Which of these three cars will cost the most to run over a 3 to 5 yr period?
B7 RS4 avant purchased for about £20-22k or new Octavia Vrs estate with a few options coming up to about £25k list price.
Depreciation is the biggest running cost on a car so in some ways the RS4 will be cheap to run as long as can afford to fuel it and the Vrs will be worth say only £11k after 3 years?
On the other hand you would not expect to have to replace any parts on the vrs whereas RS4 may need new DSC dampers, inlet manifold de-coke etc....
Somewhere in the middle I guess is the S4 avant - running costs less than RS4 but depreciation higher, running costs more than vrs but wont depreciate as much.
If you were looking at these 3 options which would you plump for and why? Answers no more than 500 words please and must make reference to at least three course texts which you have read in conjunction eg Evo, Autocar