Prepare To Be Surprised How Much Power Audi RS4 Avant Actually Has?

Curious To Find Out How Much Power Audi RS4 Avant Actually Has?

One such car company is Audi, which keeps reporting sligtly lower official power numbers for its turbocharged cars than they actually produce. And the living proof for this is a new video from the folks over at Carwow, who put an Audi RS4 Avant with approximately 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) on the odometer to a dyno test.

On paper, the 2.9-liter biturbo V6 unit of the fast wagon generates 444 horsepower (331 kilowatts) and 442 pound-feet (600 Newton-meters) of torque. As it turns out, these numbers are lowered by the automaker, as in fact it produced a maximum output of 460.2 hp (343 kW) during two runs on the dyno. The specialist, who is helping Carwow with the test, says the engine could be easily upgraded to over 500 hp (373 kW) with a simple remap of the motor’s software.

The torque figure is even more impressive – 480 lb-ft, which equals to about 650 Nm – some 40 lb-ft or 50 Nm more than the factory specification. The torque is peaking at approximately 2,750 rpm, which is also quite impressive for a gasoline engine.

All that power reaches the wheels of the wagon through an eight-speed automatic gearbox with paddle shifters and Audi’s famous Quattro all-wheel drive.

While the previous naturally aspirated V8s of the RS4 were brilliant, this new video clearly shows the new 2.9-liter biturbo V6 is equally cool, at least when it comes to power and its delivery across the rpm range. Fortunately, the motor also has a lovely raspy soundtrack, so we don’t miss the V8 era that much now.

Audi RS4 interior
Audi does interiors very well, and the RS4’s, based as it is on the latest A4’s, is no exception. It gets the kinds of highlights that you’d expect a major carmaker to add to a sporting variant – some moody trim in places, aluminium highlights, and so on – while the basics all remain to Audi standards of solidity and finish.

The A4’s infotainment system remains one of the best in the business, too, with handy shortcut keys and a rotary dial to scroll through all it can do, with supplementary readouts on the all-digital instrument panel being handled by steering wheel controls. It’s a more fussy interior, then, than, say, a Volvo, but for ease of use it’s vastly superior.

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Video by : carwow via youtube
Car information by :motor1.com