Will anyone buy a diesel S4 and will that help drive up values on the petrols?

I’m curious too as I’m looking to sell my B9 S4 so I’m wondering if to wait a while to see if used values increase...
 
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I think used values will go up a bit. I am pretty certain they will need to offer cheapish lease deals to get these moving and they aren't stupid they will know sales wont be as high and will have adjusted targets internally. From the four S cars now diesel in think the S6 and maybe S7 have a reasonable.chance of doing ok. Diesel seems to suit these cars better somehow. From the four I'd only consider an S6 avant on a ****** good deal and chuck a tuning box on it.
Glad I've extended my S5 lease!
 
Possibly a slight increase in values of the most recent petrol S4s but I really don't see a 'big bounce' happening: by the time that the first diesel S4s are delivered, around September / October, you won't have been able to have registered a brand new petrol S4 for over a year. That significant gap means that there is a buyer trade off in terms of the age of car they are prepared to buy.
 
They will probably hold their value a bit better but not likely to go up compared to something truely iconic like a V8 or a V10. The diesel S4 will probably sell just fine to buyers that were previously looking at the 272 diesel but traditional S buyers will almost certainly look at other options. Who knows, the 55TFSI may make an appearance in the A4 range, it's there in the A6 after-all.
 
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People will buy it but it won’t be the exact same market as before.

Fast diesel lovers will now gravitate to it because it’s gives them what the want along with the coveted “S” badge.

Petrol heads who wanted the performance but can’t justify/afford/want an RS level product will leave it in disgust and start looking at the warm models from Merc (C45) and BMW (M340i)

Non-car people who just want to be seen driving something a bit flash and keep up with the neighbours will buy it regardless.
 
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I would bet on the opposite. The Enthusiast market is small not very profitable niche that Audi is pivoting more and more models away from. I would assume the millions they spend on market research and consulting has driven this decision. A much larger audience of drivers will consider an S car that can do over 40mpg combined with the same performance as a petrol. This will draw most of the market participants with money to spend (rather than people on internet forums) to want the new model even more.
 
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Boosted_Six said:
I would bet on the opposite. The Enthusiast market is small not very profitable niche that Audi is pivoting more and more models away from. I would assume the millions they spend on market research and consulting has driven this decision. A much larger audience of drivers will consider an S car that can do over 40mpg combined with the same performance as a petrol. This will draw most of the market participants with money to spend (rather than people on internet forums) to want the new model even more.
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Its an interesting point and you would assume Audi know what they are doing but we all really know this has been driven by WLTP not really Audi making a conscious decision. Car sales are down diesel sales are way down so it would have to buck the trend but your right performance and economy will appeal to some. How many is any ones guess.
 
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Possibly a slight increase in values of the most recent petrol S4s but I really don't see a 'big bounce' happening: by the time that the first diesel S4s are delivered, around September / October, you won't have been able to have registered a brand new petrol S4 for over a year. That significant gap means that there is a buyer trade off in terms of the age of car they are prepared to buy.
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This probably explains why values have dropped only slowly, no new petrols S4 pushing them down. But now the choice is used S4, or yes go up ro RS4 or over as mentioned above to BMW or Merc...
 
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