CAR test report comments

Post by **lengster1** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:04 pm

RS4 is as communicative as lego!! hmm my dealer was arranging a drive but its not happened yet,any new owners give an opinion? Sounds a wee bit RS5 ish to me

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:06 pm

trying to get a test drive out of my dealer is like getting blood out of a stone...going to escalate it to Audi UK soon as its getting abit of a joke...its only a boxy A4 ffs, why so difficult?

Post by **Nickyboy** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:13 pm

D_K wrote:trying to get a test drive out of my dealer is like getting blood out of a stone...going to escalate it to Audi UK soon as its getting abit of a joke...its only a boxy A4 ffs, why so difficult?

You obviously don't buy enough Audi's to be considered worthy of the RS4.

Post by **doodlebug** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:14 pm

C7 RS6. Don't bother with RS4. It's nice, but it requires thrashing.

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:26 pm

Nickyboy wrote:
D_K wrote:trying to get a test drive out of my dealer is like getting blood out of a stone...going to escalate it to Audi UK soon as its getting abit of a joke...its only a boxy A4 ffs, why so difficult?
You obviously don't buy enough Audi's to be considered worthy of the RS4.

The sad thing is, this is exactly why its so difficult ...

Post by **RS6chris!** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:36 pm

I like its looks...BUT...this engine has lived it's life and should have been retired with the B7 RS4?

Why they didn't turbo it is beyond me? 4.0 turbo tuned to 450 would have been great.

Just my ten pence worth.

Post by **lengster1** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:00 pm

Or perhaps because you will give an honest appraisal of a brand new model on a public forum DK ? Agree totally with all the other comments!

Post by **RIV** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:15 pm

I like its looks...BUT...this engine has lived it's life and should have been retired with the B7 RS4?

Why they didn't turbo it is beyond me? 4.0 turbo tuned to 450 would have been great.

Just my ten pence worth.

+1 then chipped to 520

Post by **535dboy** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:54 am

Haven't seen test, any links ?

It was never going to be the sharpest tool in the box

Post by **Brooner** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:43 pm

not really compairing it like for like as M3 is coupe C63 estate loads of power no control in wet or winter conditions and up here it either rain or snow with intermitent sunshine

Post by **RS6chris!** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:45 pm

Interesting interview with that Stephan Reil geyser from Audi GMBH in February's Car magazine too?

He says they fitted the B7 test mule with a 3.0 litre V6 twin turbo and the V8.... But decided on the V8!!!!

Numpties!!!

Post by **bam_bam** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:36 pm

RS6chris! wrote:Interesting interview with that Stephan Reil geyser from Audi GMBH in February's Car magazine too?

He says they fitted the B7 test mule with a 3.0 litre V6 twin turbo and the V8.... But decided on the V8!!!!

Numpties!!!

TBF, if you were tooling around in a test mule, which one would make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The V8 baby, the V8. Tell me I'm wrong.

Post by **amanda1** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:47 pm

bam_bam wrote:
RS6chris! wrote:Interesting interview with that Stephan Reil geyser from Audi GMBH in February's Car magazine too?

He says they fitted the B7 test mule with a 3.0 litre V6 twin turbo and the V8.... But decided on the V8!!!!

Numpties!!!
TBF, if you were tooling around in a test mule, which one would make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The V8 baby, the V8. Tell me I'm wrong.

You are right why do you think the c7 rs6 has gone back to v8? ........................cos a v8 is the best

Post by **adsgreen** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:29 am

bam_bam wrote:
RS6chris! wrote:Interesting interview with that Stephan Reil geyser from Audi GMBH in February's Car magazine too?

He says they fitted the B7 test mule with a 3.0 litre V6 twin turbo and the V8.... But decided on the V8!!!!

Numpties!!!
TBF, if you were tooling around in a test mule, which one would make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The V8 baby, the V8. Tell me I'm wrong.

Exactly. Whilst I too would have liked the 4.0TT, te current engine does tick all the emotional boxes.
Sure not the quickest but defiantly the best feeling.

Post by **sakimano** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:24 pm

RS4 competition equals

c63, a naturally aspirated v8 making 450 hp
M3, a naturally aspirated v8 making 414 hp

Why do they need a v8 twin turbo again?

Never mind the fact the new motor
A) doesn't fit in the 8K chassis
B) is way too hot for the super tight space if you were to stuff it in
C) do you want to make the RS6/rs7 redundant by putting its motor in the rs4?

If audi competitors for the rs4 put a twin turbo v8 in their car, audi may then do something. Until then why would they?

Next m3 is a force fed v6. Next c amg is unknown. Further audi doesn't give a flying fk how tunable the car is. They're not putting a turbocharged xxx in a car for the 0.4% of firstf buyers who give a toss about tuning... and this is further evidenced because for the ones who DO tune new cars while in warranty, they have created the td 1 program to catch you and void power train warrantys.

I agree it's odd to have such a similar engine again vs b7 but does everyone forget

New car is much bigger
New car makes 30 more hp
New car has the amazing dsg transmission
New car has launch control
New car whips the <beep> out of the old car

Even as a B7 RS4 owner, I am very confused why everyone moans about this... The new car is fantastic.

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