Autocar stick to their guns re: E92 M3

[alex_123_fra]

going off track a bit but where do they get their depreciation figures from for the rs4 in the autocar article - sub 30,000 after one yaer??? i am looking to buy one at the moment but even with retail mark up that means i should be able pick a year old model up for about 33,000 tops, if anyones got one a that price let me know. what car quotes similar figures as well.

The depreciation figures are wrong. You will have difficulty finding any RS4 (saloon or otherwise) with decent spec for anything less than £41-42k....and those cars are '55 and '06 reg cars with around 15-20k miles anyway. Maybe a LHD car for £33k, I'll give you that.

Hence the autocar article (and auto express) depreciation figures are horse-<beep>.

[TWB]

yes i know was just pointing it out maybe someone should to autocar and what car

[t_urbo]

going off track a bit but where do they get their depreciation figures from for the rs4 in the autocar article - sub 30,000 after one yaer??? i am looking to buy one at the moment but even with retail mark up that means i should be able pick a year old model up for about 33,000 tops, if anyones got one a that price let me know. what car quotes similar figures as well.

The depreciation figures are wrong. You will have difficulty finding any RS4 (saloon or otherwise) with decent spec for anything less than £41-42k....and those cars are '55 and '06 reg cars with around 15-20k miles anyway. Maybe a LHD car for £33k, I'll give you that.

Hence the autocar article (and auto express) depreciation figures are horse-<beep>.

Same old Same old,
The truth is their not worth squat when you come to sell, but go to buy one well thats a different story.

[DoctorD]

I'd be interested to know whether if you increased your RS4 rev limit to 8500rpm whether you'd still feel the M3 had the edge? Many owners here feel the difference this makes is substantial....


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That would be interesting to find out wouldn't it.

Bear in mind though that the E92 M3 feels artificially restricted to 8400 rpm, it feels like it would keep increasing in power until 9000 rpm, hence one of the reasons why a CSL version is so tantalising.

When I drove the RS4 and M3 back to back (ignoring the M3's higher rev limit) there was a discernable harder pull in the M3 between 6000-8000 rpm. The RS4's engine feels lazier and more relaxed by comparison, which I realise is difficult to imagine considering how well the RS4 pulls at those kind of revs.