How Come the RS4 Cost 30% more compare with other used value
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How Come the RS4 Cost 30% more compare with other used value
Do you guys know why the RS4 cost almost 30% more than AMG or M3 within the same year? After few Winter snow storms, I looking to get a 4 wheel drive car on my next purchase.
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I dont know why RS4 costs more but I bet Audi is thinking it's sh*t don't stink.
Their resale value is about the same or less than a C63 or a M3.
If you want to save money with a Audi
Buy a A4 2.0 and a stage 3 APR tune
Their resale value is about the same or less than a C63 or a M3.
If you want to save money with a Audi
Buy a A4 2.0 and a stage 3 APR tune
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Wonder why is that.....
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The 2007 RS4 has a more recent design than the E46M's or C55. Plus it will leave those two in the dust at the track or on the straight.
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just look up the number of rs4's imported in the US and look up how many M3's BMW sells in one month. Then you get the picture.
The 2007 rs4 also has the destroked Lambo v8 in it. So i'm sure having a lambo engine in it, helps with the resale value.
The 2007 rs4 also has the destroked Lambo v8 in it. So i'm sure having a lambo engine in it, helps with the resale value.
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Because it started out 30% more when new? Most of the RS4 cars were in the $70-74k range and C55 was $56-$58. You can do much better $ wise if you could live with a S4 instead. More of them, still a V8, and its got quattro AWD.
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Tem is dead on....
resale values (the Edmunds of the world) get their stats from DMV's that list the resale taxable rate on the car sold/titled-so-if there are 10 RS4's sold in your state-and 7 of the buyers are recktards and paid too much-it will inflate the values-
this would be one of the (few) times that an auction value and researching autotrader, ect would beni the potential buyer-
as for better $ wise (Phil)-there are buyers who want the limited prod of the RS series (I'd like to get my hands on an RS6-sure there are much better cars out there-but something about it appeals to me)-and Audi hopes to convert its A4-S4-RS4 buyers down the line-
resale values (the Edmunds of the world) get their stats from DMV's that list the resale taxable rate on the car sold/titled-so-if there are 10 RS4's sold in your state-and 7 of the buyers are recktards and paid too much-it will inflate the values-
this would be one of the (few) times that an auction value and researching autotrader, ect would beni the potential buyer-
as for better $ wise (Phil)-there are buyers who want the limited prod of the RS series (I'd like to get my hands on an RS6-sure there are much better cars out there-but something about it appeals to me)-and Audi hopes to convert its A4-S4-RS4 buyers down the line-
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I didn't say the RS4 wasn't worth it or a bad value, he asked why the RS4 is so much more than a C55 and it's because it cost way more to begin with. If he wants a RS4 for C55 $, that isn't going to happen. That's why I mentioned a S4. If he is a buyer who wants a limited production car then he has to step up and pay the big $ to get there.
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You have to wonder if the RS4 deserves to be termed "limited qty"
From Wikipedia
To date, approximately 10,000 B7 RS4s have been built, of which around 2,500 are in the USA.
However there are only 1600+ C55s made for the US market
Now the RS4 is really a car that has more power than a C55/M3, but because of its porkiness its not much faster. It also guzzles gas like a pig.
The Audi S4 has always been the slowest in the group. I think the RS4 was made to improve the cars performance and at the same time capitalize on the RS name it made for it self in the early 90s when the RS2 was made by Porsche.
Plus its cool to drive an Audi now, I bet Audi feels it product deserves to be more expensive than its competitors and the typical Audi buyer doesn't compare vehicles when purchasing. They feel their cars are the equivalent of the iphone.
Case in point wonder why the S5 is more $$$ than a M3 and the A5 is more $$$ than a 335i.
From Wikipedia
To date, approximately 10,000 B7 RS4s have been built, of which around 2,500 are in the USA.
However there are only 1600+ C55s made for the US market
Now the RS4 is really a car that has more power than a C55/M3, but because of its porkiness its not much faster. It also guzzles gas like a pig.
The Audi S4 has always been the slowest in the group. I think the RS4 was made to improve the cars performance and at the same time capitalize on the RS name it made for it self in the early 90s when the RS2 was made by Porsche.
Plus its cool to drive an Audi now, I bet Audi feels it product deserves to be more expensive than its competitors and the typical Audi buyer doesn't compare vehicles when purchasing. They feel their cars are the equivalent of the iphone.
Case in point wonder why the S5 is more $$$ than a M3 and the A5 is more $$$ than a 335i.
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There would be a lot of car mags that would argue that the 335i and Evo X dont compete-those were the first to compare when the X launched-I dont see it as a cross shop either-but C+D, MT-they all did.
Personally-I wouldnt cross shop an RS4 and a C55/C63 either-they are two diff (enough to me at least) cars that they wouldnt serve me-
you could argue that an RS4 and an Evo should be cross shopped tho.....
Personally-I wouldnt cross shop an RS4 and a C55/C63 either-they are two diff (enough to me at least) cars that they wouldnt serve me-
you could argue that an RS4 and an Evo should be cross shopped tho.....
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The 2007 rs4 is more of a e92 m3 and c63 competitor. Audi just came out with there refresh earliar. Audi is remarketing the trim levels.
The new S4 is suppose to compete against the 335i and the rs4 will compete against the m3 and c63
The new S4 is suppose to compete against the 335i and the rs4 will compete against the m3 and c63
