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The most powerful A4 is easy to pick with its new front bumper and its huge air intakes, giant brake discs and 21-inch wheels.

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Audi is readying a new RS4 for action against the Black Series Benzes. Carparazzi caught this Audi RS4 mule during tests at the Nurburgring and predicts a mechanical package similar to the RS5, including a 4.2-litre V8 tweaked for more than 330 kiloWatts.

The most powerful A4 is easy to pick with its new front bumper and its huge air intakes, giant brake discs - with RS-badged calipers - and 21- inch wheels. The widened arches on the test car, though, will be replaced with something more elegant before the car reaches showrooms in Europe later this year.

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