Audi S4 - Everything You Need To Know | Up to Speed

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The Audi S4 pioneered the idea of a sports sedan behind the backs of their very own company. As other brands began to target the S4’s breakthrough market segment, Audi’s success was plagued by sabotage and misunderstandings. Only through Audi’s advancements in automotive engineering has the S4 remained ahead of the curve, and steadily within our hearts.

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[lazthegreat]

Americans suing a company for hitting the gas pedal instead of the brake lmao

[boostaddict_]

Do Audi RS next. All of them. RS3, RS4, RS5, RS6, TTRS, everything.

[sethcjones]

Thank you James and Donut crew for this. I own a B5 stage 3 S4 and B8 Stage 2 S4, both manual. These cars are total sleepers and don’t get the love they deserve. Keep up the great work guys!!!

[Anonymoughst]

Me: Awesome finally a video on my car

Donut: Skips the B7 😕

[GeekTherapyRadio]

2:25 I puckered.

I also still adore my 2010 S5. Naturally aspirated 4.2 V8 mated to a 6-speed manual. One of the last of a dying breed.

[kylepasta]

Yoooo, that's my car at 7:43, lol

[DarioDAversa]

Loved my 2006 Audi S4 B7. It drove awesome on dry, wet, and snowy roads. It was fast, and I remember taking that thing to 225 km/h (120 m/h) and the car handled it so easily. It was great. Until it started falling apart. I was going to replace it with an S5 Sportback, but I ended up going with the KIA Stinger. It might be Korean, but it felt so much like a german car that I still feel I'm in my S4 ... oh yeah, it was designed by the same guy...

[TobIas-ordj]

It’s kinda confusing, cause the 100 C4 S4 was actually the beginning of the Audi S6.

Audi 80 became A4—S4
Audi 100 became A6–S6

They eben changed the name in the middle of production from C4 100 S4 to Audi A6 or Audi S6 (S6Plus)

[phil.]

Und es startet mit einer Legende.. R.I.P Die Limo

[danielshamy]

Great video! I bought a brand new 2002 B5 S4 (last year of the B5 - technically a 2001 model overlapped for the last year of the B5) in September of 2001. I absolutely love that car! It did become a constant progression of more power, albeit tuning becomes extensively more expensive once you go beyond programming, a MAF, and exhaust - well, actually, the exhaust cost a great deal. One thing even someone who hates the brand can say about the car is that the engine is damn near bulletproof. A car that was built for 250hp stock, my car, was ultimately modified to push out about 630chp and DYNO’ed at 515 to the wheels in 4th gear with the aid of two 30mm turbos from an extremely limited run TiAL Motorsports turbo kit... and on the stock head. That is pushing almost 3 times the stock power train output. Almost 20 years later and I still have the car, and I will never get rid of her. Great to see you love the S4 as well. I have only ever bought Audi’s for myself since... latest, a 2017 Audi RS3, which now that the current S4 is about the same size as the A8 of that same era, the RS3 is the closest comparable to the pinnacle of the S4’s, the B5. Again, great video brotha!

[GermanEliteTuning]

Great video. you guys picked some nice S4's for your clips.

[augustinf]

Wasn't the 100 more like an A6 and the 80 more like an A4? I remember my dad had an 80 and in 97 when it came out, he got a blue B5 S4 avant... his favorite car he ever had.

[rucarnuts]

Daww. Still no up to speed on the Audi UR Quattro/Sport Quattro?

The grandfather to, literally, every single AWD performance car? The fire-breathing, 500+ horsepower, 5-cylinder rocketship that, not only ushered in a new age in rallying, but also dominated the IMSA championship definitely needs a video of it's own!

Please Donut?

[nickh]

Love how he talks about 2003 like its history... I feel old

[topher]

Normally I hate the Fortnite plugs but leave it to Donut Media to knock it out of the park. Still don’t like Fortnite but awesome creativity Donut!! This is why I love you guys

[NotLowreyLmao]

Video about the s4






Has a Civic chillin in the background

[robertgoldsworthy]

Absolutely love this video!!! Finally!!... some love for the S4!! Bestist video from Up to

[mrdeeds]

Loving that Nogaro Blue S4. A friend of mine had (and still has) a heavily modified S4 Manual which back in 2002 had 450 AWHP. No longer an Audi fan, but the S4/RS4/RS6 will always have a special place in my heart.

[atmartens]

One of my dream cars is still a 2007 RS4.

[Garage]

Woah! My video is in this at 3:42! Far out! :D