Special Audi RS4 marks 25 years of famed moniker for £115,880

The Audi RS4 Edition 25 Years starts from £115,000

Edition 25 Years gains power boost and improved track performance; just 50 coming to UK

Audi has marked 25 years since the launch of the famed original RS4 with the moniker’s most powerful model to date and a new flagship for the current generation.

Limited to just 250 examples, with just 50 coming to the UK, the from-£115,880 Audi RS4 Avant Edition 25 Years gains 20bhp over the standard RS4, with the same 2.9-litre V6 twin-turbocharged engine boosted to 464bhp. Torque stays at 443lb ft.

Although this boost in power still leaves it short of the 502bhp BMW M3 Touring, it can now, coupled with improved gear mapping, sprint to 62mph in 3.7sec, a 0.4sec improvement and just 0.2sec off its Munich rival. Top speed rises to 186mph.

To add to that extra grunt, Audi engineers have also made tweaks to improve the RS4 on track. As well as fitting the normally optioned Quattro Sport Differential, this includes increasing the negative camber on the front axle by two degrees and installing stiffer control arms to improve grip and handling in fast corners.

A firmly fixed subframe on the rear axle has also been fitted for more precise suspension feedback. Stopping power comes from standard RS ceramic brakes.

The special edition also makes use of the normally optioned RS Sport Suspension Pro, which lowers the cars by as much as 20mm.

Although visually identical to the standard RS4 Avant, the Anniversary Edition’s key standout is the Imola Yellow paint (a £3300 option), made famous by the original RS4. Buyers can also option Nardo Gray and Mythos Black. 

Audi has also removed the Avant’s roof rails to give it a flatter, sportier silhouette, added a matt black sports exhaust, and gloss black details to the side windows and badging. 

Inside, yellow stitching adorns the cabin, across the new Alcantara bucket seats, suede steering wheel, drive selector and centre console, which Audi says is reminiscent of the 2001-made RS4 Sport. 

Buyers also get a selection of tyres. Although the lightweight palladium matte 20inch alloy wheels are as standard shod with Pirelli P Zero Corsa, owners also get a set of semi-slick P Zero Trofeo RS for track use.

The limited edition car will be built alongside the Audi A4, Audi S4, and Audi RS4 at Ingolstadt which Audi says “emphasises the flexibility of the production site”.

The limited edition model, available from June, is priced from £115,880 before options.