Revolution RS4 - Project car ordered...

[Bacardi Jo]

I can remember yourself looking foreward to getting an RS3 so were you one of those wanna bees innit bruv.

He was until he found out they are poop, tarted up s3

Your spot on there same as an RS4 tarted up version of an S4.

[John Johnson]

I know of a few that's bought the arse3 then fecked em off sharpish

[RIV]

Your spot on there same as an RS4 tarted up version of an S4.

I love s4's

[Bacardi Jo]

I know of a few that's bought the arse3 then fecked em off sharpish

Im going to be joining them in the near future its not doing my bad back any favours LOL.

[John Johnson]

Lol , sign of getting old , buckets play havoc with my back some days ... Must resist comfort / old fart seats

[P_G]

I can remember yourself looking foreward to getting an RS3 so were you one of those wanna bees innit bruv.

He was until he found out they are poop, tarted up s3

Your spot on there same as an RS4 tarted up version of an S4.

And Audi still need to give 20% off to shift them they are that good.

[HYFR]

Its factory support.

Italy, Spain and the rest of Europe - their car markets are on their knees, only just turning the corner after years of decline.

The UK market is the anomaly and glowing beacon with 18months of consecutive growth.

Audi AG need to shift em, yes ... All the better for us.

Did the RS 3's sell full up? @ £40k ?

Damn, an 340PS RS 3 @ £40k or a 450PS V8 RS 4 @ £45k

Hmmmmmmmmmm

He was until he found out they are poop, tarted up s3

Your spot on there same as an RS4 tarted up version of an S4.

And Audi still need to give 20% off to shift them they are that good.

[P_G]

They shouldn't have been the original ROTR in the first place and if they were that good they would sell with some but not the current amount of discount being proposed. And then you have to feel sorry for those that are in them much like those who are in financed C63's who are then told their cars are worth less than Nick Griffin's bank account unless they are a long term keeper.

And then there are the used RS4's on the market that are retailing for more than you can buy new ones? It has the potential for getting messy.

I'm sure if both the '3 and the '4 were sold at the same time with the figures you suggest it would have been a hard choice but in fairness £42k got you a decent spec '3 whereas even with discount you are talking £50k for a decent spec'ed '4 so there is still a 20% price difference which tech wise agreed is better but I doubt will disappear into the distance on any road or track.

[Bacardi Jo]

Its factory support.

Italy, Spain and the rest of Europe - their car markets are on their knees, only just turning the corner after years of decline.

The UK market is the anomaly and glowing beacon with 18months of consecutive growth.

Audi AG need to shift em, yes ... All the better for us.

Did the RS 3's sell full up? @ £40k ?

Damn, an 340PS RS 3 @ £40k or a 450PS V8 RS 4 @ £45k

Hmmmmmmmmmm

And Audi still need to give 20% off to shift them they are that good.

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It looks like a no brainer until you factor in all the running costs of the RS4 they will be nearly double that of the RS3.Why were the countries on their knees,because people borrowing too much money and then realising they can't afford to pay it back ,easy credit and crazy mortgages were too readily available.

[HYFR]

And the susidised finance rate with GFV.

If residuals go tits up, hand it back, walk away.

But they won't, VWFS are not mugs.

[lengster1]

They forgot to tart up the RS3,clapping a bumper n skirts on and calling it an RS is lame imo,a black one pulled alongside me with winter wheels on and for a while I thought it was an S3.They go well but I like my cars to look well too!

[lengster1]

Im not sure used RS4s are retailing well,my mate was bid 35k on WBAC !!!! I know they take the p%ss but..

[HYFR]

If I put my Spyder into WBAC it will say £50k if I'm lucky, but it will well for £6Xk

[John Johnson]

Im not sure used RS4s are retailing well,my mate was bid 35k on WBAC !!!! I know they take the p%ss but..

There's on at lookers at 44k now , admittedly it's done 20 odd k

[P_G]

They forgot to tart up the RS3,clapping a bumper n skirts on and calling it an RS is lame imo,a black one pulled alongside me with winter wheels on and for a while I thought it was an S3.They go well but I like my cars to look well too!

That is very subjective because IIRC the argument from B7 owners not buying a B8 when pics first came out was that it didn't look aggressive enough. So in fairness the B8 has a different front and rear bumper and some stick on arches, surprisingly enough the same as an RS3. I've seen four B8 RS4's and I too have to double take them to make sure it is an RS if it is not in front or behind me. We all know B7's because we have had them, B8's are not a familiar sight yet, similar to RS3's for you I would suggest so the shape of the B8 to my mind is not familiar.

I'm not knocking the B8 by any stretch of the imagination as it is a decent car but for me it was either a) priced wrong b) should have had more standard equipment on it for the price or c) should have been a better progression from the B7. From driving the B8 for extended periods three times now the tech is a step forward on the B7 and RS3 but the engine is not a huge step forward over the B7, it is very reliant on being better through s-tronic and is no quicker than an RS3, as flawed as many who comment on here suggest it is. And importantly for me to modify the '3, like I did the B7 and would do the B8 costs a fraction of what it did on the B7 and would on the B8. But then everyone has different criteria and why Audi make so many RS variants now to cater for that.

The fact they are heavily discounting these cars even though the European economy is in a better state than when it was when Audi did manage to sell 500 RS3's with little to no discount and then decide to bring another 250 because of the success (admittedly from countries in Europe where they couldn't sell them) doesn't help the B8 RS4 owner when it comes to moving on because the market will be all over the place and you can't simply walk away from VWFS for the first two years without heavy financial penalties.

And I still like my manual handbrake.