We'll not see an RS4 like the current car again - is the Imola Yellow 25 a fitting farewell?
We'll not see an RS4 like the current car again - is the Imola Yellow 25 a fitting farewell?As the Audi RS4 Avant prepares for life as a plug-in RS5 wagon, so the run-outfeels increasingly appropriate. The original model swaggered into the 21st century with a twin-turbo V6 of less than 3.0 litres, was offered only as a compact estate, and looked the absolute business in Imola Yellow.
While the 25 Years shares some bits with the Competition - the RS sports suspension pro coilovers, the revised sport diff, snappier gearchanges - the two aren’t identical. The yellow car gets another 20hp for starters, meaning 470hp in total, as well as standard ceramic brakes , and the intriguing inclusion, exclusive to this model, of an additional two degrees of negative camber on the front axle. Which isn’t nothing.
Sadly there’s not a Competition to compare to the 25 Years, though certainly they both offer up a more engaging drive than the base model. The old black car did without the negative camber; from what can be gleaned, it seems that this one does without the fixed steering ratio of before. That would seem an odd omission, though whatever the case some tweaked hardware certainly make for a more positive, keener front end here than stock.
Ultimately the 25 Years remains as satisfying to drive as the Competition was, with purpose and resolve and a feeling that the driver is being encouraged to have their say on proceedings. The brake feel from the standard ceramics is really good, the willingness of both axles - the front to dive for an apex, the rear to power out - and the steeliness of the damping effort once more makes for an RS4 that will reward driving fast rather than merely tolerate it.
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