Highlights 4.2-litre naturally-aspirated V8 Quattro all-wheel drive system Comprehensive service and maintenance record Desirable ‘Q-car’ specification Rare, collectable and unmodified Overview Over the last couple of decades, Audis have garnered something of a reputation.

That reputation mostly consists of being driven 3cm from your rear bumper on the M6 with their headlamps flashing every 200th of a second.

Which is hugely unfair, both to our retinas and to Audi.

It’s particularly unfair to Audi because they make some beautifully engineered, physics-bothering and immensely satisfying-to-own machinery.

In modern times, much of that performance DNA can be traced in a direct line back to the B7 RS4, also known as “the fast estate that’s brilliant to drive”.

Yes, you heard us, it’s brilliant to drive.

And not “brilliant for an Audi” or “brilliant for an estate car”, no it’s just plain brilliant.

Period.

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A cursory glance at the spec list helps to expla...