Audi RS4: New version coming in 2008? Bringing 450 bhp?

We found sources saying that the next-gen Audi RS4 might come as early as end of 2008, bringing 450 bhp with it. Well, we have our doubts, because usually RS models are introduced much after the ordinary versions.

Now for more good news: Audi wants 450 horsepower for the next RS4, despite tightened European CO2 standards. That challenges BMW, which worked to get 420 horses out of its new M3 V-8, up from an expected 400. Mercedes-Benz is in this game too, with its C63 AMG (see horsepower in our "First Drive" story, page 70). The next RS4 will bow at least a year after the new A4-or fall of 2008 at the earliest.

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Source: Motor Trend, picture by Audi

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