Next Audi RS4 to get V6 turbo, US sales still unclear
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Next Audi RS4 to get V6 turbo, US sales still unclear
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Audi's high-performance S models have forged a reputation in the US for offering wonderful driving dynamics in a package that doesn't scream, "I bought a sport sedan." However, its even higher-performance RS models are still somewhat of a rarity here. While the RS5 and RS7 are in the current US lineup, many of the wild RS models that Europe gets, like the RS6 Avant (pictured above), never make it to these shores. Unfortunately, that might not be changing anytime soon with the next-gen RS4.
The RS4 will follow the lead of the next BMW M3/M4 and (rumored) next Mercedes-Benz C-Class AMG and make the switch to a smaller turbocharged powerplant. According to an Audi insider speaking to Car and Driver, the next RS4 will drop the last generation's 4.2-liter V8 in favor of a turbocharged V6. The engine block will likely be shared with the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 in the regular S4 but fitted with two turbochargers. Power would likely be around 400 horsepower to match the 425-hp M3 and rumored 450-hp C-Class AMG.
Unfortunately, the RS might not make it across the pond to our waiting hands because the source says no decision has been made to export them yet. Obviously, we hope that Audi makes the right decision and brings the next RS4 here.Next Audi RS4 to get V6 turbo, US sales still unclear originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Audi's high-performance S models have forged a reputation in the US for offering wonderful driving dynamics in a package that doesn't scream, "I bought a sport sedan." However, its even higher-performance RS models are still somewhat of a rarity here. While the RS5 and RS7 are in the current US lineup, many of the wild RS models that Europe gets, like the RS6 Avant (pictured above), never make it to these shores. Unfortunately, that might not be changing anytime soon with the next-gen RS4.
The RS4 will follow the lead of the next BMW M3/M4 and (rumored) next Mercedes-Benz C-Class AMG and make the switch to a smaller turbocharged powerplant. According to an Audi insider speaking to Car and Driver, the next RS4 will drop the last generation's 4.2-liter V8 in favor of a turbocharged V6. The engine block will likely be shared with the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 in the regular S4 but fitted with two turbochargers. Power would likely be around 400 horsepower to match the 425-hp M3 and rumored 450-hp C-Class AMG.
Unfortunately, the RS might not make it across the pond to our waiting hands because the source says no decision has been made to export them yet. Obviously, we hope that Audi makes the right decision and brings the next RS4 here.Next Audi RS4 to get V6 turbo, US sales still unclear originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Not a shock all around. Personally having owned two of the best of them (08 E92 M3 that I just traded on a new '14 RS5) I absolutely love these high revving exotic V8s. Having owned three of the best turbos (335i, GTR and Evo X) I understand turbo and it's value proposition well, but they just never excite me and I never love the power delivery.
Chasing the twin forces of on paper torque gains to appease forums and mags, and on paper MPG gains (for the 10 minutes a week you're out of boost) plus the commodity value of just using the regular lines power plants (rather than a motor unique to the elite line) with a new blower and ECU, and his shift becomes inevitable.
The performance will be there I'm sure, but yet another erosion of the core character of these kinds of cars (along with loss of 6MT, loss of hydraulic steering, sacrifice of the uniqueness of the premium brand to the "midway" model that they can sell at higher profits, etc)
Chasing the twin forces of on paper torque gains to appease forums and mags, and on paper MPG gains (for the 10 minutes a week you're out of boost) plus the commodity value of just using the regular lines power plants (rather than a motor unique to the elite line) with a new blower and ECU, and his shift becomes inevitable.
The performance will be there I'm sure, but yet another erosion of the core character of these kinds of cars (along with loss of 6MT, loss of hydraulic steering, sacrifice of the uniqueness of the premium brand to the "midway" model that they can sell at higher profits, etc)
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