What's your favourite daft cabriolet? The B7-generation Audi RS4 Cabriolet should be added to the shortlist
What's your favourite daft cabriolet? You know, the convertibles that really shouldn't have existed, had sanity prevailed in the planning. Or perhaps several, in fact. Think of cars like the Land Rover Evoque, VW Golf R, Peugeot 205 GTI and Maybach 62; they should never have spawned convertible versions, really, but they did. And their sheer weirdness makes them nothing if not interesting in a modern context, where curio projects so seldom happen.
The B7-generation Audi RS4 Cabriolet can probably be added to the shortlist. Not content to limit the V8-engined model to Avant-only status as per its B5 predecessor, Audi mirrored the lineup of the lesser S4 with the RS flagship, meaning saloon, estate and convertible were all offered. Which wasn't entirely out of the ordinary.
Clearly Audi thought so, as it followed up the RS4 cabrio with an RS5 equivalent, also offering four seats, more than 8,000rpm and in excess of 400hp. It made no sense at all, and was widely derided at the time. Not many were sold either - yet here we are just a few years after the RS4 and RS5 all wistful about amazing engines being crammed into places they really shouldn't have gone.
This particular RS4, if very far from a purist's special, has been cherished. The original owner spent more than £60,000 on it in 2007 and has covered fewer than 60,000 miles since, with plenty of history and all the old MOT certificates to back it up. The only deviation from standard spec is an upgraded infotainment unit to allow smartphone mirroring, with the original system also supplied. Even in pictures , the RS4 scrubs up really nicely.
It's for sale at £27,995, indicative of the regard in which this RS4 generation is now held. It's actually comparable to the four-doors and Avants of a similar mileage, so perhaps the market likes the cabrio more than we thought. It's possible to spend up to £35,000, in fact.
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