The 2018 Audi RS4
Avant has spotted testing on the roads near the Nurburgring a few days ago. It lies a more aggressive body kit, which besides helping differentiate it over
its plain-Jane A4 Avant siblings, it also improves its aerodynamics and
handling as it allows the use of bigger wheels and tires.
Helping it corner faster are a tweaked chassis,
suspension, steering, and brakes, but the most important change is ditching the
older generation's 4.2-liter V8 engine in favor of a new 2.9-liter TFSI V6
bi-turbo lump. It was first used on the Porsche Panamera, and eventually
adopted by the 2018 RS5.
In the latter, it churns out 450 PS and 600
Nm of torque to the wheels, and this output is expected to be
retained on the B9 iteration too, allowing it to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h probably in 4.0 or 4.1 seconds, before topping out at an electronically
limited top speed of 250 km/h.
Audi have yet to announce when and where the new RS4
Avant will be presented, but the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, which opens its
gates in the fall, seems like a good candidate.
Cr : Motor1, AutoGuide
