Audi RS4 Avant debuts in Geneva

From this summer, Audi will for the first time be offering additional versions of the RS 4. Following the successful market launch of the saloon at the end of last year, the Avant and Cabriolet versions will be appearing at dealers from the summer. This will round off the RS 4 family. This highly emotionally charged, high-performance product from quattro GmbH unites the characteristics of a sports car with supreme everyday qualities. This is as true of the saloon version as it is of the Avant and the four-seater Cabriolet.

The RS 4 has numerous new features to distinguish it. Most notably, there is the V8 engine with an output of 420 bhp. This is the first time that a manufacturer has combined petrol direct injection with a high-revving concept. Engine speeds of up to 8,250 rpm are possible. Another highlight is the suspension with the latest generation of quattro permanent four-wheel drive and Dynamic Ride Control. The Cabriolet and Avant have likewise been subjected to a rigorous regime of weight reduction measures to make sure that they are equally sporty. Even though the engineers have systematically applied lightweight construction principles, all RS 4 versions feature luxurious equipment that singles out the Audi RS 4 as a high-performance vehicle suitable for everyday driving.

The Audi RS 4 Avant
Beautiful estate cars are called Avant. A maxim that is equally applicable to the Audi A4 and to the new top model, the RS 4 Avant. In it, Audi combines the characteristics of a sports car with the practical virtues of an Avant.

Racing technology clad in civilian garb: a principle that applies both to the RS 4 Avant and to its saloon counterpart. The first RS 4 generation was available exclusively as an Avant, because it was clear that there was market demand for that body version.

Although in production for only slightly more than one and a half years, sales of the first-generation RS 4 Avant topped 6,000 units. Incentive enough to include this attractive body version in the range again.

There are numerous new features that give the RS 4 Avant a distinctive flavour while still identifying it as a member of the A4 family. The single-frame radiator grille with a rhombus-pattern grid, the additional air inlets at the front end and the alloy wheels developed specially for the RS 4, together with the flared wheel arches, clearly set the Audi RS 4 Avant apart from a standard A4. Flared sills and lower door trims coordinated with the sills are other differentiating features. Then there are the RS 4 badges at the front and rear, as well as on the side rubbing strips. [...]

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Very nice, as expected.
I like the wood trim in the avant seems to fit better than the carbon fiber.

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pretty cool.. but i still prefere the sedan ..

What a hot car - I'd take this over the sedan anyday.

Amazing!!!!
But still, the sedan is my favo!

Ja, me too, there's something deathly cool about hot Audi RS Avants. It's a legacy that stems from that original uber-wagon - the Audi RS2. Love em.

The rear lights on the Avant are very big. Look much bigger than the sedan ones. I don't like them at all.

I myself love the Avant... especially after seeing a 2.0T S-Line on the road for the first time a few weeks ago!

Audi always made fantastic wagons... these are no exception IMO.

I'm with Top Secret and Martin about choosing the Avant over the sedan!

no you are not with me.. read again.. i prefere the sedan not the avant..i dont have kids and dogs and such..so no need for a avant...plus the sedan is hotter imo

... I edited my reply.