when did the first audi rs4 come out 1994 model
- 1 The first Audi RS model was released in 1994, with the launch of the RS2 Avant. 2  The Audi RS brand can trace its roots back to 1983 and the beginning of Audi's Quattro tuning arm.3  The RS sub-brand continues to thrive for Audi, and rightly so. Following the launch of the S6 in 1996, Audi followed it with the RS4 Avant in 2000. 2  Cosworth was heavily involved in the production of the RS4 Avant, tuning the 2.7-litre V6 to give 375bhp. 3  In 2002 Audi introduced the RS6, which came in both saloon and Avant body styles.