Is the RS4 slow for 420hp?

[Castrolsp3]

M5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXPjQ8pUqE

old m5 (less pwer rs4, more weight)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9VQUUjokbM

old 996 gt3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgHupGPIEk

z4m??! (no difference than e46 m3 60kg lighter)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZN29-nZZE

New m3 (thought these should be about the same?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdHRAsFJV7E

Carrera 2s (these are only 350hp?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m70pjW_hbDo

I dont understand how this is possible with 420hp??

Jay

[chrissyr32]

Troll on pal...

Audi forum this pal NOT a bmw one.. sorry forgot bmws can beat everything on four wheels..

Dont know why my car is sooooooo slow???

[sonny]

Oh dear, I was getting ready for a good old bit of "101st Fighting keyboards", then for a moment, but its just a Troll.....never mind

[klauster]

all those youtube vids are on the same W*NK website, which obviously loves the BMW's... the point is this, no one on here gives 2 sh*ts if the M3, Z4M is faster blah blah on a sunny dry day.... what about the other 50 weeks a year, when we laugh at them and leave em wheel spinning at lights and tail happy on roundabouts!

[sonny]

Keyboards at the ready......

[duud40]

Why can`t we give to caesar what is caesar`s ? Under the circumstances show in the movies the other cars accelerate faster than the rs4.

[AntoRS4]

I dont understand how this is possible with 420hp??

Jay

...because stock rs4 power is 360/380 hp and 4wd doesn't help on a 50 to 250kmh run.

[ArthurPE]

M5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXPjQ8pUqE

old m5 (less pwer rs4, more weight)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9VQUUjokbM

old 996 gt3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgHupGPIEk

z4m??! (no difference than e46 m3 60kg lighter)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZN29-nZZE

New m3 (thought these should be about the same?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdHRAsFJV7E

Carrera 2s (these are only 350hp?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m70pjW_hbDo

I dont understand how this is possible with 420hp??

Jay

old M5 weighed less (200+ lbs) and has almost a liter of displcaement/torque
RS4 still faster

996 GT3 weighed almost 1000 lbs less
RS4 still faster straightline

Z4M, much lighter
yet slower

new M3, 300+ lbs lighter, same power
surprised the RS4 is so close
some tests it's faster (Roat & Track)

9112S
800 lbs lighter
yet straightline RS4 is dead even
and as fast around the 'Ring

nice try though...then considered again, pathetic attempt

[ArthurPE]

7:58 --- 156.66 km/h - Audi RS4 4.2 V8 FSI, 420 PS Frank Stippler
8:03 --- 153.54 km/h - Porsche 911 GT3, 360 PS/1391 kg (sport auto 08/99)
8:05 --- 152.91 km/h - BMW M3, 420 PS/1608 kg (sport auto 12/07)
8:05 --- 152.91 km/h - Porsche 997 Carrera S, 355PS/1461kg
8:15 --- 149.82 km/h - BMW Z4 M Roadster
8:22 --- 147.75 km/h - BMW M3 E46, 343 PS/1584 kg
8:28 --- 145.98 km/h - BMW E39 M5, 400PS/1833 kg

hmmmmm......

[Gazzer68]

Nice one Arthur

[W8PMC]

These do make me laugh.

My best BTG Ring time in my B7 RS4 is 8:29, so the same as a racing driver in the E30 M5.

On a different tack, i had a race tonight with a 1.8 Astra & TBH i didn't smoke him. The reasons being, firstly i had no idea he wanted to race so he got the jump off the lights & the 2nd reason it was a Hertz car so he had no care in ringing the cars neck (something i try to avoid when it's my money paying for everything). Needless to say within 3-4 seconds he was checking my phat arse out, however for those 3-4 seconds he got the win. Me thinks they're about 100BHP.

[klauster]

M5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdXPjQ8pUqE

old m5 (less pwer rs4, more weight)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9VQUUjokbM

old 996 gt3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mgHupGPIEk

z4m??! (no difference than e46 m3 60kg lighter)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBZN29-nZZE

New m3 (thought these should be about the same?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdHRAsFJV7E

Carrera 2s (these are only 350hp?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m70pjW_hbDo

I dont understand how this is possible with 420hp??

Jay

old M5 weighed less (200+ lbs) and has almost a liter of displcaement/torque
RS4 still faster

996 GT3 weighed almost 1000 lbs less
RS4 still faster straightline

Z4M, much lighter
yet slower

new M3, 300+ lbs lighter, same power
surprised the RS4 is so close
some tests it's faster (Roat & Track)

9112S
800 lbs lighter
yet straightline RS4 is dead even
and as fast around the 'Ring

nice try though...then considered again, pathetic attempt

well done that man

[mark758]

As a long time RS4 sceptic and now convert looking for a daytona grey with black optics 4 points spring to mind for the car ....

1. Frank Stippler ring time
2. Independent tests recording 0-60 in 4.3 secs
3. Critics seldom seem to have driven an RS4
4. Bends and less than perfect conditions

I did enjoy the youtube video from the M3 board where the M3 V8 edged ahead in a drag race and then the RS4 disappeared off into the distance when it got twisty with the m3 passenger screaming out loud to remind the driver there was a bend coming up

[ArthurPE]

I find it 'amusing' that he considers the RS4, a 4 door saloon car, in the same league as a 996GT3, a stripped down, hotrod, hipo track version of a sportscar...

pretty exclusive company indeed

[ghoonk]

Don't know about the rest of you, but after spending the last 2 weeks nosing around for good deals on cars as possible replacements for my RS4, I've passed over a Gallardo, a F355 Spider, a GT3, an 911 Targa (997), an M5, and a Z4, simply because they were not practical enough when it came to carting around my golf set, family and friends, despite some on the list having sharper handling, a much nicer soundtrack (F355), though I would have to say that I was sadly disappointed with the M5's SMG (not to mention that an SMG pump replacement costs at least twice as much as an RS4 clutch)

I'd have to admit the the RS4 doesn't shine in one department, but is one fine all-rounder, and make no excuse for it