Audi RS4: Ultimate sedan shootout against BMW M3 Sedan, Lexus IS F and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG

Road&Track made the ultimate sedan shootout featuring the Audi RS4, the BMW M3 Sedan, the Lexus IS F and the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG. 4 cars, 1 winner: the Audi RS4. We always knew it, but thanks for the confirmation.

In its last year of production, Audi's RS 4 continues to amaze and delight. In the "amaze" category, we're all impressed how a car whose compact V-8 engine completely overhangs the front axle centerline can change directions with such agility. And how the styling, both inside and out, has held up so well, reflected by points wins in both styling categories...in spite of the controversial "gasping trout" grille. Our car had the Titanium Package that includes gunmetal-gray 19-in. alloy wheels and rearview mirror housings, plus black-out trim for the oval exhaust tips and fish mouth. "The RS 4 is all about subtle style, nothing outrageous or trendy," wrote Simanaitis.

The intake rumble and exhaust note are a little more muted than the others: "Audi chose a high-class sound rather than the C63 and IS F's manly V-8 noises and the M3's race-car roar," said Monticello. But you can play its engine note like the proverbial Stradivarius with the RS 4's excellent 6-speed manual whose lever "glides through its gates with a Teflon smoothness," observed Bornhop.

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Source: Road&Track

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