BMW M3 Touring v Audi RS4: DRAG RACE

We’ve got the new BMW M3 Touring going head-to-head against on paper its closest competitor - the Audi RS4. Think this a forgone conclusion? Think again. This is a drag race with a difference.
So let’s see how the two compare. Starting with the BMW, it’s powered by a 3-litre twin-turbo straight-six that can produce 510hp and 650Nm of torque. It drives all four wheels, weighs in at 1,865kg, and the price starts from £85,000.
Then we have the Audi. It’s packing a 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 under the bonnet, which produces 450hp and 600Nm of torque. But while the BMW has the Audi licked for power and torque, the RS4 is lighter, weighing in at 1,745kg. It's cheaper too - costing £70,000.
So what do you think - easy win for the BMW or does Mat have something up his sleeve to give the Audi the advantage? There’s only one way to find out… LET’S RACE!

[@saigaikwad415]

I knew the M3 was gonna win but holy crap, winning with 4 people in it is just mental! And glad to see Yianni loved the car too 😂

[@izzo2271]

Well done, you fxcking spoiled it☹️

[@nlsdrf1290]

It's not really that mental considering it has 700 nm of torque.

[@piercelawless2654]

​@@nlsdrf1290🤓

[@tom2581]

@@piercelawless2654 what did you achieve by commenting that? Everyone just thinks you're a 🔔end

[@XxZiiruSxX]

@@nlsdrf1290 650 bro!

[@kolorado7260]

Audi guy through and through. Love estates, especially the fast ones. Did I know the RS4 was going to lose? Yes. Did I know it would lose comprehensively? Yes. Did I hope it wouldn't lose? Yes. RS for life, but that M3 Touring is so good looking. I pray they dont make an M5 Touring, otherwise my beloved RS6 will be in trouble.

[@Mika-jo5ix]

M3 also won against the rs6

[@octavianalexandrumelicescu9038]

the newer car always wins. a new rs4 will be better than the m3 and a new m5 will be better than rs6 until a new rs6. remember the rs3 vs a45amg

[@kolorado7260]

@@Mika-jo5ix yeah it did. I meant that the M5 is a direct comparison to the RS6, the M3 is a little smaller. But performance wise, the RS models are in trouble. I haven’t seen the RS6 performance race yet

[@vladislavdimitrov4646]

M5 Touring is coming as a hybrid may be next year.

[@fritzg.9109]

From an aesthetic point of view the Audi RS6 will remain unrivalled. Attractive estate wagons are known as Avant.

[@nicolaspierattini1685]

Raising the stakes by adding crew members to off set the power difference was brilliant. Having all those guys in the back, got me thinking we never see what the crew does behind the scenes. It would be cool to see a behind the scenes episode about all that has to happen for us to enjoy these videos. Including what it takes to get Yani there.

[@mavetyan]

It was quite intense. The plot twist with adding passengers was great, well done.

[@Dawelio]

Don't know why, but absolutely love how Yianni and Mat manages to launch at the exact same moment in their drag races.

[@johnhb123]

The launches looked so good!

[@LittleLightIsaOnce]

Exactly its not frustrating to watch !

[@gimigimi1299]

It takes a good few tries..

[@zachkappes6199]

You’re definitely new. It hardly happens lol

[@Dipshtnick92]

The side profile and rear end of the bmw is superb

[@lennart2890]

fr!

[@lxka.4388]

the audi looks better

[@manilove2pwn]

NOPE

[@PrinzBulle]

@@lxka.4388Never even in 1000 years

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@PrinzBulle or even 10 millenium years?

[@jancojansenvanvuuren111]

Hi Matt, greetings from South Africa. LOVE your videos and commentary! I got a suggestion for your videos, it has probably been requested before but here it goes: Can you maybe add more info (0-100kmh, speed @finish, etc)? Your content is brilliant as is, but extra goodies would put it way above everything currently available. Have a great day and thank you for yet another great video

[@WalkingAndWisdom]

This was great! Smiling the whole time I watched this!

[@hassanger8128]

Everything about this M3 is gorgeous. Including the grill!. Just another masterpiece from BMW!

[@The_Shape20]

the sound is shit

[@rg6982]

I agree Especially when you see it in the flesh!

[@TheEryk03]

Another ugly beaver

[@jambear7862]

Apart from that grill

[@hornet99923]

The absolute best moment when matt loses as his girlfriend,..and Yanni wins!😂

[@dzontravolta3952]

The weight actually helped Yianni launch better . 🤣

[@minigiant8998]

yannis not fat....

[@manilove2pwn]

@@minigiant8998 YEAH HE IS LOL

[@pieterdannaux8754]

​@@minigiant8998 come on mate, lying doesnt do ya any favours innit?

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@pieterdannaux8754 Yianni weighed 98kgs actually.

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@minigiant8998 Yianni is 98kgs you know

[@JellyLancelot]

Thank you for removing the high pass filter from the outside exhaust segments! It really does make the difference in the sound :D

[@myharryface]

That was an awesome video!! And wow the BMW M3 Touring is such a wonderful all arounder.

[@joshcamps1939]

Even with passengers that M3 is a monster 😂 M Power all day every day, awesome video guys!

[@rosequartz2290]

No other way 🎉

[@poplaurentiu4148]

well are some aspects to debate here : first obviously the differences in price is quite significant and not fair so one could argue that to match the price of BMW, Audi could get an performance up-graded kit (ECU + air filter + exhaust or whatever) to match the performance of BMW and then results will differ of course.. otherwise for me to choose the BMW would mean to change first that ugly front nostrils with a PRIOR bumper and latter maybe add the more aggressive competition pack..

[@martynstevenson5391]

The power is down. Can’t understand why Audi doesn’t give the RS4 at least 500bhp. Easily achieved with that engine. Or just map it to 510bhp then rerun the test.

[@michapawowski2645]

@@martynstevenson5391 and take into account, that audi (and merc) are usually much more truthful about their power figures. If audi says 600, it's no more than 610. When BMW says 630, it can be 660, 670 in normal conditions easily. Creative power testing (supposedly under absolutely worst conditions that are faar from average) let's BMW (and Porsche to a degree) to be recognized as "BmW PoWaaAaH KiiiNNNg" while their cars are frequently just much more powerful than the competition that on paper is somewhat similar. I wouldn't be surprised if that audi was making 460 bhp while bmw closer to 550. That's a huge gap, no wonder BMW walks it after start. It should be racing with RS6.

[@usercs_2682]

@@martynstevenson5391yeah I remember when the B9 was announced I was like why it’s still 450hp the same as B8 RS4 while the C63s already has 510hp

[@nijabudeenmohammedn5354]

M3 touring what a beauty with insane performance kudos to BMW for making such a fabulous machine😍🤩

[@gockartzz8272]

not a beauty. more like a powerful ugly beast

[@sillyboy32]

its a fugly car....but brilliant machine

[@ygorgomes5202]

the best video and reactions so far. Keep the good job guys!

[@tomazete]

Yiani's face in the brake test is epic jajaja good video 🫡

[@heyzooz]

Yanni is back. Always a great addition. Nice race fellas.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yanni is a lovely guy.

[@errrok9044]

🍻

[@CJ-gk5bl]

the race we’ve all been waiting for

[@thundergun100]

And we all know who wins it already

[@gx455]

Not really, it was so predictable

[@imtheone824]

Naah

[@CJ-gk5bl]

@@thundergun100 of course, BMW>>>>>

[@gentlemonster5357]

If the M340i could go toe to toe, its to be expected

[@tonymaia7498]

This was an awesome car wow video with adding more people to a car and then comparing. 👌👌awesome enjoyed watching MPower! 🔥🔥🔥

[@Haryguitarr]

This is honestly one of the funniest videos on this channel, I love it !! 😂😂 I laughed sooo hard when more and more people got in the M3 hahaha. Mat´s trying to slow down the M3 and Yanni proves it is still quicker !! Hands down, you guys are great comedy gold !! 😂😂🤣🤣 Big fan of carwow, keep up the awesome work !! Greetings from Germany 😁

[@alvarocrespo4365]

Mat with the RS4: let´s do 45 launches Mat with his GR Yaris: 1 launch is enough 😂😂

[@dkhong88]

Simultaneously entertaining and informative! Never really seen the effects of weight in such a way. Good job carwow!

[@Teejaywrld]

Agreed was kinda astonished ngl!

[@gmax876]

This was a very entertaining test!

[@IamnotClarissaOakes]

Great fun. Passengers is definitely something you should do again - especially the brake test!

[@riviera2704]

3:54 Race begins

[@AdmaishAfi]

M3 touring - all the car you ever need!

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. Even Aichi Sendou owned a BMW M3 Touring lately.

[@bmwm8m387]

M power ❤

[@djneils100]

overhead top-down drone shot of the launch would be a great addition to these drag vids

[@chrissadd7413]

So nice to see Yanni back,normality and fun resumed 😅

[@lyf6626]

Yianni’s face whenever he does the break test… priceless 😂🤕

[@djdonnychristian]

Great vid, enjoyed that

[@OptiprimMo]

wohl have been quite interesting to see the difference between the two with 5 people in the rs4 and 1 in the m3

[@jasonbernard1277]

Yianni the only one who knows Mat always jumps and doesn’t let him get away with it

[@Aemond839]

😂😂😂😂Truly. He doesn't even say it sometimes, he just jumps exactly like Matt😂

[@AiBilly]

Yay , welcome back yianni. Best drag race partner for Matt. 🎉

[@sizwemphanda]

The woman/model sucks!!

[@albertkigotho8065]

Absolutely 👌☺️

[@ahyaan2552]

💯

[@rasherbasher8203]

Hell noo...

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@albertkigotho8065 Fr?

[@okithdesilva129]

Mat thank you so much for this insane video!

[@HerregudTim]

Matts "Finally" was the funniest thing ever. The satisfaction in his face! 🤣

[@GeneralKato]

This race with all the passengers was a lot of fun to watch!

[@Egon3k]

interesting to see the influence of weight - nice video as always

[@112358132135full]

Can't go without mentioning. It is one of the best episodes. Had a lot of fun)

[@Shakedown600]

Interesting how Mat is always moving the goalposts. He’s always gotta get a win.

[@Elusivekid777]

Yeah, that's getting annoying for me, especially when he is the one losing. When he wins, that's it.

[@chaz2985]

Almost like it’s the joke 🤯

[@TheKisem]

​@@chaz2985and it's a bad one

[@chickenclips]

Gawd people are thick

[@aphiwemanze121]

More drone shots please, they look awesome

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yes. Hopefully the next drag race maybe saw total drone shots.

[@akashpervaiz343]

Not a BMW fan boy but that M3 thrashed the Audi in smithereens even with 3 passengers and being heavy as well... Amazing Job to BMW... And I love to see you guys drag race Mat and Yanny... Amazing videos, top notch car content ❤️

[@mauricetoussaint7283]

Thrashed? 0.4 seconds is fucking nothing. I bet the Audi isn't on Michelins and the BMW is. That would even things out straight away. Besides, in Competition Plus spec, my RS4 would dust that BMW in the bends and on the straights. But BMW fan boys do like they're baloney...

[@Brunoperes_88]

​@@mauricetoussaint7283 0,4 seconds is nothing? My friend, that RS4 was DESTROYED by the M3 Touring on the drag race, on the rolling race and on the brake test... and you talked about the RS4 Competition? Go check the times of the RS4 and RS5 Competition and then compare the times with the M3 Touring Competition... guess what, it gets DESTROYED again! And you talked about corners... again, go check the lap times of both cars and come here to tell me the times... again, guess what... the RS4 and RS5 get DESTROYED again! My man, Audi fanboys are so delusional! Keep dreaming boy!!! 🤣

[@andrewsharples9716]

Glad to have Yani back

[@moonknight8488]

Yanni's face when he's braking though

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. 😂

[@H-LectorSA]

Reminds me of the time he was racing the Evolve M5 that washed his porsche 😂

[@Marcel_657]

The Race we‘ve all been waiting for 🔥

[@Daniel-jq2en]

Great video thanks ❤

[@Feral2k4]

Not many realise that the Audi RS7 is the beast of the German category with BMW M5 beating it by a huge length and that included the Amg c63 Audi RS7 is to be caught doing a 0-60mph run in just 2.9 seconds stock which is insane !!!

[@oppoh739]

That m3 is a freak of nature man wtf it just kept getting better with each passenger😂

[@Willielee43]

I love this show you two guys are to funny. Keep having fun I wish I had friends like you two guys are.

[@NHC-nf6xh]

One of the funniest videos 😂 it was good thanks i actually liked the plot

[@paulbrookst.o.pchannel5051]

2 fancy daddys racing their family machinery all the way down to the school on a Monday morning.... The kind of content we deserve! Thank you! Jajajajaja

[@tooooooooony3372]

Quality race, Both beautiful cars and of course Yianni has to be here to turn it UP 👍 🎉

[@purwantiallan5089]

Amin. 👍

[@Lasergun74]

Always been an Audi guy, love the all-round “practical” ethos, the slightly posh style, the super safe quattro in the winter, etc. And I hate the new full digital cluster on the BMW, but damn, I would still choose the M3 in a heartbeat!

[@vikinnorway6725]

Xdrive is great at winter too.

[@giorgio9035]

@@vikinnorway6725 compared to quattro is just rubbish bro 😉

[@paulgebhardt8044]

@Giorgio haha no, years ago i would agree 😂

[@highlydosed8672]

@@giorgio9035 time changes buddy 😂

[@giorgio9035]

Keep dreaming guys 😉

[@ppaulino98]

Loved the drone part

[@ZYXWVUQ992Q]

This video was epic ! Thank you ! 🇺🇸

[@J.B.7.4]

Love the shooting brake design on a fast car, all the utility, and all the fun, perfect grocery getter by day and then a out for blood manic by night.

[@Superzesh101]

Thank goodness Yanni is back!!!

[@rasherbasher8203]

Sad

[@purwantiallan5089]

Amin.

[@OR1ON_XD]

Yianni is like part of the family now, you can add more guests but don't you replace him. Great video

[@chickenthebob1284]

Fr i thought Jodie was replacing Yianni because she was in most of the recent drag races and he wasn't but glad to see him back

[@zigzag8319]

Crazy and fun race Mat! Yianni is a great guy 😊

[@riclerico]

Just love the design of the rs4/5/6… looks so good

[@PrinzBulle]

RS4 looks so boring 🥱

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@PrinzBulle even worse looking than 2023 NISSAN Z and 2004 NISSAN 350Z. Lol. 😂

[@stubones]

Almost as good as the M3 Touring lol

[@vikinnorway6725]

Like a vw beetle

[@itry_mash8261]

​@@stubones let the Audi people win atleast 1 thing lmao🤣

[@stephenmodiba4209]

Nice one Matt and Car wow team, I would appreciate a drag between these two and the C63 Estate included.

[@chillout1109]

The C63 is RWD. It will stand no chance against these AWD monsters in a drag race.

[@drift3rZUK]

We need to see this on a dyno / scale video with those cars

[@dgdave2673]

The best one by Matt and Yanni ! Wow that BMW though… but at 15 grand less would settle for the RS4.

[@Keano04JCW]

Nice video. Must admit I was expecting the m3 to win by more given that gen of rs4 came out in 2017 and so is a bit old now. Both look great and would happily take either!! 😂

[@ghatiem]

I love these drag racing videos 😊

[@purwantiallan5089]

Hopefully the next drag race could be the Shelby GT350R vs NISSAN Z vs BMW M3 TOURING.

[@starwars1st387]

Love this combo

[@FMP_Media]

Amazing episode 🤣🤣🤣🔥🤌🏻

[@Mamin28490]

It's good to know yianni is back again.

[@ESKATEUK]

Now that’s a nice bmw. Don’t need any faster than that, and the practicality to go with it. Also looks amazing.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yes. And looks epic.

[@gockartzz8272]

apart from the grill

[@ESKATEUK]

@@gockartzz8272 nah I like it, not half as bad as people make out

[@gockartzz8272]

@@ESKATEUK yes it is i have also seen it in person and its just about as discussing as on video if the grill is not swaped out

[@ESKATEUK]

@@gockartzz8272 it’s called personal preference

[@alexandred5302]

The Drag race we wait : 991.1S vs 991.2S Naturally aspirated and turbo 😍

[@HippoReacts]

Many soft-limiters can be bypassed either by shifting to neutral, and on manual cars, shift to first and continue holding the clutch and rev just like you do before dumping the clutch

[@lyf6626]

I could feel the pressure put on Yianni not to fluff up the launches while he had passengers🤭😂

[@WEZ4136]

See no disrespect to the lovely Jodi Kidd but seeing Yianni back in the drag races just makes so much more fun, he always wants to bigger and better and faster 😂 awesome video Mat, that M3 Touring is just something else

[@neilmorris6719]

I know what you mean, if we would of never had Yanni all the other guests would seem great, something about him that's missing with the others

[@WEZ4136]

@@neilmorris6719 it’s that top gear trio sarcasm poking fun at each other kind of friendship that is so relatable as viewers.

[@mojbr704]

I love this new kind of racing with the extra weight thing

[@okithdesilva129]

So happy to see Yianni again in a drag race!

[@milosz125]

Yani should boost turbos more on m3 when doing lunch control.

[@Kanine86]

That was brilliant. Loading up estate car! Should have put 2 bikes in the boot as well. Love estates

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. Add also the Honda NSR500 and Suzuki RGV-R for the next drag race.

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Great race Mat!😸

[@user-ib6rc3cm1s]

Spectacular ✌️😁🚀

[@karimhassoun7732]

Matt, please bring the Audi RS Performance versions and pit them against their equivalent BMW M Competition versions please... RS7 Perf vs M8 Competition for example or RS6 Perf vs M5 Competition etc...

[@PERFECT3345]

Matt would never do that he is a BMa fanboy he despises losing

[@vikinnorway6725]

That would be fun, audis would loose by alot still. I have seen audi RS6 Abt vs m5 competiton and it smoked it.

[@karimhassoun7732]

I am just curious about the outcome, not a fanboy of either one of the brands. Audi seems to have made quite some improvements on the higher end RS models with more torque, power, efficiency and weight loss... Especially rs7 and rs6 models.

[@vikinnorway6725]

@@karimhassoun7732 yes would be a great race i agree.

[@usercs_2682]

It’s better to put it against E63s with RS6 perf and RS7 perf against GT63s. Because M competition is in another league

[@SteveMaister007]

I am surprised Matt got into RS4 instead of M3, I always thought he loves to win LOL

[@mauricetoussaint7283]

He knows which car most of us would buy (I have an RS4 CP)

[@sonnykurniawan-cf5dk]

Awesome race ❤❤. Should give RS4 competition vs M3 Touring a race, more equal HP to race.

[@everythingautomotiveeta5839]

I like seeing the weight.... really interesting twist

[@souk-tv]

Touring M3 looks amazing in person, stunning car.

[@purwantiallan5089]

As stunning as Shelby Series 1 and Dodge Copperhead Concept Car.

[@motorconcierge]

I had driven the RS4 B8 awhile ago and had the M3 Touring for a weekend two weeks ago. I thought my memories of RS4 were a bit diluted, but this video cleared the doubts. The M3 Touring felt like from a complete different generation of power/tech/quality than the RS4 B8. Even the B9 feels miles behind on the tech/interior not to mention power output. M3 Touring is a phenomenal car, really really enjoyed it.

[@fzesmokyy1594]

Not trying to disagree here but what do you expect from a 7 year gap between those generations?

[@usercs_2682]

Mate this B9 RS4 is meant to compare with F80 M3 and the B8 with E90..

[@daviskalvans4304]

@@fzesmokyy1594 RS4 B9 arrived in 2018, G80 M3 in 2020, F80 M3 in 2014 lol the B9 RS4 is a direct competitor to the G80 M3

[@daviskalvans4304]

@@usercs_2682 2018 B9 RS4 is literally a direct competitor to the 2020 G80 M3 not the 2014 F80, keep in mind the F30 chassis was released in 2011😂😂

[@nizo2426]

Wow drag race🤩

[@alexandrulupu1123]

one of your best dragraces!!! very cool with passengers!!! and once again BMW proved that the coolest of all! and it seems to be the same M3 that destroyed the RS6 ?!) Thanjs for coool content!!

[@xboxsik]

That M3 is a beast! really no joke.

[@Nefville]

Mat is so fast he refuses to beat anyone without a full audience to witness.

[@thevegastan]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@paultasker7788]

That was fascinating to see what effect weight would have. With that much torque the answer was not much. There seems to be a bigger difference than the power output would suggest between the cars.

[@bscott77]

Both very nice cars. The M3 is a magnificent piece of engineering. That model of RS4 does seem to have been around though for quite a number of years though to be fair so as you would expect things move on. Think it must be due a replacement model very soon

[@tomnutting3836]

Replacement must be soon because the RS3 has been done? Keen on both wagons regardless of speed!

[@daviskalvans4304]

RS4 B9 arrived in 2018 M3 G80 in 2020 not much of a gap there. Previous gen F80 M3 arrived in 2014 in comparison

[@Hollandda]

Finalmente a BMW fez uma station à altura das RS avant! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@donalddevitt3766]

This is what I've been waiting for! Sadly, I'm in America and it doesn't look like I'll be able to get either one.😢

[@khaekhae420]

best video u ever made

[@badenwheeler6890]

I love how the finish line is marked by a crack in the road

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep 😂

[@dzontravolta3952]

Considering the power and torque advantage for BMW , it's not that big diference when you cross that line , that Audi is fast ,can't wait to see the new model.

[@xIcarus227]

Not that big a difference? Bro it was 3 car lengths ahead in the drag race. It's pretty much what everyone expected.

[@daviskalvans4304]

“can’t wait to see the new model” dude do you realize the RS4 B9 was released in 2018 when the G80 M3 arrived only 2 years later?😂

[@skyentist27]

that was great!!

[@JediRuss77]

That was fun :)

[@agentdescreet4142]

No "Im Mat Watson, and your watching carwow" ?

[@herlandermorais4743]

Thank you Matt for this video. The Bmw M3 is from another level. It was a fair comparison now, 4 wheel drive and state. M POWER!!!

[@purwantiallan5089]

The BMW M3 TOURING even though its on another level wont even match the TommyKaira R33.

[@jp184]

Yes but more power 60+HP and 50Nm

[@ps3baws]

Good to see big boy back