Audi RS4 2021 Review and Drive Impression - Is this B9 model the last RS4? | OVERTAKE

2021 B9 Audi RS4 review and drive. Audi invited OVERTAKE to join them on a range sample day in the Cotswolds and we kick started with the 2020 model year Audi B9 RS4. With Audi going to a full electric vehicle model range from 2026 onwards, this B9 RS4 looks set to be the last combustion engine Audi RS 4 in history. It could in fact be the last RS4 full stop, the perfect time to sample the RS4 then, in the perfect setting, on the open Cotswolds roads. The RS 4 model has an illustrious history beginning with the original B5 Audi RS 4 Avant quattro, a 380 bhp, Quattro all wheel drive powerhouse of an estate car (or wagon, or touring, depending on where you&from) and continuing on to the this latest generation of car. You could argue that the model really began with the first RS model Audi, the RS 2, which was co-developed with Porsche and featured that classic Audi 5 cylinder engine, but the first car to be badged an RS 4, was the B7 model in 1999/2000. This latest RS4 is equipped with a 2.9 litre twin-turbocharged V6 co-developed with Porsche (featured in the Cayenne S, Macan Turbo and Panamera S) pumping out some 444 BHP (or 450PS) mated to an 8 speed automatic gearbox and Audi&Quattro all wheel drive system. Power is split mechanically 40:60 front-rear, although either axle can actively receive more depending on the available grip levels. All UK cars get a Sport Differential, which is able to mechanically vector torque across the rear axle. The B9 generation RS 4 is...