Prices for the 2013 Audi A4 can fall as low as $17,000, according to Edmunds, with customers having a typically vast choice of engine options ranging from a 1.8-liter four-pot up to Audi’s fire-breathing 444 hp 4.2-liter V8 found lurking within the flagship, Audi RS4. Reliability. Avg. Yearly Maintenance Costs: $828 ; Est.
Put best, the W8 or WR8 was a great way to package a V8 into a smaller space. It was actually voted for the “best technical innovation” during its time in production. With that being said, it is an absurdly complex engine that isn’t the most reliable, especially since Volkswagen discontinued it after 3 years.
The mighty 4.2 is based on Audi's 4.0 V8, but features heavy revisions throughout to produce more power and better reliability. The interesting thing about the bigger V8 is that it has been utilized in two very different applications - as a quiet and comfortable luxury motor in the Q7, and as an all-out, high revving motorsport beast in the The Audi R8 was initially equipped with a 4.2-liter V8 engine producing 420 horsepower. Audi R8 5.2 FSI Coupé quattro (2009-2015). In 2009, Audi unveiled the R8 with a 5.2-liter Lamborghini V10 engine producing 532 horsepower. Audi R8 4.2 FSI Spyder quattro (2011-2015). In 2011, The Audi R8 V8 became available as a convertible ‘Spyder W/that said, the handling of the RS5 will be significantly better than the Stock S6. The “feeling” or the grunt of the engines & the SOYP feeling (in terms of acceleration) will be very different. If you’ve not driven the RS5 be sure U do, it takes some time to “learn” how to drive it to maximize the NA V8 vs the TT V8 U currently have. OKWtNeh. 274 202 384 366 356 228 398 357 13