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Audi's badge is four interlocking rings, which represent the quartet of makes that combined to form the Auto Union. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe S4 may not carry that badge on its nose, but is it also saddled with a price that will make it hard for the seller to lock up a deal? More »
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One apparently erroneous digit in an eBay classified listing for an Audi S4 has set off an online feud between a used car dealer in Pennsylvania and the car's would-be buyer. Both claim the other is being unreasonable and neither side seems willing to yield. Here's what happened. More »
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Audi's updated the A4 line, bearing gifts for efficiency wonks if not for those hoping for freshened visuals. Sure, the headlights are a bit larger by a few millipedes and the hood's got a slightly more dramatic arch. Fine. But boy howdy, check out that Allroad. More »
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Late last year, reader Chris Ostberg sent in a video showing his two-year-old daughter enjoying a ride in an Audi R8. Here's a look at Ostberg's hotter ride — a twin-turbo 2001 Audi S4 that's been to the Nürburgring and back. More »
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As the world gears up to gape at the wedding of one Kate Middleton into the barrel of jug-eared inbreds known as the British royal family, Audi has figured out a way to turn the royals into silent spokesmodels. More »
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Every car nut dreams of building the ultimate garage and showing it off to friends/forum members/strangers. This Audi aficionado's garage is impressive, but let's be honest, it's really all about that sexy RS2. More »
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If you go to Audi USA's website and build yourself a new S4, don't select the Imola Yellow paint as it runs a little pricey — $46,000 pricey. Configurator FAIL! UPDATE! More »
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Speed:Sport:Life's Zerin Dube brought his new Audi S4 to take pics of the VelociRaptor 600 and, before we knew it, John Hennessey himself was in it drag racing me behind his shop. Then more awesome ensued. More »
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In the spirit of Chase Jarvis's excellent book The Best Camera is the One That's With You, I've recently started shooting cars with my iPhone 3GS. Who knew that tiny little lens had soul? More »
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At one point Audi released a five-cylinder engine because four ist too small, und six ist too big. Now Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an S4 with a V8 crammed under its hood. Ain't progress grand? More »
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If you're one of the million gamers laying virtual tracks in Forza Motorsports 3, the Hot Holiday DLC pack offers ten cars with a combined 5,649 HP. Below, discover why you'll want these bruisers in your virtual garage. More »
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The chaps at Car und Driver report Audi will put the next S4 and S5 on diets to trim 20% of their heft with lighter materials and smaller, higher strung engines. More »
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This isn't the first skiing-related 2009 Audi S4 advert, but while the previous one amazed us with CG artistry, this one's for real. Snowy slalom + TFSI V6 + AWD = awesome in our book. More »
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We don't get the 333 HP 2009 Audi S4 here in the US just yet, but that doesn't mean it can't be advertised in Germany with downhill skiing through the streets of San Francisco. Huh? More »
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We've been showered with photos and details of the new Audi S4 Sedan and Audi S4 Avant ahead of the official Paris unveiling and the numbers do look good. Using supercharging and direct injection, the folks in Ingolstadt have managed to squeeze 333 HP out of the 3.0-liter V6, good for a 5.1 second 0-to-62 run while still returning an average of 24 MPG. S4 buyers will also get a seven-speed S-Tronic gearbox, Quattro all-wheel drive and the standard-issue array of electronic nannies keeping everything in line. Still, if this S4 runs as well as the specs suggest, we can't wait to get some seat time. Full press release after the jump. More »
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A report at Fourtitude says highly placed sources are stating the pending B8 Audi RS4 and the first edition of the Audi RS5 will be sporting a massaged version of the 4.2-liter V8 currently in the RS4 and R8. The mill would be getting a boost from 420 HP to 450-470 ponies, most resulting from opening up the already-shocking 8000 RPM redline. More »
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Though we'll have to wait for the 2008 Paris Motor Show for a full reveal, bit-by-bit the specs are filtering out on the 2009 Audi S4 — or is it 2010 Audi S4 — we're still confused by Audi's lack-of-model-year naming scheme for product. We already knew it would get a supercharged (which could mean turbosupercharged, depending upon which report you read) 3.0-liter V6 backed by a 6-speed twin-clutch lovingly referred to as "S-Tronic." What's news is that traction control/AWD will be provided by the Quattro system as expected, and that the updated Audi will run the 0-to-62 (0-100 km/h) in under six seconds thanks to approximately 350 HP on tap. More »
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It looks like Audi's got a V6 planned for the next generation of the S4. Yes, if Car und Driver's sources are correct, the 2010 Audi S4 will get an all-new forced-induction 3.0-liter V6 — potentially wearing the designation of 3.0T — under the hood. The big buff book believes this new supercharged V6 will generate somewhere close to the 340 horses found in the soon-to-be-late S4's 4.2-liter V8. If the strategy works, the manny-tranny S4's fuel economy would see a boost of 20%. What's that you say? You don't want a V6? More »
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According to the forum fan-boys who think the World of Audi, this is the new Audi S4 Avant. While that certainly looks like it's got the s-line bumper and bigger brakes — at least one of us is telling us we should be hedging our bets on this. But another one of us wonders who we are to argue with the folks from AudiWorld? They've already told us so much about what we should expect from the new S4. They've already confirmed — via unnamed insiders, of course — the S4 will debut with a new 3.0-liter TFSI twin-turbo producing 330 horses. Despite a 10-horsepower drop, they say zero-to-60 times will fall from the current model's 5.4 seconds into the low five-second range, all with a fuel-economy gain from 17 mpg to over 20 mpg. So — what say you — is this the final exterior of the S4? More »
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Earlier this month, Fourtitude speculated on Audi's returning to a bi-turbo V6 setup to the next S4. Now, AudiWorld says they've confirmed with unnamed insiders the next S4 will debut with a new 3.0-liter TFSI twin-turbo producing 330 horsepower. Despite a 10-horsepower drop, they say zero-to-60 times will fall from the current model's 5.4 seconds into the low five-second range, all with a fuel-economy gain from 17 mpg to over 20 mpg. And aside from besting the BMW 335i, the return to the turbo six means tuners will have a wider range of options for making even more horsepower. The new, B8-platform model will also get Audi's new vectoring quattro-drive system, which will allow on-the-fly torque allocation to all four wheels. No word on price, but expect an auspicious, champagne-soaked debut at the New York Auto Show in April '08. [AudiWorld] More »
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Sure, Audi's 4.2-liter V8 is an engine for the ages, but some purists cried foul when that eight-snogger became the default powerplant for the S4. Wasn't forced induction an Audi hallmark? Time marches on, and word from Fourtitude is that Audi may be reconsidering the S4's eightness. Insiders say Audi's been testing a mechanically aspirated engine on Germany"s Nürburgring, though are split on what type is is. Some say turbos, some say kompressor, and a vocal few say Audi's going to use VW's twincharger technology to combine the two in one batshit version of the 3.0-liter V6. Whatever it is, it appears Audi's planning an assault on the BMW 335i, with more than 300 horsepower from this new powerplant, whatever it is, while adding a few points to its fleet mileage average. [Fourtitude] More »
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With Audi's new A4 generation having debuted in Frankfurt last week, Audiphiles' thoughts are now with the more sporting versions of Ingolstadt's bread-and-butter model. Motor Authority offers a spate of digitals that show what looks to be the coming Audi S4, due later this year. Revised bumpers, trunklid spoiler and qiad exhausts give away the goods on the variant, which like its predecessor will be powered by Audi's sublime 4.2-liter FSI V8. It'll also come with Audi's new understeer-reducing differential system that distributes engine torque in continuously variable proportions between the rear wheels. But don't get too keyed up; word is the next super-sport RS4 won't arrive until '09. [Motor Authority] More »
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For those willing to make the leap and stop pretending their Audi S4 RS4's are anything but pure performance machines comes this sport sway bar package from Hotchkis Performance. The 35MM front bar stiffens things up by 60%, while the two position 29MM rear bar is adjustable from +235% to +305% stiffer over stock. Throttle application can charge on a bit earlier out of the corner with these bars thanks to an increased slip angle. This package is designed primarily for road course or autocross action. A loss of some street manners is to be expected - and encouraged. [Hotchkis Performance] More »
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During Alex Roy's long association with Jalopnik, we've come to regard his M5 as something of a piece of folk art; a snot-beat, pricey machine that's likely done more of what it was designed to do than just about any other E39 built. Herr Roy, of course, is a showman, and while his steed of choice is generally considered one of the finest cars of the last three decades, it's still a seven-year-old blue sedan. But somehow with the addition of antennae, stickers and Albanian goat-track dust, it becomes something else. It's almost a parody of the CSL Batmobiles in a way, but just as deadly in its own right. Alex and our pals Jeff Musical, Emil Rensing and Rob Ferretti took the M5 and a few other chips of the Bruce block down to Englishtown for the VW/Audi show at Waterfest over the weekend. It was bad enough that Roy showed up in a Bimmer. Worse? Rensing brought his F430. [Team Polizei] More »
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What does a classic overachiever, ex-Microsoft employee of the month, entrepreneur, mountain climber and creator of an insanely popular board game drive to the grocery store? Right, any damn thing he wants. But this particular individual who fits that profile, Richard Tait, chose a 2004 Audi S4 Avant that's been worked over by a motorsports firm from the Pacific Northwest. Funny, it's the exact car we'd have picked for him. More »
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Audi's getting all the New York auto show this week — unveiling its 2008 TT and introducing its 2007 A4 and S4 cabrios to the Norteamericanos on Wednesday, April 12. The theme will be fashion and design, with a runway show by New York fashion designer Doo.Ri Chung — featuring supermodel Tajana Patitz — during the press conference, which will lead into the TT's introduction. No word on whether the afterparty will involve body shots of Asbach Uralt, but one can dream. More »
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Oh, but to be a single-brand site like Fourtitude — no distractions, just one model line, for good or ill — copious attention lavished by one team of PR folks yearning for a friendly face, a kind word and an eager hand into which to toss the keys of exclusive product. We're not sure all that's true, but it sounds good. Anyway the 4titude gang got to drive Audi's new, limited-edition 25quattro, a $60,000, DTM-themed, factor tuner version of the S4. Is it a mere (heh! mere) toyed-up S4, or is it a Gestalt experience? Check it. More »
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Audi will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the introduction of its quattro all-wheel-drive in the US with a special edition of its S4. It's mainly an academic exersize in option-package tweaking, but it may offer some value to collector types of a particular Touring Car bend. More »
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