How’s the Audi RS4’s interior?
As per the regular A4, cabin fit and finish is hard to fault, and judicious use of aluminium and Alcantara trim helps lift the ambience a little. If you step from an A8 limo into the A4, it is beginning to look like it’s not quite latest-spec, particularly with its freestanding multimedia screen, but this is still one of the nicest cabins around.
The RS-specific Virtual Cockpit TFT instrument panel sits behind the wheel, with extra RS-specific displays available such as boost pressure, tyre pressures, power and torque output, and a G-meter – which is probably the last thing you should be looking at while you’re cornering at any kind of meaningful g.
It’s optionaly augmented by a genuinely useful head-up display beamed onto the windscreen, which is pin-sharp, and, helpfully, includes an oil temperature readout along with the usual vehicle speed and sat-nav instructions – and, less usefully, a lap timer.
In finest fast Audi tradition there’s a pair of plush, bear-hug-bolstered (and very nicely quilted) sports seats up front, available in varying levels of cushion plumpness for the honeycomb-stitched leather. It just about remains on the right side of chintzy.
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Dynamic driving experience
The impressive optional RS dynamic package in the Audi RS 4 Avant² features dynamic steering, quattro all-wheel drive with sport differential and RS sport suspension plus with Dynamic Ride Control (DRC). The Audi drive select dynamic handling system, on board as standard, brings a thrilling amplitude to the driving experience all the way up to the engine’s electronically regulated top speed of 280 km/h. With the standard RS brake system with brake callipers in black, optionally in red, or the optional RS ceramic brake system with brake callipers in anthracite grey, red or blue.
Panoramic view
Note: Experience the Audi RS 4 Avant from different angles in this 360-degree animation.
Muscular exterior design
The distinctive RS front end with Singleframe and honeycomb grille as well as the RS-specific front bumper with newly developed attachments convey the muscular look of the Audi RS 4 Avant². At the rear, the RS-specific bumper and striking rear diffuser define the sporty impression. The new wheel design and the widened wheel arches add exhilarating accents. As do the optional interior RS design packages in grey or red.
Wheel Design
19″
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Wheels, 5-arm flag style, Anthracite Black, diamond-turned, 9.0J x 20, 275/30 R20 tires
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Wheels, 5-segment-spoke Evo style, Black, 9.0J x 20, 275/30 R20 tires
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Ощущения
При наборе скорости может только порадовать отличная шумоизоляция, автомобиль имеет превосходную управляемости, хорошо чувствует дорогу. С места её рвёт, тормозит плавно. Водитель во время вождения практически не устаёт благодаря хорошо продуманный спинке водительского сиденья.
На поворотах Ауди радует, плавно выходит из самого крутого пике. Коробка автомат управляется компьютером, можно использовать любой из трех доступных режимов для, вашего удобства. В Ауди радует ещё и то, что практически не скрипят элементы из пластика.
В целом, данный автомобиль идеально подходит для гонок, не требует наличия, сверх навыков в процессе управления, но стоимость могла быть и поменьше, поскольку его создатели не смогли предложить серьёзных технологических новшеств.
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Material combination
Dinamica microfiber/leather combination with honeycomb stitching and RS logo on the front seat backrests
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Fine Nappa Leather package with honeycomb stitching
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Audi RS4 Avant: verdict
You’re looking at £65,700 before options in the UK, so the RS4 Avant is very much on a par with the two-door Audi RS5 Coupe.
There’s also a £73,345 Carbon Black, with various option packs bundled in, plus there’s the flagship RS4 Vorsprung with the 174mph top speed at £85,110. For those seeking even more exclusivity, 2020 saw the limited-run RS4 Bronze Edition. The UK’s allocation was capped at 25 units.
The Audi RS5 Coupe’s all-weather capability and physics-bashing performance crossed with the Audi A4 Avant wagon’s understated estate body (augmented by just the right amount of wheelarch steroid injections) is quite an attractive recipe.
As a max-performance, minimum-fuss estate car it fulfils its brief perfectly, albeit for a serious chunk of cash.
It’s as much fun to drive as the RS5 (in fact, subjectively, it actually feels better balanced), while enjoying a more unassuming image. It’s not a car that’ll give you goosebumps, but for many buyers it’ll make them very satisfied. Who wouldn’t love an all-in-one fast estate?
Коробка передач
Автомобили Ауди снабжаются практичными автоматическими 8‑ступенчататыми коробками передач. Следует отметить, что в процессе управления, можно достаточно точно и своевременно включать нужную на данный момент передачу. Но самым важным достоинством автомобиля можно назвать включение спортивного режима.
Все агрегаты автомобиля великолепны настроены на комфортное понижение передач. Благодаря использованию полного привода, quattro организовывается посредством использования дифференциала. Одной из ключевых опций пакета RS-dynamic можно назвать великолепный спортивный дифференциал, который равномерным образом способен отдавать постоянный крутящий момент на все колеса. Короче, на бумаге данная комплектация выглядит вполне респектабельным образом.
What’s the latest Audi RS4 like to drive?
As you’d expect, there’s masses of lateral bite, but it’s to the RS4’s credit that it doesn’t feel inert or anodyne like some fast Audis of old. It’s not as involving as an AMG C63 Mercedes, for instance, or the recently discontinued BMW M3 (not returning until 2022 at the earliest), nor is it the last word in driver feedback, but it is a car that can be rewarding to drive when you want it to be, and entirely undemanding the rest of the time – which feels very much in line with the RS4’s ethos.
To exceed the chassis’ and tyres’ limits you’d have to be going faster than we’d feel comfortable on the public road, but you can subtly adjust the car’s attitude with the brakes and the throttle long before you risk losing your licence.
Driven relatively sedately, there’s plenty of front-end grip and all the traction you can eat, with torque-vectoring-by-braking helping out to carve a clean corner exit. It’s something you can get used to – and perhaps even take liberties with – especially on wet roads.
Several of the cars we’ve tried were on 20-inch wheels and were fitted with the optional Dynamic Ride Control (DRC), with hydraulically controlled damping. In the firmest Dynamic mode, the ride can be choppy on all but the smoothest roads, and you’ll likely quickly tire of it. You have to fiddle with the rather inconveniently placed Drive Select buttons on the dash to change the mode – we wish it had a steering wheel toggle like the TT RS.
Comfort mode feels the best option for the majority of circumstances, and on British roads the RS4 is more effective at absorbing bumps than an RS5, with a less knobbly ride in this softest setting. Despite the effortlessly accessible speed on tap, it’s the sublime ride quality of the RS4 in Comfort that particularly impressed us.
The economy claims should be taken with a pinch of salt; we saw a low of 10mpg on one particularly thrashy drive cross-country! We’d anticipate mid-20s in day-to-day driving, with 30mpg+ feasible on a longer, more gentle cruise.
We didn’t miss the dual-clutch gearbox; the eight-speed Tiptronic shifts unobtrusively in auto mode and supplying gears when requested without fuss in the manual setting. The only fly in the ointment comes during low-speed manoeuvres when it can be slow to engage between Drive and Reverse gears.
The optional sports exhaust makes a theatrical belching noise on upshifts under load, which adds to the sense of occasion, but does sound synthetic, as if it’s been carefully programmed to do so.
Otherwise the V6 makes a decently characterful sound: a muted rasp with a bassy undertone filtering into the cabin with more volume than the RS5.
We tried the optional ceramic brakes, which were very impressive – confidence-inspiring bite from cold, decent feedback through the pedal, and easy to modulate. But much of the same praise could also be applied to the standard steel brakes, coming in at 375mm up front and 330mm at the rear.
One option best avoided is the variable-rate Dynamic Steering, which, although better than previous iterations, still feels odd as it weights up in an unnatural way. The regular steering set-up works well on its own, with three levels of power steering weight to choose from (Comfort, Auto and Dynamic). Regardless of mode, there’s decent feel and feedback (by fast Audi standards, at least, and considering the giant front tyres, impressively so). Good news – RS Audis are becoming less numb (and more comfortable).
Colors and wheels
Combine different paint finishes and wheels to create an Audi RS 4 Avant² to your liking.
Nardo grey
Tango red, metallic
Turbo blue
Sonoma green, metallic
Mythos black, metallic
20″ Audi Sport alloy wheels in 5-segment spoke Evo design, black
20″ Audi Sport alloy wheels in 5-segment spoke Evo design, titanium gray matt, polished
20″ Audi Sport aluminum wheels in 5-twin-spoke edge design, glossy black, polished
20″ Audi Sport alloy wheels in 5-arm flag design, anthracite black, polished
20″ Audi Sport alloy wheels in 5-arm peak design, matte bronze
Progressive interior with room for expansion
In the interior, both the optional sport contour leather steering wheel in 3-spoke design with multifunction plus, flattened at the bottom, and the front sport seats plus in fine Nappa leather, black with honeycomb pattern in crescendo red guarantee sporty character. The optionally available RS design package red or the optional inlays in matt carbon twill emphasise the harmonious overall impression.
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At your command: the MMI
The generously proportioned 10.1-inch MMI touch display permits easy operation of the optional MMI navigation plus with MMI touch infotainment system and easy access to the Audi connect³ digital services. Or you can operate the MMI system intuitively using everyday speech commands – this can be activated either from the outset or using the steering wheel. The RS-specific vehicle menu gives you information on the temperature of the most important vehicle components such as the engine, transmission and quattro sport differential. It also presents the power and torque displays and the tyre pressure monitoring system, which provides data on the pressure and temperature of all four tyres.
Powerful like a sports car, functional like an Avant
The Audi RS 4 Avant² comes with plenty of storage space as standard thanks to its rear seat system, which can be split-folded 40 : 20 : 40. For easy loading, the luggage compartment lid can be opened with a foot gesture in conjunction with the optional convenience key and sensor control. To keep the luggage compartment tidy, there is an optional storage and luggage compartment package as well as the optionally available rail system with load-securing kit.
Functions on Demand
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Внутреннее оснащение
Интерьер современного спорткара остался довольно-таки старомодным в обоих вариантах. Многим автолюбителя было очень жаль, что в данном автомобиле больше практически невозможно услышать дорогих, а также вполне эстетичных щелчков его классического контроллера MMI. Создатели автомобиля решили распрощаться с ними практически навсегда. Но, в качестве необходимой компенсации увеличивается, его центральный экран, который изменился, в сторону увеличения практически на пару дюймов.
Но вот в RS 4 все-таки еще вполне возможно покрутить несколько рифленых барабанчиков, с помощью которых устанавливается полноценный климат-контроль, возможно также и без дополнительных проблем осуществить нажатия на физические клавиши, которые находятся, непосредственно на его центральной консоли.
Можно отметить, что включение фар возможно осуществить практически наощупь, но при этом нет необходимости метко целиться в его «лысую» сенсорную панель. Это даёт возможность без проблем осуществлять переключение в режим «драйв» большим и довольно выдающимся селектором трансмиссии.
Изменения рестайлинговых моделей Ауди RS4
Итак, стоимость Ауди RS5 в базовой комплектации составляет ориентировочно около 7 095 000 рублей. Максимальная скорость составляет около 280 км/ч. Габариты — его длина, ширина, а также высота составляют 4782 мм, 1866 мм, на 1414 мм. Ауди обладает довольно-таки экономичный расходом топлива. Так, он составляет приблизительно 12 литров за городом, а вот по шоссе автомобиль значительно более экономичен, в среднем затраты топлива составляют ориентировочно от 7 до 8 литров на 100 км. Если предполагается движение по городу
Выхлопные трубы автомобиля являются настоящими, но порадуют важнейшим традиционными трюком, связанным с тем, что внутри великолепного овала спряталась парочка довольно скромных патрубков. Спортивная система RS звучит весьма негромко.
Кроме того, большая часть автомобилей из немецкого Ингольштадта, радует своей сверхтехнологичностью, но сейчас это именно так. За два года его последующий рестайлинг воспринимался любителями изящности и яркого стиля вполне себе сдержанно.
Для большей части покупателей автомобиля непременно будут заметны разве что лишь его фары, которые лишились большей части дополнительных зазубрин практически по всей его нижней кромке, а вот полностью видоизмененные бампера автомобиля возможно будет точно признавать, лишь занимаясь полноценным сравнением всех его фотографий. Поэтому, высокие технологии не слишком изменили данного немецкого флагмана.
Технические характеристики
Ауди RS4 Avant немецкие инженеры в известной степени модернизировать. Придал внешнему виду «хищности» и животное агрессии, добавили великолепные светодиодные LED-фары, сделали автомобиль максимально брутальным и мужественный. Следует отметить, что автомобиль оснащён вызывающие уважение двойным турбонаддувом, а гибридный двигатель вида V6 TFSI обладает довольно убедительным объёмом в 2,9 л и способен впечатлить своими великолепными техническими характеристиками даже настоящих профессионалов мотоспорта.
Так, мощность двигателя, составляет ориентировочно приблизительно 450 л. с., крутящий момент данного автомобиля может похвастаться 600 Нм. Ещё одним важным моментом знатоки называют возможность разогнать автомобиль Audi RS 4 Avant до показателя в 100 км/ч всего лишь в течение весьма короткого промежутка времени в 4,1 с, что является своеобразным рекордом!
Максимальная скорость автомобиля все-таки ограничивается умной электроникой до отметки приблизительно в 250 км/ч. Если же вы приобретаете важнейший опциональный пакет RS dynamic, то данный показатель можно будет увеличивать приблизительно до показателя в 280 км/ч.
В то же время, включая на данном автомобиле постоянный полный привод, обладающий функцией quattro, а также наличие отличного спортивного дифференциала, расположенного непосредственно на задней оси, может без проблем обеспечивать водителю осуществление постоянного превосходного сцепления с любым дорожным покрытием, наглядно демонстрировать поистине удивительные навыки управления и отточенного управления вашим «железным конём»
RS5 Sportback обладает схожими техническими характеристиками, разгоняется до 100 км/ч за 3,9 сек, что превосходит показатели его собрать приблизительно на 0,2 сек. Автомобиль универсал не только немного медленнее, но и приблизительно на 38 кг тяжелее. Причём, возможно отметить, что большая часть выросшего на его задней части небольшого «жирка» сделать данный «сарай» значительно более инерционным в процессе осуществления поворотов. Поэтому, младшая модель Avant знатокам ощущается значительно более ленивым по сравнению с классическим хетчбэком!
Do you even lift, bro?
It has to be said, the RS4 has far more presence in real life than it does in pictures – those arches punch out an extra 24mm in width compared with the standard A4 Avant and it sits 30mm lower. Giant oval tailpipes manage to make it look lower as well as wider. The dark vents flanking the tail lights aren’t actually real, disappointingly, but help to add even more visual width to reinforce its brawniness.
Audi reckons its wide-arched shape references the Audi 90 IMSA GTO – a good thing to draw design inspiration from, even if it’s unlikely to be the first thing that comes to mind when you look at the RS4.
While 19-inch wheels are standard, the larger of the two options available are 20 inches in silver or black, wearing 275/30 Continentals front and rear. Opt for the Carbon Black version and a set of glossy, 20-inch, milled aluminium wheels shave a further 8kg in weight.
That 2020 refresh tallied-up with the makeover that lesser A4s received during 2019, with LED-heavy lights and a frameless interpretation of the honeycomb mesh grille, slotting into a slimmer, broader aperture than less powerful models. Given there are no sheetmetal changes, it’s remarkable how much more hench the facelifted RS4 looks as a result.
Any more rippling and it’d come with a bottle of Audi branded bronzing oil.
Audi RS4 performance: just how fast is it?
Rejoice! The RS4 is 0.6sec quicker than its predecessor from 0-62mph, at 4.1sec (two tenths slower than the lighter RS5 Coupe) and tops out at 174mph, if you opt for the flagship Vorsprung model (or spec the optional RS Dynamic package on pre-facelift cars). Otherwise, it’s electronically limited to 155mph as standard. It feels every inch that fast on the road.
At 1745kg, you wouldn’t describe the RS4 Avant as lightweight, but it does weigh 125kg less than the previous-generation RS4. That’s a haul of Ikea flatpackery.
As the Quattro badges and heritage-laced square-bulged wheelarches suggest, all-wheel drive is standard, shuffling the torque split front to rear as required – or conditions demand. During typical driving it’s divided 40:60 front:rear, with as much as 85 per cent of torque directed to the front or 70 per cent to the rear as the system detects wheel slip. We tested the RS4 on a variety of slippery and loose surfaces and it coped with imperious ease. Traction is first-rate.
An electronically controlled Sport rear differential is an option in some markets, but is fitted to all new RS4s in the UK as standard, with the ability to precisely portion more or less torque to each individual rear wheel as required.
Additionally, all RS4s also feature torque vectoring by braking. It has a real agility and there’s decent feel through the deliciously thick-rimmed steering wheel; it won’t talk to you like a pure-bred rear-drive AMG or M product, but this wicked wagon definitely feels worthy of Audi’s RS badge.
An eight-speed Tiptronic torque converter auto is the only gearbox option, in place of the old car’s seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. There’s a pair of slightly cheap-feeling plastic paddles nestling behind the feelsome wheel, for finger-flicking gearchanges. Software remapping of the transmission was introduced in 2020: in regular Drive mode it’s eerily seamless, but the thumps between rations in Sport or Manual modes feel artificial and overemphasised.
Although the two-generations-previous 2005 RS4 was available as a Saloon, Avant estate and Cabriolet, the current car will be sold only in wagon form, just like its immediate predecessor. The five-door RS5 Sportback essentially fulfils what would be the Saloon’s role.
There’s a decent boot, with a flat floor and easily enough space to swallow family luggage or a big dog (though maybe not both at the same time; you’ll need the bigger Audi RS6 Avant for that…).