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Originally Posted by Arcades
CanAutM3 I'm curious since you tends to know your Audi's, has your family considered the new S4?
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Actually, that's what we were going in to buy. My wife's B7 S4 was starting to age and needed to be replaced. We skipped over the B8 because we really did not like how it drove vs the V8 B7 (the B7 S4 was a competitor to the E46 M3 in those days before the RS). When we test drove the B9 S4, we found it big and rather soulless. We then saw the small RS3 in the showroom and decided to take it for a spin, we both fell in love with how it drove. Plus that I-5 sounded like total bonkers. And to my surprise, in terms of size, the wheelbase was within 0.7" of the B7, while the B9 was over 7" longer than the B7. We then test drove the RS5. It felt much more luxurious and upscale than the RS3, but it felt slower, heavy, muted and not as fun to drive, so we settled for the RS3.
We are now seriously ogling the RS6 Avant though
