2020 Audi RS four Avant debuts with recent seems
Audi’s within the technique of updating its A4 vary for 2020 and the ultimate member to be tweaked is the high-performance RS four Avant from the Audi Sport division.
Audi in August confirmed the automotive’s large brother, the RS 6 Avant, on the market in the USA at some future date, however the RS four Avant is not due right here, not less than on this era. Hopefully that will not be the case for the next-generation RS four, which we hear will probably be a plug-in hybrid.
The up to date RS four Avant does not profit from any additional energy over the outgoing mannequin. Beneath the hood sits a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 producing 450 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque. The engine is mated to an Eight-speed automated and all-wheel-drive system and can hustle the small, sporty wagon from Zero-62 mph in about four.Zero seconds. High pace is ruled to 155 mph. This may be lifted to 174 mph as an choice.
2020 Audi RS four Avant
On the surface, the headlights are new and not characteristic the teardrop ingredient of the outgoing RS four, whereas the entrance grille can also be wider and decrease and contains a new three-dimensional honeycomb construction. The adjustments on the rear are extra refined, with essentially the most outstanding being the redesigned rear diffuser.
The all-wheel drive is rear-biased (usually a 40:60 break up entrance to rear) however is ready to ship as much as 70 % of the drive torque to the entrance when wanted. The drive torque is directed between the entrance and rear axles by way of a purely mechanical middle differential, and it may be managed at particular person wheels by way of a brake-based system. When cornering exhausting, this latter system, which is a part of the digital stability system, applies a little bit brake strain to the within wheel to assist flip in. A extra aggressive model of this for the rear axle, which Audi calls the Sport differential, could be added as an choice.
The RS four Avant additionally comes with sport-tuned suspension with adjustable dampers, plus speed-sensitive steering, 19-inch wheels with 265/35-size tires, and 6-piston brake calipers with 14.Eight-inch rotors on the entrance and 13-inch rotors on the rear. The rotors are metal as normal however could be swapped for even larger carbon-ceramic rotors.
2020 Audi RS four Avant
For the inside, a bigger 10.1-inch touchscreen show sits atop the sprint for the infotainment and can be utilized very like a smartphone. Pure-speak voice activation and buttons on the steering wheel may also be used to regulate the infotainment. Particular Audi Sport touches within the cabin embody the RS logos, together with some within the digital instrument cluster, in addition to a flat-bottomed steering wheel and body-hugging sport seats up entrance with distinction stitching.
In markets the place the RS four Avant will probably be offered, the primary examples will arrive at sellers in December.
Observe, related updates on the RS four Avant ought to characteristic on an up to date RS 5 vary additionally due for 2020.