Number of cylinders: 8
Emission class: Euro 4
Number of owners: 4
Registration number: NG-093-X

Audi RS4 B7 4.2 V8 Quattro, 2007. Four owners, 136,289 km.

You know what the problem is with most convertibles? They exist to be seen. Hair in the wind, sunglasses on, one arm draped casually over the door. Fine, all very nice, but the moment you put your foot down the party's over. A barking four-cylinder, a CVT transmission that sounds like a vacuum cleaner on its last legs, and acceleration that would make a pensioner on a bicycle chuckle. Convertibles are there to pose in, not to drive. So goes the law.

And then along came Audi, somewhere in the mid-noughties, and decided to ignore that law. They took a B7-generation A4 Cabriolet, ripped out all the mechanicals, and crammed in something that really had no business being there. A 4.2 litre V8 with high-revving ambitions, 420 bhp, 8,250 rpm before the limiter steps in, quattro all-wheel drive and a manual gearbox. A manual gearbox. In a convertible. A dying breed even back in 2007, and these days rarer than a decent espresso at a motorway services on the M1.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 91 photographs. The service history, scanned in full. The Carfax report. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 19 June 2007 to today, with every owner and the mileage year by year in a single graph.

Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the showroom, and finally the live auction on our own site. What changes is the way you buy, not the location — once a car has arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon–Fri 9–18 and Sat 10–17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone free for you.

Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per destination beforehand.

Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell us what you are looking for — another Audi we can often find through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside the listings. Have one of your own: we buy exceptional cars outright, classic or modern.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m², with over 150 cars under one roof. You are just as welcome if you are not buying — walk around, take your time and enjoy the cars; sharing the enthusiasm is half of it.