New Audi RS4 to return as a saloon in 2016 - Auto Trader UK

• New RS4 to feature twin-turbo V8. • Could arrive in showrooms by 2016. Audi has not had a direct rival for the BMW M3 and Mercedes C63 AMG since 2008, but the boss of Quattro has revealed to Auto Trader that could be about to change. At the launch of the new Audi RS3 Sportback , the Head of Quattro, Heinz Hollerweger, hinted that saloon versions of the RS4 may soon return to the RS portfolio. Speaking about the current range of ‘RS’ Renn Sport models, Hollerweger said that Audi had no intention of offering an RS version of every model in the range – to ensure exclusivity – but that there was still “lots of potential for new model... We need silhouettes that also work in growing markets like China and the U. S. ”. When pushed to reveal whether this meant the return of high-powered saloons to the RS stable, Mr Hollerweger said: “Bringing an [RS4] saloon alongside the Avant in... This opens the door for the return of the RS4 saloon, which last appeared in the guise of the mighty B7 RS4, and which went off sale in 2008. Often considered the high water mark for Quattro GmBh, this was the first ‘RS’ with a naturally aspirated... Source: www.autotrader.co.uk