2013 Audi RS4 Review
AUDI RS 4 REVIEW
What’s hot: Fast, quality without compromise, razor handling
What’s not: The one-and-a-half things we can fault
X-Factor: Hot? The hottest-of-hot family wagons… and the most glorious V8 bellow.
Vehicle style: Performance premium wagon | Price: $149,400 (plus on-roads)
Engine/Trans: 331kW/430Nm 4.2 litre FSI V8 / 7-speed twin-clutch auto
Fuel economy listed: 10.7 l/100km I tested: Not recorded (track test)
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
Damn. You get two cracking cars from the one company, one after the other, and reviewing them makes you sound like a sycophantic fool.
And both – in this review it’s the new Audi RS 4, last week it was the A6 3.0 TDI Biturbo – are defined by their engine. One is a 650Nm diesel thumper, the other a bruising 331kW symphony of V8 power.
The tragedy of it is, if I found the A6 Biturbo desirable, I’d like to shag the RS 4 senseless. At least. Worse, I’ve got the ‘Titser’ to come: the TT RS Plus, and it’s also enough to keep you awake at night.
Everyone knows Audi’s RS 4. Its ability to howl around a mountain road is recognised by sporting drivers everywhere. But this new one, this is really something special.
Audi Australia let us loose on the track – wide open throttle, no pace cars in sight – for a half day to put it through its paces. Crikey Moses, what a hammer.
We also gave it a highway loop west of Sydney to test its ‘real world’ credentials. It’s a beautiful car. And faults? I can only find one-and-a-half. Nothing else, not a thing.
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