NEW Audi RS 4 Competition review: the most hardcore yet

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Steve Sutcliffe puts the new Audi RS 4 Competition to the test on road and track.
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As the era of the purely petrol-engined Audi RS model draws to a close, Audi Sport has gone to town on the dear old RS 4 Avant, giving it one last push before the guillotine finally drops upon it, with the nameplate having been on sale since the end of the last century.
Known simply as the RS 4 Competition, this 75-unit run-out special is not cheap at £84,600, making it £16,000 more than a regular RS 4 Avant but, crucially, a couple of grand less than the similarly specified Vorsprung model. Given that its 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 engine produces no more power or torque above the standard 444bhp and 600Nm RS 4, however, it would be easy to think of the Competition as a cynical marketing exercise; a car designed to extract maximum profit from a model whose enduring appeal would probably sell it to a committed few at almost any price.
Yet the Competition is much more than that. It’s a car with its own identity, both visually and dynamically; one that’s sharper, louder, faster and a fair bit more bespoke in feel beside the already rather tasty regular RS 4. But just how much extra bite does it offer? Our man Steve Sutcliffe got behind the wheel to find out.
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@RalfMilo 2 года назад

When a torque converter automatic shifts so fast and crisp that a seasoned automotive journalist thinks its a dual clutch lol. Well done ZF.

@PlazmaBooy 2 года назад

I'd also much rather have that, it's an old established design that's much more reliable, and honestly just as good (in these cars).

@An.Individual 2 года назад

TBH it's a dreadful mistake for him to make.

@tusharkamboj 2 года назад

yeah very true, but i am shocked Steve did such a huge mistake. Audi has stopped doing S tronic gearbox since they ditched 4.2 FSI engine.

@stevesutcliffe1274 2 года назад

Sorry folks, i screwed up, no excuses. Total brain fade basically. Hope you can forgive and forget, steve

@BarryCoombs1 2 года назад

@@stevesutcliffe1274 it’s just a car review so no big deal. If you were a surgeon who’s just removed the wrong kidney, then we have a real problem. Don’t sweat it Steve, far bigger things in the world.

@wilsonjevin 2 года назад

The body of the RS4 looks better than the RS6

@freddiejones4598 2 года назад

Not a single Audi model is a segment leader. They are so far off the pace

@GeordieAmanda 2 года назад

Ooh bonus Steve! Straight on the back of the GT3 RS. My M3 Xdrive's gearbox is a bit jerky in level 3 too, I'm not a fan of it either and it does also seem unnecessary, although to be fair it's still a bit smoother than my old M4's DCT. (I so miss that car). Love the boxing helmet under a racing helmet look. Fingers crossed for a Steve C63 and an M3CLS review in the future, :) Thanks for another great video.

@RS-jb1lf 2 года назад

They won’t hike power because it would eat into the segment above. You don’t harm sales for RS6 doing that. This is marketing gents.

@usercs_2682 2 года назад

A little bit disappointed with the power figure. Why don’t they just tune a little higher up to compete to the new M3 and C63

@augustortiz 2 года назад

I can’t believe Audi doesn’t sell the RS4 Avant here in the US. What a wasted opportunity.

@khuzram 2 года назад

It's probably to do with regulations and what they are allowed to sell, the US don't want to destroy their own market

@SpontaneousEvolution 2 года назад

Watch Joe Achilles vid today on the RS4 and he said one of the Audi staff let slip that they plan to release them in the US because the RS6 has done so well.

@An.Individual 2 года назад

2:29 it is not a dual clutch gearbox. It is ZF8 torque converter auto. Nice but he shouldn't be saying it's a DCT.

@nicholasevennett8231 2 года назад

absolutely!

@jambear7862 2 года назад

Haha 😂

@Metal05 11 месяцев назад

This is the car for me. Forget the supercars, this would be my supercar.

@georgimihalkov4781 2 года назад

-"How should we name our sportier RS models?" -"Competition sounds good. And I haven't seen anyone else use that name...certainly none of our direct competitors."

@Kataru. 2 года назад

That was my first thought too!

@cookedsalmon5595 2 года назад

If Im not mistaken, Audi used the "competition" name before BMW... E.g the A6 3.0 TDI Competition. Correct me If Im mistaken...

@georgimihalkov4781 2 года назад

@@cookedsalmon5595 BMW has been using that name since 2004 - E46 M3 Competition.

@Vag1986 2 года назад

@@georgimihalkov4781 Audi first used that name on Audi 80 Competition back in 1994. Check it

@randyragy4592 2 года назад

The gearbox "jutter" he is talking about is called AMAX shifting. It is that fastest possible shift you can get from an ZF8 automatic transmission. Yes you give up some comfort for speed.

@An.Individual 2 года назад

And he thinks it's a DCT!

@Pabla98 2 года назад

AMAX is only engaged when doing launch control, the judder he’s talking about is something else (not even sure there’s a name for it)

@An.Individual 2 года назад

@@Pabla98 isn't AMAX a feature on DCT boxes only and not torque converter autos like this RS4

@Pabla98 2 года назад

@@An.Individual nope AMAX is also available on ZF transmissions too, tho I have never heard of it on a DCT

@kennymedic58 2 года назад

This is due to the new M3 touring which is still going to obliterate the RS4.

@krisc6644 2 года назад

They should have bumped up the power to 500

@CrulzNK 2 года назад

its not DCT.. its 8speed ZF torque converter single clutch

@electrikoptik 2 года назад

I believe they use 3 clutches.

@An.Individual 2 года назад

It's a dreadful mistake. He said he had one for 6 months too.

@nicholasevennett8231 2 года назад

@@An.Individual agreed

@hexagonosaurus5848 2 года назад

Its not a single clutch 🤡🤦🤣🤣🤣

@CrulzNK 2 года назад

@@hexagonosaurus5848 yeah. it has 3 clutches apparently

@cg-ji8ul 2 года назад

It’s a tiptronic, torque converter 8 speed

@Vag1986 2 года назад

For all those who thinks that Audi stole the name Competition from BMW... Let me tell you that Audi first used it on Audi 80 Competition back in 1994

@ForTheLoveOfCarss 2 года назад

I dont blame you for mistaking it for a dual clutch😃. Great review!

@michaelgill494 2 года назад

like who really cares about VW AUDI SKODA ? If you are on your game and you know your cars ..you buy BMW ...Audi plays catch up for 50 years and counting ..

@jonathanwilcox7318 2 года назад

The seats are immense. Just a shame they won't be available on any UK RS4 Comps.

@darrinscoilsclouds1498 5 месяцев назад

bro, I can't believe you don't know why someone would wanna feel the shifts🤦‍♂️

@bits2646 2 года назад

I was really hope they'll bump for at least 30hp and make it few 10 kilos lighter and tune the suspension and extra step

@Billeh556 2 года назад

Steve you’re one of the absolute best auto journalists in the world, full stop. Thanks for a great review!

@RS-jb1lf 2 года назад

@Ralph K They appreciate the feedback they give. Most RU-vidrs are useless. Steve, Harris, Jethro and a handful of others give what viewers and readers want. Insight!

@swansmeister 8 месяцев назад

God bro stfu, hear yourself talking. Smoke a joint, take life less serious. You don't even make any sense either.@RalphOK

@laminehacini8477 2 года назад

Win

@boogboog8097 Год назад

Guess that engine is really limited in cooling and can't be safely tuned or Audi would have done it for this.

@mathieucossette9019 2 года назад

Only 20lbs... less, that's not much! Should have been way more

@aryaahmadi4029 8 месяцев назад

When I see Steve, I click on the like button; already been subbed.

@memememine1 2 года назад

Part of the reason I loved the drive logic selector on M cars is for this exact same reason. When I'm on the highway the kicks from the MDCT are extremely fun. Also when sliding the kick can literally send the car sideways which is hugely entertaining. Then by using the middle settings for proper performance driving you can get perfectly smooth upshifts which do not upset the car.

@lenep9985 2 года назад

Stupid name...almost devalues this brilliant car

@Daveodaddeo101 2 года назад

I'm sorry, but I couldn't stop laughing when I saw the helmet! 😄

@SonOfTamriel 2 года назад

Aspect ratio looks cropped in post, which is... jarring. Cool car and review though

@juandavidsa1 2 года назад

Class review… clearly a move to defend the RS4 as the go to fast wagon vs the new M3 touring

@jambear7862 2 года назад

Shame the power is still 444

@jtherealtor 2 года назад

Should've been at least 500hp or been a V8TT

@christianfriedrichs 2 года назад

It’s called shift experience 🙄 They did the same to Ferraris, after the “expert” customers complained about not being able to feel the shifts…

@Luminated67 2 года назад

Maybe I’m in the minority but I don’t see the point in this car, who really wants a focused estate car. What Audi should have done is sort the chassis and rear diff of the regular RS4 and gave it an extra 60-70hp.

@gepflegtesgequatsche1922 Год назад

Germans like that little punch on shifts. It‘s called „soul and emotion“ of driving… I do encounter the results of this everytime I‘m on the Autobahn

@gibby7616 Год назад

I tuned my Pontiac G8 GT transmission to be smooth shifting in Regular Mode & snappy shifting for Sports Mode So snappy that I get 2nd gear chirps!!

@sceett 2 года назад

Surely they could have just given it an extra 50hp and get it up to 500hp, just with a tune? Especially with it being twin turbocharged you would have thought that would of been a pretty easy thing for Audi to do.

@vincentschneuwly9783 2 года назад

It's an old gen car and It's expensive but I could imagine buting one, the only flaw to me is really that power hasn't increased which is a no go for me, still as you said It's much lighter than a M3 touring

@N1ckZ 2 года назад

this car could become very valluable in the future because its the last RS4 that isnt a hybrid or EV.

@vincentschneuwly9783 2 года назад

@@N1ckZ maybe but I am still disapointed by the lack of power increase, Audi used to build "plus" versions to say good bye to a car abd you would always get more power on those...

@damireagle Год назад

Tune it

@Eduardolo1964 2 года назад

I can't understand why the competition doesn't have at least 480 hp to catch up with its main competitor, the BMW M3 Touring.

@josipdundic1554 2 года назад

Sorry to say but your videos are imposible to listen over earbuds noise is imposible to ears,try to make videos vith better noise canceleation,this is terible

@athollmcnicoll1028 2 года назад

Not for me Steve , too costly and high premiums on Car Insurance puts it way out of my league.

@sinoperture 2 года назад

Its going? Like no new versions =at all=? Even screwed up electric 4 cylinder versions?

@nigelcb1300 2 года назад

Too many pops and bangs, designed to appeal to the teenagers and those who wear their cap backwards

@collyersam 2 года назад

This guy needs pensioning off. He can't even be bothered to read the press packs and know what gearbox the car has, despite him 'running' one for six months. It's a ZF torque converter box and not the a dual clutch which the previous generation had.

@freddiejones4598 2 года назад

He’s one of the best journalists in the game.

@collyersam 2 года назад

@@freddiejones4598 far from it...he is a Porsche fanboy that can't be bothered anymore.

@audimidtowntoronto_ Год назад

This newly added Competition Package is craaazy!

@keithmason5584 2 года назад

The judder is the gear limiter , Audi have tuned it in auto to the limit , the standard model thrashed in manual mode does the same

@richardreich8427 2 года назад

Should have come from the factory with at least 510bhp

@An.Individual 2 года назад

Is there any truth behind his comments about the RS4 going?

@L77yma 2 года назад

Uncle Steve is looking good. 👍🏽

@t4oomf442 2 года назад

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE STEVE REVIEW THE 2022 RS4 R ABT

@TheLeeattwood Год назад

😊

@Bobblenob 2 года назад

All stuff no one needs on a normal road

@tedtheturbot 2 года назад

Our Steve nails it again..

@joshbacon8241 2 года назад

I know what I’m about to ask is to do with the mechanically identical RS5 completion and not the RS4, but why isn’t the RS 5 Competition going to come to the UK?

@jj2950 2 года назад

Because they don’t think enough people will want it

@joshbacon8241 2 года назад

@@jj2950 That’s kind of along the lines of what I was thinking at first.

@keithmason5584 2 года назад

Because the RS4 is the “daddy” of all the RS’s from its after life of the S2

@Account1746 2 года назад

Audi are goated right now

@taladon6420 2 года назад

Is it better than the M3 Touring though? It's almost 10k more expensive

@kevinclark1482 2 года назад

Exactly! That new BMW M3 x drive wagon has got to be the next comparison 🤗

@slats1987 2 года назад

They're gonna be almost identical prices once you tick the boxes on the m3

@georgedesouza8937 2 года назад

It’s not a dual clutch. It’s a ZF auto!

@duncanidaho7494 2 года назад

ZF makes dual clutch transmission as well. In this case it is a classic automatic transmission (torque converter).

@georgedesouza8937 Год назад

@@duncanidaho7494 that may be the case. However this car is an automatic tiptrnoic, please do your research

@rasherbasher8203 2 года назад

It's an awesome car.. I'm selling my own grandmother to get one..

@kennymedic58 2 года назад

Just get an M3 touring

@dlevi67 2 года назад

Some grandmother you have

@SY-tn2io 2 года назад

Why is Audi using the “Competition” name?

@electrikoptik 2 года назад

Every car brand is allowed tot use the word competition and many do so. Just like ‘GT’.

@innerhammer 2 года назад

It's just like Mercedes naming their car "GTR"

@Mathewmartialart 2 года назад

so your paying extra , but nothing has actually changed that you couldnt do yourself as in with a tuner which could do a far better job and for far less money

@tomba33 2 года назад

@chriswalker8378 2 года назад

When the rs4 is gone what's going to replace it

@An.Individual 2 года назад

why do you think it is going?

@chriswalker8378 2 года назад

@@An.Individual didn't you say that in your video

@davidhayes4814 2 года назад

I don’t think that Audi tinker with Bhp numbers much ….. at least in the RS range. In these days of remapping, maybe they feel it is below their pay grade or something. Maybe they are right. Despite the relatively modest power, the basic RS4 is such a lovely car.

@spencerl885 2 года назад

Great review Steve! Yeah that jerky gearshift thing looks like it would get old real quick.

@lassebauer 2 года назад

I think the lack of true enjoyment on Steve's face is the biggest weakness of this car. I absolutely love Audi's RS line, but there seems to be too far between them being spine-tinglingly exciting

@antonoat 2 года назад

I’m convinced car companies produce these cars just for journalists. You can’t use the performance legally on the road yet the car is nothing but an expensive compromise on the track. It’s a shame manufacturers don’t put their energies elsewhere! Maybe I’m just showing my age 😀.

@thelifeandtimesofteddywint5396 2 года назад

Exactly what I was thinking, can't really see how I would get the chance to really enjoy a car like this on British roads

@John-ip7qo 2 года назад

Undoubtedly a good car. But Audi continue to under deliver with its RS cars this generation. The M and AMG counterparts are always better in terms of power and enjoyment. Steve's face says it all.

@MarphyW 2 года назад

Agree with the M3 but the new C63s is a POS

@lsowner10 2 года назад

I’m guessing because you own the new Mercedes or is it that you’re a conservative and you hate electric?

@MarphyW 2 года назад

@@lsowner10 Neither nor, but a 2.2 ton 4 Cyl. C63 is a fail, no matter how you turn it.

@TheEryk03 2 года назад

Lovely car

@shepardman993 2 года назад

Really nice looking Has great fun with one totally smoked it tho with my FBO TTV5 E85 MK7R and he was a good sport about

@Billywoo12 Год назад

This car is a great example of where Audi is from a product perspective. So close but still so far!

@Andrew.Branch 2 года назад

Appreciate the widescreen, thank you!

@gkclarke 2 года назад

Great review by Steve, he's the best motoring Journo out there! come on Audi, put these seats in all the RS cars!!

@bonestronk 2 года назад

wow such an original naming! well done Audi!

@billshoe22191 2 года назад

Great job on this Steve. I don't get the RS4 in general. Its very forgettable to drive and this competition sounds like its only memorable for all the wrong reasons. The V6 was never fitting for the RS badge. Quick and competent but nothing I would want after

@LSs1Power 2 года назад

The kick makes for a more emotional shift and engagement. Look at Ferrari dual clutch shifts VS PDK feel. I like the Ferrari more when it shifts, more emotional.