Sport Audi RS4

Audi RS4

Audi is celebrating 25 years of the quattro 4WD system and, to mark this, are launching the new RS4 at Geneva. First used on the RS2 Avant in 1993, the RS badge is the ultimate expression of Audi values and the models have always shown a dedicated (and expensive) approach to design modifications to achieve their goals. The RS4 continues this philosophy with an extensively modified 4.2 litre V8 motor giving a massive 420ps output. Other modifications include using aluminium suspension compo nents, 30mm wider tracks and lovely 18” alloys. The revised front bumper incorporates a deeper main grille with hexagonal mesh, flanked by RS-trademark deep side intake grilles. The rear uses big bore exhausts as the main visual clue to the changes. As before, those wider tracks mean unique front and rear bumpers and fenders. Very expensive. And where other manufacturers would simply add a trunk spoiler, Audi designers have taken the opportunity of a whole new rear fender pressing to modify the trailing edge of the fender and tool up a matching trunklid with integrated lip spoiler. That's dedication for you.