In 2006 I had the chance to drive the Audi RS 4 Avant (pictured above). So good was that “station wagon” that within days I’d decided it was my favourite Audi of any kind. Six years
later it still remains one of my top 5 Audis of all time. Therefore I got quite
excited to learn the company is developing a new version of it based on
the current A4.
Said to be arriving in Europe around June this year, the car
will be called RS 4 because the RS 5
name has been reserved for the existing two-door
coupe. Apparently there will be no RS 4 sedan this time around. The RS 5 of
course uses a 4.2-litre naturally
aspirated engine worth 331kW. And with
speculation, anything goes. So for the RS 4 Avant word is the same motor is being
kept, while others reckon Audi will use the new, lighter 4.0-litre twin turbo V8 found in the S8 and Bentley Continental GT V8.
South Africa is not really interested in station wagon type cars, and therefore
should any of this be true, there’s no guarantee
the car would make it to these shores.
1 comment:
I loved it too and wish it would come back to us
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