Warm Up Your January With This Solar Orange B8 Audi RS4

Upset about the new RS4 dropping two cylinders? This £25k B8-gen version should be right up your street, and it's finished in a brilliant colour
Warm Up Your January With This Solar Orange B8 Audi RS4

At the launch of the new Audi RS4 a few weeks ago, I found myself a little distracted from the new, 2.9-litre V6-powered version. Distracted by its larger-engined predecessor, sitting on a giant display showing the whole lineage of the RS4, right the way back to the RS2.

The B8-gen RS4 is a car I’ve driven and seen plenty of before, but before then I’d not seen it finished in such a vibrant hue. Said hue - I’ve since discovered - is Solar Orange, and it looks wicked. It’s not far off ‘Neon Carrot’ (aka Car Throttle orange), and it’s an incredibly rare option.

Warm Up Your January With This Solar Orange B8 Audi RS4

Just three B8-generation RS4s received this in-yer-face paint job, and unsurprisingly we can only find one currently for sale in the whole country. The car in question is a 2013 example, and it’s been well used in its short time on planet Earth, with the mileage currently at a heroic 89,000 miles.

B8-generation cars are powered by Audi’s magnificent - and sadly discontinued - 4.2-litre naturally-aspirated V8, which kicks out 444bhp. The 0-62mph time of 4.8 seconds may be just shy of a second off the latest RS4’s benchmark sprint, but with a howling 8000rpm redline to enjoy, who cares about raw figures?

Warm Up Your January With This Solar Orange B8 Audi RS4

The Solar Orange exterior of the 2013 car is complemented by arch-filling 20-inch wheels that are arguably less challenging to look at than some of Audi’s more recent designs, while on the cabin’s livened up by a load of carbonfibre trim pieces. It’s a stunning thing inside and out, we reckon.

It’s up for £24,990, and comes with a full service history. Tempted?

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Comments

Nishant Dash

CarThrottle Orange… hmmm… shouldn’t you guys like pool up to buy it

#2broke2furious

01/08/2018 - 15:46 |
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CarThrottle car which finally works… fit it with an exhaust maybe a few modifications and go on some roadtrips hunting for content

01/08/2018 - 16:01 |
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Kyle Ashdown

Alex Kersten could this be Ethan’s new Swagon?

01/08/2018 - 15:56 |
42 | 0

Nahh not shitbox enough.

01/08/2018 - 16:09 |
16 | 2

The swagon V2… a rocket of an Audi

01/08/2018 - 16:22 |
2 | 0

You mean’t this?

01/09/2018 - 01:57 |
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Christian González Alfonso 1

89000 miles, previous owner, wherever you are, I strech your hand proudly

01/08/2018 - 16:22 |
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Twopoint0

If AlexKersten bought this he’d have a lemon AND an orange, can’t let this chance slip.

01/08/2018 - 16:54 |
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Anonymous

I don’t like the new one.

01/08/2018 - 17:54 |
2 | 2
Soni Redx (MD Squad Leader) (Subie Squad Leader)

….

01/08/2018 - 18:34 |
4 | 4
Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

I like the new one more. This one isn’t bad though

01/08/2018 - 20:41 |
0 | 0
Matt Hatter

That orange always reminds me of this.

01/08/2018 - 21:08 |
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Anonymous

Someone in my local town has a B8 RS4 in orange, amazing spec in the metal.

01/08/2018 - 22:30 |
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Sudip Suresh

sometimes i reconsider moving to the uk

01/08/2018 - 23:18 |
0 | 0