I had the great opportunity to be invited to an Audi drive day near Lincoln on Saturday (thanks Dad!). It was an event held where you get to drive various Audi

 

Blimey, an Audi that rides well?

How much does it weigh?

 

Nice one mate - good write-up.

Know what you mean about the V8.......my boss has an A8 with the 4.2V8 and it's awesome. Even though the A8 does 0-60 in 6.1, it feels ten times faster given it's a bloody big limosine!!!

 

i was behind an s6 on saturday.!

we were stopped at the lights with a clear dual carriage ahead

by the time i hit 100 the s6 was miles in front!

still its more than twice the price of an S so who cares!!!

 

EVO slated it in the latest mag

 

EVO got a bit OTT in my opinion. It is not that bad. I agree as mentioned above that the saloon is by far the better option, but its hard for me to comment as I have not driven the saloon.

This car is no track car, but a direct competitor to the CLK55 AMG convertible, XKR convertible, M3 Cab etc IMO the same comparison is true of all of these cars when the roof is lost.

I think it does a great job of doing that, but not a great job of being an out and out sports car. How often can a 4 seat cab be thrown around like a sports car? We all know that if you lose the roof from a saloon or coupe, you lose the rigid structure and then the handling suffers.

My comparison is directly with other 4 seat convertibles that I have driven. The RS4 is by far the best one that I have ever been in.

 

As big a fan as I am of German uberbarges, these saloon car cabrios really are terrible imo.

 

I'd *definitely* have an RS4 saloon or convertible - I think they're amazing beasts - if only I had the money

 

I'd exclude the XKR from that group, since it's a properly-engineered sporting car and not a cut'n'shut D-segment tin box.