/ (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading is sending its performance wagon off with a bang. There's a hot package now available, which brings a range of mechanical tweaks (but no extra power). Only around 75 examples in total of the and related are coming here.
It's a final hurrah for Audi's rival, which is based on the tamer A4 Avant. That vehicle's replacement – the new – has already been revealed, as has the 'mid-strength' S5 Avant. Both are due here in 2025.
It's only a matter of time before an RS5 Avant comes, and it's rumoured to be adopting plug-in hybrid six-cylinder power. Before then, Audi has launched this swansong edition of the RS4 with coilover suspension, a louder exhaust, fixed-ratio steering, and retuned differential and transmission software, among other changes. Power and torque are unchanged, not that the RS4 Avant was really wanting for either, but because of some of these other enhancements the 0-100km/h time has been reduced by two-tenths of a second.
This is one of the few examples in Australia where a wagon outsells his sedan or hatchback counterpart, with Audi claiming it sells twice as many RS4s as it does . The Competition Plus package adds an extra $13,990 to the RS4 Avant's price tag, or $15,290 if you get the package with the optional RS bucket seats. That makes the vehicle roughly the same price as its only direct rival in Australia, the BMW M3 Touring.
Our tester included the Competition Plus package with the optional RS bucket seats.