By doing the same again, of course. Only this time with more of everything. Enter the 1999 ‘B5’ Audi RS4: a wagon boasting a power output – 381hp from a Cosworth-developed 2.7-litre twin ...

the 2001 B5 Audi RS4. As it’ll shortly turn 25, and therefore be ripe for import to the U.S., I figured it would be a good idea to take a spin in Audi UK’s immaculate heritage unit.

Audi never released an RS4 B5-sedan, not counting two secret factory prototypes. Sad, Fredrik Almquist thought, who took matters into his own hands and composed his own, tuned version with bells ...

Just like its venerable predecessor, the Audi RS4 B5 Avant was built in limited numbers and only as a station wagon. For that era, the RS4 B5 was the bee’s knees on more than one level.

The RS4 B5 is probably the first chapter of the fast Audi wagon book. There was also the RS2, of course, but that's the epilogue. Is the RS3 a wagon? Well, the old one kind of was, but this looks ...

These days it seems that Audi is prepared to stick an RS badge to practically anything in the range, but the 'B5' RS4 was only the second model to wear the 'Renn Sport' derived moniker ...

Comes now the RS4 Quattro, the most powerful production Audi yet unleashed, producing 375 horses from its rather-more-stressed 2.7-liter V-6. Cosworth Technology, a division of Audi since last ...

It’s a wonderful car class, and this year, one of its chief instigators is celebrating a significant milestone: the B5 Audi RS4 turns 25. So we thought we’d give you lot a quick history lesson.