Imola Avant

[22B]

one reason I like the color is it is non-metallic
what other colors were non-metallic? red?

I really like yellow on many cars (I've owned two yellow cars previously) but I don't think it looks great on the RS4. Wouldn't put me off owning one though as it's nice to have something a bit different.

[Graeme4130]

one reason I like the color is it is non-metallic
what other colors were non-metallic? red?

I really like yellow on many cars (I've owned two yellow cars previously) but I don't think it looks great on the RS4. Wouldn't put me off owning one though as it's nice to have something a bit different.

That's possibly the best looking B7 I've seen. Very nice indeed

[22B]

thanks Graeme.

[kidyamlo]

one reason I like the color is it is non-metallic
what other colors were non-metallic? red?

I really like yellow on many cars (I've owned two yellow cars previously) but I don't think it looks great on the RS4. Wouldn't put me off owning one though as it's nice to have something a bit different.

That's possibly the best looking B7 I've seen. Very nice indeed

Yup, one of the best. Gorgeous.

[nial335]

What do you guys think of this? I had a B5 in Imola and it looked great (IMO - but I like yellow; have Phantom at the moment). I reckon they'd shift this thing quicker if they had the wheels and mirrors done in black. And dropped the price by a grand. And since when was Imola "Audi exclusive" - I'm fairly sure that's BS.

http://www.johnhollandsales.co.uk/audi- ... ld-2985888

I bought my RS4 from John Holland last November. Smart showroom with lots of Porsches, Ferraris etc. Mine belonged to a regular customer who had p/x it for something else. They agreed to allow Sheffield Audi to check it which was fortunate for me - the DSC needed replacing on all four corners which cost them about £1800. They were pretty good to deal with but, as always when buying a car, you need to look out for yourself. The price was pretty full but I managed to negotiate it down a fair bit. Mine also needed a clutch pedal switch (which they also paid for) but was otherwise pretty much immaculate.

[bluenosewrx]

I have owned a imola RS4 as well, agree with DK it will have a effect at re sale, i reckon 2k difference between premuim coulours.

certainly a head turner though, nicd with black optics and either black wheels or titanium.

[ArthurPE]

the US is a much larger market than the UK, perhaps 5 times as large
and we have many fewer cars, 2k vs 6k iirc
we have 1 car per 160,000 people, you ~10,000, so considering we are the largest Audi/BMW/Porsche/MB markets in the world I have at least 16 times as large a buyers pool
so although few want yellow cars, we have 5 times as many 'few' and many less cars to choose from...this greatly increases demand vs the UK (basically 5 x 6/2 ~ 15 times as much)

probaly larger due to our open roads, cheap fuel, and wealth (we buy a lot of expensive, large engined vehicles, taxes are cheap, as is registration)
factor in we typically pay 70% for the same car initially, we get a good deal
when you consider that there are only 60 yellow ones and that many buyers, they go pretty fast, as ebay and autotrader bear out

so the car is much more rare and I have a much larger pool of buyers to draw from, over here they go for about the same, right now 30k +/- at my mileage
in fact valuation guides over here do not factor color in the mix

but even if I do take a few grand hit amortized over 5-6 years, no bigee, this car, as is ANY car, is not an investment, it's a depreciating, consumable commodity
if I lose 15k or 17k (after resale, expenses, company reimbursement for mileage, etc) for an effective lease value (over 5 years) of $250/month vs $280 really doesn't matter
considering the greatness of the car, the decent mpg, and the relatively modest maintenance costs, not a bad deal

[kidyamlo]

I spend a lot of time in Miami and there's no better place for yellow cars to just look amazing - I got a lot of admiring comments for my B5 Imola and not just from Bradford Racer types; pretty much across the board. The only reason people look my way with the Phantom B7 is because of the Milltek... and then they're usually tutting.

[kidyamlo]

2 x daughters just ask me to rev it louder and "go speedy"

[ArthurPE]

geographic area/climate has a lot to do with it

yellow may go well in a temperate climate, long spring/summer/fall, little rain and not so good in cloudy, grey and wet climes
not to mention if in AZ this week yellow will be mellow and a black car would be smoldering, lol

surpisingly it hides road grime well, just gets darker

[HYFR]

No, LOTS of people love the Imola RS 4 / 5 and I got lots of good comments.

But owning one is a different proposition and 9/10 of those people waxing lyrical about how good it looks would not touch it with a barge pole in terms of buying it.

[chunky79]

I loved my imola S3. Took about 5 weeks to sell but first person to view it took it away with him. If you like it, buy it. It will sell but it could take a while that's all.

[HYFR]

Bit different when dealing with £20 - £40k motas

I loved my imola S3. Took about 5 weeks to sell but first person to view it took it away with him. If you like it, buy it. It will sell but it could take a while that's all.

[chunky79]

Why?

[Virdee Autos]

Dream world.

In the UK, the only people that want Imola yellow are me and gangsta's from Bradford!

how do I know? As I've owned and sold Imola B7 and Imola RS 5.

Haha PMSL!!!