Audi RS4 BB

In Germany, where the autobahns beckon and speed limits are non-existent (if you know where to go) talk of 380bhp inspires not envy but contempt among fellow motorists. You would be laughed right out of the super-unleaded queue by your peers.

Auto Express Car Reviews

March 2002

In Germany, where the autobahns beckon and speed limits are non-existent (if you know where to go) talk of 380bhp inspires not envy but contempt among fellow motorists. You would be laughed right out of the super-unleaded queue by your peers.

Maybe that is why people take their nice, shiny, new powerhouse of an Audi RS4 to B&B Automobiltechnik. Based in Siegen, Germany, the 17-year-old company is an established Volkswagen Group product expert, having pumped some serious muscle into the likes of Polos and Golfs as well as, more recently, Lupos and Beetles. The 350bhp, turbocharged VR6 Polo certainly grabbed the local headlines...

There are three stages of tune for the RS4 super-estate, the mildest of which - Stage One - results in a power delivery of 422bhp. For those who had anticipated the production machine to pass the 400bhp barrier - as Audi had promised before the start of production, but failed to deliver - it's a dream come true at last. For the relatively modest sum of

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