My .02

This is great news. For a number of reasons. Having owned two quattro's, a 1996 A4 and a 2000 S4, I can tell you, this is going to be an awesome vehicle.

The first upside, now correct me if I'm wrong, but BMW has not listed what the MSRP on the M3 is going to be yet. With the information that the RS4 is coming to town, I assume it is going to effect the selling price on the M3. They are going to have to keep the price down to compete with the RS4.

The immediate thought that comes to my mind, why pay $60K-$65K for a rear wheel drive M3 when you can pay 10K less for a car that has Quattro !

The only place I still see BMW having a clear advantage is with the SMG. As far as I know, Audi only offers two options, manual or auto (steptronic) trans. With the M3 having SMG (at a premium though) some might opt for that. But clearly, Audi is going to have BMW shaking a bit.

4 door vs. 2 door, to me that is a symantic argument. Matter of fact, besides styling looks, I have never understood why someone would prefer a two door. It makes no sense to me. They are the same car, same size, wheelbase, Hp, etc. So the only real difference is, how convienent it is for the owner. I always liked having 4 doors for those times I did need to load tires, carry groceries, friends, or throwing stuff in the back seat. And, it makes the car even more of a "sleeper"

So my opinion, sight unseen of both vehicles, is that the RS4 is going to be the better car at the better value. Just my .02.

B

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