buyer gets their mitts on one of the last examples of a very special breed.  

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Audi RS6 Avant (C8) Performance Carbon Black, 2025, 6.3k miles - listed at £113,990

Speaking of downsizing, the Audi is expected to drop a couple of cylinders from the next generation of RS6, with the new RS5’s twin-turbo V6 hybrid tipped to appear in a higher state of tune. Which sounds a little sacrilegious, don’t you think? Sure, the RS4 (and now RS5) has a long history with V6 power, but the RS6 has never been offered with fewer than eight cylinders. That includes the now-discontinued C8, which some would argue is the best Audi Sport model ever made. Devastatingly quick, especially in Performance guise like this one here, while also being comfortable and practical enough to genuinely use every day. The best of the best still command serious money, as this Carbon Black example proves, and they may well continue to do so if the rumoured downsizing of forthcoming C9’s powertrain turns out to be true. 

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Audi RS4 Avant (B5), 2001, 97.7k mile - sold for £21,708*

More profane than a potentially V6-powered RS6 is the fact that the RS4 nameplate has been tossed in the bin, having recently been rebadged as the RS5 through one of Audi’s repeated failed attempts to rejig its nomenclature. Each iteration of the RS4 made a strong case for being the best (the B9 redeeming itself with the runout Competition), though the B5 obviously has the small matter of being the first of the breed going for it. And the fact that it was a proper skunkworks project, with a 2.7-litre twin-turbo V6 developed by Cosworth and nearly every body panel being reworked to accommodate the wider track. Naturally, these are starting to appear on collectors’ radars, and that’s helping values of higher-mileage examples like this one remain strong, as proven by the £21,708 it recently achieved at auction, including the buyer’s fee. With the RS4 name no longer in use, there’s surely only one direction these are heading in. 

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Audi TT RS (8S), 2020, 27k miles - listed at £39,990

Another name that’s been absent from the Audi lineup for far too long. While the firm caught many by surprise with the hybrid-powered Nuvolari, the follow-up TT will be electric at launch. A shame, of course, because five-pot power really earned the TT its sports car colours. Yes, the original could be had with the 3.2-litre V6 from the Golf R32, but the five-cylinder RS was noticeably lighter on the nose and, with the help of a turbo, considerably faster, too. The latter was especially true on the Mk3 like the car you see here, putting out 400hp across both its axles to fire its occupants from 0 to 62mph in 3.7 seconds. Granted, it’d be left for dust by a Boxster/Cayman in the twisty stuff, but you’ll be having just as much fun pretending you’re Walter Röhrl wrestling a Sport quattro. The £39,990 list price just shows how desirable the Mk3 TT RS remains, especially considering they don’t come much cheaper…   

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Audi e-tron GT Quattro Vorsprung, 2021, 32.9k miles - sold for £35,912*

With V10, V8, V6 and five-cylinder power all represented on this list, it only seems fair we include something battery-powered. After all, Audi was one of the first to make hybrid technology look cool with its dominant Le Mans prototypes, and it had toyed with the idea of an EV supercar long before Mercedes launched the SLS Electric Drive. While it built (and swiftly axed) an electric R8, its first proper electric performance car came around a decade later with the e-tron GT. It was based on the same platform as the Porsche Taycan, though tuned to feel a little more plush and comfortable. Admittedly, their values have taken a tumble in recent years, with a good amount having started life as company cars, but they are mighty tempting as a used buy. This example sold for £35,912 including the buyer’s fee at auction, which is a healthy result given how far these have fallen from their original price. And for the buyer? They’ve now got a 530hp GT for a fraction of what it would have cost new. 

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If you’d like to sell an Audi or any other premium, performance or collectable car, please submit your car’s details here and a consignor will be in touch. Or, if you’d prefer to list your car on the PistonHeads classifieds, you can do so here.

*Auction car prices shown are inclusive of the buyer’s fee, which is 6% of the selling price + VAT, with a minimum of £695 + VAT.

[Scoobysaurus]

Wow, those e-tron GTs can be picked up cheap now, I just scanned the classifieds, always thought they were one of very few good looking EVs in a sea of EV blandness.

[theoperative]

Scoobysaurus said:

Wow, those e-tron GTs can be picked up cheap now, I just scanned the classifieds, always thought they were one of very few good looking EVs in a sea of EV blandness.

But woeful range apparently, real world testing suggests it's somewhere around 250 to 260 miles at normal driving, use the performance and it drops.

[Road2Ruin]

theoperative said:

But woeful range apparently, real world testing suggests it's somewhere around 250 to 260 miles at normal driving, use the performance and it drops.

Is that woeful though? Other than the cast iron bladdred, PH anti EV brigade, who really wants to go more than that without stopping for a break?

[Wab1974uk]

B5 RS4. Yes please!

I was following an Gen 1 Audi R8 V8 the other day. Still looks far better than the Gen 2 cars.

[andy43]

Road2Ruin said:

theoperative said:

But woeful range apparently, real world testing suggests it's somewhere around 250 to 260 miles at normal driving, use the performance and it drops.

Is that woeful though? Other than the cast iron bladdred, PH anti EV brigade, who really wants to go more than that without stopping for a break?

Been there with a Tesla. You need to keep a minimum 10% as a charger failure buffer, and charging from 80% to full takes an age so you’re left with a sub-200 mile range before you even think about where you’ll fill it up and exactly which sort of crap sausage roll you’ll have to survive on while you’re waiting.
The etron is still one of the best looking EVs - a real shame they never made an equivalent estate like the Taycan.
R8 for me please

[Terminator X]

Scoobysaurus said:

Wow, those e-tron GTs can be picked up cheap now, I just scanned the classifieds, always thought they were one of very few good looking EVs in a sea of EV blandness.

Catastrophic depreciation? No no that's not a thing we're told on here.

TX.

[Clad-Hach]

That E-Tron was £106k list price new...that is one hell of a hit to take..!!!

I would never put myself in a position to loose money like that.

Yes I realize it was probably paid monthly but you're still paying its depreciation after all.

[mikebradford]

andy43 said:

Road2Ruin said:

theoperative said:

But woeful range apparently, real world testing suggests it's somewhere around 250 to 260 miles at normal driving, use the performance and it drops.

Is that woeful though? Other than the cast iron bladdred, PH anti EV brigade, who really wants to go more than that without stopping for a break?

Been there with a Tesla. You need to keep a minimum 10% as a charger failure buffer, and charging from 80% to full takes an age so you re left with a sub-200 mile range before you even think about where you ll fill it up and exactly which sort of crap sausage roll you ll have to survive on while you re waiting.
The etron is still one of the best looking EVs - a real shame they never made an equivalent estate like the Taycan.
R8 for me please

I have a cheap Chinese EV with a claimed summer range of 250 miles.
It's never an issue for me.
I've put 12k miles on it in 8 months.
My daily mileage is usually under 100 miles, however ever morning I wake upto about 225 miles of range as I charge to 90%.

I occasionally do a longer run like the bank holiday weekend. Friday set off from Bradford to Edinburgh to watch Bon Jovi.
Made sure the night before I charged it fully.
Set off and stopped about 3hrs in to the journey. Had 60miles plus left showing
Charged for pretty much bang on 30 minutes.
Set off again with about 200ish miles showing.

Didn't charge in Edinburgh overnight as the hotel had no chargers.
Not an issue
Simply stopped about 1hr 45 into my return journey
Same 30 minute stop
Arrived home with 50 miles showing.

Put on charge at home, and I was good to go Sunday evening fully charged to travel to manchester to see prodigy.
EVs may not be for everyone or every journey, but for someone like me doing about 18k miles a year the occasional 30 minute stop really isn't an issue.

Would I like a longer range, obviously.
It would occasionally mean one less stop, but for 95% of the time it really isn't an issue for me.

[andy43]

Sorry all. Partly my fault.
Anyway… in an attempt to save the thread I’ll have this R8 please : V10, no GPFs, a bit of RE performance history, carbon everywhere and it’s been painted in an actual colour. I’d argue it’s almost an investment at this sort of money - surely these can only go one way?
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/21021358

[mjspencer348]

Without getting too much into the weeds, the next RS6 (C9) will have a V8, not V6. An additional 610kg of PHEV battery and motor means 2760kg and to add a 10bhp bump to the old car's 275bhp/tonne means a 787 bhp combined output. The electric motor from a Bentley PHEV is 187bhp, so it will require the engine to be 600-630bhp. Easy enough for a 4.0 V8 (157.5bhp/litre), but supercar levels for a 2.9 V6 (217bhp/litre). By comparison, a Ferrari 296 V6 engine is 219bhp/litre and a Maserati GT2 Stradale V6 engine is 211 bhp/litre. That's not happening in a large estate car.

[Bencolem]

I do like a B5 RS4 to look at (no so much to drive) but under £20k looks well bought to me; sick of seeing all of these speculative £50k+ prices because they’re ‘appreciating assets /collectors cars / find another etc’.

[nismo48]

andy43 said:

Sorry all. Partly my fault.
Anyway in an attempt to save the thread I ll have this R8 please : V10, no GPFs, a bit of RE performance history, carbon everywhere and it s been painted in an actual colour. I d argue it s almost an investment at this sort of money - surely these can only go one way?
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/21021358

That in the scheme of things looks great value

[ex-devonpaul]

Road2Ruin said:

theoperative said:

But woeful range apparently, real world testing suggests it's somewhere around 250 to 260 miles at normal driving, use the performance and it drops.

Is that woeful though? Other than the cast iron bladdred, PH anti EV brigade, who really wants to go more than that without stopping for a break?

We looked at a GT electric. The salesman was clear that in winter it would struggle to do the 180 miles to Exeter without a stop. Or get us to Manchester airport and back on a charge from Shropshire. The newer one is better on range, but if you want to go down that route the early A6 sized e-tron are from just over £10k for a 2019 model. On here they are 'Estate' cars, on AT they're listed under SUVs.

[CG2020UK]

ex-devonpaul said:

We looked at a GT electric. The salesman was clear that in winter it would struggle to do the 180 miles to Exeter without a stop. Or get us to Manchester airport and back on a charge from Shropshire. The newer one is better on range, but if you want to go down that route the early A6 sized e-tron are from just over £10k for a 2019 model. On here they are 'Estate' cars, on AT they're listed under SUVs.

As a heads up the E-Tron is a brave pill with electric motors designed to fail.

https://evclinic.eu/2026/05/10/the-audi-e-tron-e15...

Audi know fine rightly with the quote for extended warranty being something mental like £2.5k a year.

Real pity as a cracking car!

[SchillingTwo]

I ve had four Audis, and loved them all.

A B5 S4, which got stolen, an B7 RS4, the first car I ever bought brand new and regret selling, a V8 R8 that I bought to recapture the feeling of the RS4, and then a first generation R8 V10 plus that I sold for my current 650s.

Great cars.

Edited by SchillingTwo on Monday 14th September 06:42

[twynham781]

That’s insane depreciation on that Etron GT. Is for a reason though, I believe the range is similar to early taycans I.e. 160-140 miles on the cold highway.

[GregorFuk]

I had a B5 RS4 for a few years back in 2009. I loved it. But even then, getting parts was a complete PITA. Can't imagine what it's like close to a decade later.......And you will need parts.

[theoperative]

ex-devonpaul said:

Road2Ruin said:

theoperative said:

But woeful range apparently, real world testing suggests it's somewhere around 250 to 260 miles at normal driving, use the performance and it drops.

Is that woeful though? Other than the cast iron bladdred, PH anti EV brigade, who really wants to go more than that without stopping for a break?

We looked at a GT electric. The salesman was clear that in winter it would struggle to do the 180 miles to Exeter without a stop. Or get us to Manchester airport and back on a charge from Shropshire. The newer one is better on range, but if you want to go down that route the early A6 sized e-tron are from just over £10k for a 2019 model. On here they are 'Estate' cars, on AT they're listed under SUVs.

That was essentially my point, if you want the car to drive normal distances then fine but why spend well north of £100K for a a car to do little distances, it's designed as a GT and for that purpose, it's inadequate.
Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely bit of engineering and whether we like it or not, it's the way the future of motoring in the UK is heading but the whole
"Oh it can do 250 miles on a full charge sir"
thing is complete cobblers if you use the performance on tap or it's not a perfect day.

[Schiehallion]

CG2020UK said:

As a heads up the E-Tron is a brave pill with electric motors designed to fail.

https://evclinic.eu/2026/05/10/the-audi-e-tron-e15...

Audi know fine rightly with the quote for extended warranty being something mental like £2.5k a year.

Real pity as a cracking car!

The e-tron GT doesn't seem to be on the list of those cars affected per the link you provided. Am I misreading it?

Also, comprehensive warranty is more like £1200/year, which doesn't seem too bad for the type of car. YMMV of course.

[Grumpy Tourer]

Spoilt by that plug in thing.