Can an all-wheel-drive twin-turbocharged sports sedan beat a skilled skier through a downhill slalom? Will technology win out over manual dexterity? Has Audi’s marketing team been watching too much Top Gear?

We’ll let you watch the video to find out the answer to the first two questions, but it seems that Audi’s latest video promo for the 2009 RS4 sedan certainly draws some heavy inspiration from Top Gear’s uttlerly pointless slightly OTT man-vs-machine challenges.

Still, watching a hi-powered Audi get sideways down a snowy slope sure is mighty entertaining. Enjoy.