B9 RS4 ?

[RS Owner]

This may be old news but Audi have now updated their website. The S4 is showing as available (with a price) and the TT RS is "arriving Late 2016".
Here's hoping the RS4 is next.

[MikeFish]

Probably the facelift RS3 next.

[kmpowell]

This may be old news but Audi have now updated their website. The S4 is showing as available (with a price) and the TT RS is "arriving Late 2016".
Here's hoping the RS4 is next.

Just had a play with the S4 on the configuratior. A few thoughts/observations:

Single clutch tiptronic, not double clutch S-Tronic. So I think we can take it as read that the RS will also have Tiptronic.
Super Sport Seats are standard on the S4, so the RS may get buckets as standard?!? I hope the Magma red leather makes it to the RS4 options list!
If I were a betting man I estimate the 4 to have circa 470-480HP so it's far enough away from the 3/TT, but also not too close to the 6.
Pricing doesn't seem too obscene, so with this and the TTRS pricing that was announced yesterday is anything to go by, the 4 will probably be starting at £60k, a 5% increase over the B8.

[doodlebug]

Here's the engine.....2.9 V6 developed for the panamera. Going to make it's way into a number of cars.

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-germ ... -way/34956

[MikeFish]

450bhp? Pah! Even alfa romeo managed 500bhp.

[HYFR]

expect 480PS and a <beep> load of Torques

MRC = 600PS

[doodlebug]

Biggest downside is the sloshomatic.

[HYFR]

I dunno

I've been running it in the piss & slippers' mobile and can't fault it tbh

[HYFR]

I'm also slightly embarrassed to report I've driven 6,000 miles in a CVT equipped vehicle in the last 2 months ... so anything that simply has gears gets a tick in my box right now !!

[doodlebug]

Yeah, it's OK, but it's not up there with the best double clutch units. That's fudging your emissions for you.

[FaisalJ]

450bhp? Pah! Even alfa romeo managed 500bhp.

Likely 550nm to the B8's 430nm though.

I wonder what it'll map to? +70hp and 50nm could be interesting, wouldn't be far off the C6 RS6's specs, but in a lighter package.

Still can't imagine it sounding anywhere near as good as a B7 or B8 though. Shame.

[HYFR]

500PS Performance Edition

[RS Owner]

According to the autocar article about the new Panamera 2.9 V6 "The new engines come mated to a new eight-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox"

And if they're right about the engine getting used in the R8, I'm not sure Audi will try and palm R8 buyers off with a slush box.

[doodlebug]

They do in the Porsche. They won't in the RS4. R8 is interesting, assume the can use existing S-Tronic maybe with some torque limiting.

[AlexB7RS4]

RS cars have had dual clutch transmissions for years now. I'd be hugely surprised if they took a step back to an auto, no matter how good it is.