The 2008 Audi RS4 has been highly anticipated by car enthusiasts all over the world. The fuss started with the 2007 version of the car. People in the states were told that the only body type available to them would be the sedan even though Europeans were given the choice of the avant and the cabriolet. Rumors abound that the plans could quite possibly be changing, but nobody seems willing to pin down anything definite.
Audi History
Audi can be traced all the way back to August Horch in 1899. Horch was a car producer who wanted to use his family name on his vehicles but in 1909 he was muscled out of the company that he had started. He started a new company but he was forced to use a new name and a new logo. Horch called upon Franz Fikentscher to help him decide on his new company’s name and logo, but it was actually Fikentscher’s son who came up with the name. It was the son who pointed out that the name Horch could be translated to Audi in Latin and that is how the company got its name. The logo did not come until World War II when Audi merged with a few other companies to form Auto Union. Auto Union used the four inter-locking rings to represent the four companies that had merged to form the single entity.
Currently Audi holds some World Records including Top Speed Endurance. The company has become increasingly popular and is considered to be one of the best cars on the road today. It is certainly a “higher end” (to borrow a retail term) automobile and the 2008 Audi RS4 has a starting MSRP of $66,910 (price quoted by the USA Audi website).
2008 Audi RS4 Specifications and Features
The 2008 Audi RS4 has a ton of features and standard specifications that help stand it out from the other automobiles on the road. The car has a 4.2 L Displacement and can boast a torque of 317 lb-ft at 5,500 rpm. The max output of the RS4 is 420 hp at 7,800 rpm and the car has an electronic speed cutoff of one hundred and fifty five miles per hour. Standard features include a four way lumbar adjustment that is electric and head restraints that are also adjustable. The interior is made of silk nappa leather with piping around the seams of the seat. The back seats have a 60/40 split fold and the GmbH pedals are made of Aluminum Quattro®. It even has a built in parking system that utilizes sensors in the rear of the car that are designed to monitor just how close the car is to obstacles and it notifies the driver of possible collisions with a warning signal.
Fun features include a stereo system that comes complete with a six disc CD changer. The CD player can read regular CDs and mp3s. It has a digital radio tuner that has a dual diversity antenna system. The car also comes ready for Satellite radio and allows the driver to preset up to twenty one satellite radio stations. The instrument panel is backlit with a brightness control that is automatic. The instrument panel contains a voltmeter, tachometer, electronic speedometer and an odometer. It also has a digital clock and date display a service indicator and it has both coolant and fuel temperature gauges all right where the driver can see them.
