Audi RS 4 v8 engine 420Hp up grade to 600Hp
6 speed(manual) 0 km to 100km just 4 second
It’s hard to create an introduction for the Audi RS4. It began life in 2001, with Audi’s B5 platform powered by a modified twin-turbocharged Cosworth 2.7-litre V6 from the S4. After only one year in production (only available as an Avant), production ceased. That was until 2006, when Audi announced the arrival of the B7 based RS4, available in sedan, avant and cabriolet. This sent autophiles around the world into frenzy.
Competing against BMW’s M3 and Mercedes’ C55 AMG (and soon to be C63 AMG), Audi had a big task ahead of them. With technically only one year of production practice with the RS4, most questioned the RS4’s ability – that was of course until they drove it.
With that in mind, I rushed over to Audi to grab the keys and hit the road, not knowing what to expect.
The inner –It’s everything a super-car wants to be. Getting in and out is certainly no task for the faint-hearted. A short loss of concentration will lead to a firm prod between the cheeks from the RS4’s insanely supportive race seats.
Once in the seats though, the massive pews ensure that the only movement that occurs will be that from the bowel due to barrelling through corners at ludicrous speeds.
The driver and front passenger’s seats have electrically adjustable side bolsters (lower and upper) that can vary the hugging intensity. The seats look like those featured in Skaife’s V8 Supercar, let alone a road-going soccer-mum lookin’ wagon – as eloquently described by one passer by.
Once you’re done salivating over the godly seats, vision is set upon the steering wheel…and what a steering wheel it is. The keen eyed folk will realise the RS4’s steering wheel has been borrowed from sister company Lamborghini’s Gallardo. The steering wheel has an immensely bulky feel to it, making it the perfect addition to a 180-degree hairpin corner with a side of light drizzle.
Normally I would bitch about the fact that a $170,000 car doesn’t have steering wheel audio controls. Not this time, mainly because the audio controls have been replaced with several buttons – an S button, a Set button and + and – buttons. “Outrageous” I hear you say, “au contraire” I rebut. The latter three buttons control different aspects of the vehicle’s menu system, including the lap timing function for those occasional track outings.
The S button mounted on the steering wheel does everything short of sexual arousal – as that comes later when you nail the throttle. Hitting the S button causes the driver’s side bolsters to tighten and it also opens up two butterfly valves at the end of the exhaust, creating a noise that can only be described as a category five hurricane meeting a heavy metal concert – times three. The audible level of engine noise from the inside of the car is commendable. Audi did away with any fancy noise deadening, instead opting for a brilliant amount of V8 rumble. One grumble I had with the steering wheel was the dodgy RS4 badge that kept falling out of the bottom of the steering wheel!
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