Fun with the S4 at Hennessey Performance Engineering

A fun afternoon with Matt Hardigree from Jalopnik and John Hennessey turned into hooning when I handed over the keys to John. We lined it up against a 335i and laid waste to it a couple of times and tried to get the rear end to hang out. Good times, good times.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Audi
• S4
• John Hennessey
• Jalopnik
• Speed:Sport:Life

[emm3tt]

A modded car against a stock car. One car was launched correctly, the other was not. And a horn for a tree. Interesting comparison.

[zerinS4]

@emm3tt Both were 100% stock. Where did you read that either one was modified? And did you not read it was all in good fun?

[AdrianosFidi]

@A4rings i agree

[A4rings]

@AdrianosFidi yes the car was slightly understeering.

(Excluding r8)

I was saying that the the b8 s4 with the optional sport differential suffers the least understeer, then the rs4, then the b8 s4 w/ out sport Diff. I would assume the tts/ttrs is also good in this department because it has such a short wheel base.

[AdrianosFidi]

@A4rings i admit Audi's understeer , but mainy because of the drivers

you want to say that b8 s4 understeers more than rs4 and in this case it was understeering ?

[A4rings]

@AdrianosFidi hahah you are not an audi fan if you dont know that they tend to understeer. and the rs4 probably is least affected by this other than the b8 s4 with the sport differential.

[AdrianosFidi]

@IPGAuto the speed caused the tires chirping

it would happen to every FWD or AWD the same while RWD's would shake their ass, all at these conditons

probably you heard about the rumor that Audi's understeer but is fake, i watched many videos with Audi cars because i am a fan of Audi and i noticed that understeering apears only at RS4

and dont forget the driver

[IPGAuto]

@AdrianosFidi - No like.. It is understeer, listen to the tires chirping around the turn. Thats understeer

[AdrianosFidi]

@IPGAuto that was not quite understeer

[IPGAuto]

Hahah listen to that sound of understeer! Ass out hahaha aka understeer.

[marksangenito]

the 335i is pretty damn fast stock isnt it?

[Jaloper33]

@emm3tt As Zerin pointed out, both were 100% stock. As for the launch, I was too busy doing my nails and verbally assaulting strangers like most 3-series convertible owners.