gtr886

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.

moosejaw

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

gtr886

a RS4 2007 is around 47K! thats almost a new A4. With M3 or C55, it's only around high 30k's....

Wonder why is that.....

CLKCLK

Because there is no buy or sale on this type of car so there is no such resale value jk

kindafast

Sorry to disappoint you but there were no M3's or C55's made in 2007. And who ever is asking 47 for it must be an idiot: http://www.edmunds.com/audi/rs4/2007/index.html

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.

TemjinX2

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.

gtr886

hmmm....

Phil C55

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.

rockjock

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-

Phil C55

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.

s4avt

RS4 was imported limited quantity to U.S.
Plus, Brand new RS4 cost more than both C55 or M3..

moosejaw

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.

rockjock

A mitsu Evo MR is also more then a base 335i......

Phil C55

WOW, $40k for a four cylinder Mitsubishi, you would have to be on crack. There are so many cars I would buy for $40k before that, the list is very long.

moosejaw

That wasnt the point i was trying to make. Evos and 335is dont compete with each other. A5s and 335is do.
Doesnt matter if Evo MRs are ripping 9 sec 1/4 mile passes. its still a subcompact

rockjock

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.....

TemjinX2

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

spr

I've run an rs4 and they're not all that quick. In any event the reason for the FMV being higher is the intial price was higher to begin with as previously stated. Thread [END]