EXTRA VA LUE WHEELS
Fancy some go-faster practicalit y for the cost of the optional extras on our Swissbound M3 Touring? With a £22,500 budget, we hit the classifieds
WORDS OLLIE KEW
Audi RS4 Avant
WHAT TO PAY £18K–£24K
In the mid-Noughties, fast Audis found a purple patch. The RS6 hit on the bi-turbo V8 AWD recipe now favoured by all the big super-saloons, the R8 rewrote the entry level supercar rulebook, and we were treated to possibly the finest driving four-door Audi ever: the second RS4. Its rare late Nineties predecessor used turbocharged V6 power, but the B7 RS4 employed a naturally aspirated 4.2-litre V8, sending 414bhp to all four wheels. Naturally. No S-tronic paddles here, only an absolute peach of a manual. As a package of handling, speed, noise and quality, this is one of the all time great wagons.