Shopping B9 RS5 SBs - Visual Cues for Option Packages?

[NYAUDIS4]

Hi, in shopping for 2019 sportbacks on the usual sites, I often don't find window stickers/build sheets, so find it hard determining how a vehicle is optioned. Trying to determine what visual cues give away and options package:

Dynamic - any vehicle with red calipers has dynamic? Also, I think the black exhaust tips?

Dynamic plus - carbon fiber engine cover - do the ceramic brakes on B9 have a distinct visual look I can pick up on?

Driver Assistance - any visible additional sensors?

Cold weather - lack of flat bottom wheel?

Carbon fiber vs Black Optics - not sure how to tell the difference?

Thanks for any help along the way!

Watching prices come down substantially in real time - ten and twenty thousand dollar decreases on cars that are 30-60 days on the lot. Trying to be patient to get the exact right spec.

[onemax03]

Carbon ceramic brake calipers are grey as opposed to red on 2019 SB.

Drivers assistance optioned vehicles will have sensors which look like black fog lights in the lower corners of the front bumper. They are used for the auto cruise control. Vehicles without the option have a small honeycomb style grill in its place.

Spot on with cold weather package.

[JohnEnglish]

Carbon fiber vs Black Optics - not sure how to tell the difference?

On a Black Optics car, the trim pieces (spoiler, mirror caps, rocker panel trim, etc.) are gloss black. On a Carbon Optics car, they’re carbon fiber.

You can also contact Audi USA and give them a VIN and they’ll email you a window sticker.

I think Active Lane Assist is a stand alone option on the 2019 models. It’s a camera based system. You can tell if the car has it because it’ll have a small button on the end of the turn signal stalk to turn it off and on.

[B6_Dolphin]

Driver Assistance - any visible additional sensors?.

RS Driver's Assistance Package includes HUD. Looks for the silver adjustment knob for the HUD, as it is (unfortunately) packaged with the nannies.



And if shopping at a non-Audi dealership, always a good idea to get the VIN and query your local Audi Service Advisor for "In-service date" to see how much warranty is left, if it's "TD1", as the powertrain warranty has been invalidated, and whether the car has AudiCare, along with what services have been done.

[kmarei]

Hi, in shopping for 2019 sportbacks on the usual sites, I often don't find window stickers/build sheets, so find it hard determining how a vehicle is optioned. Trying to determine what visual cues give away and options package:
Dynamic - any vehicle with red calipers has dynamic? Also, I think the black exhaust tips?
Dynamic plus - carbon fiber engine cover - do the ceramic brakes on B9 have a distinct visual look I can pick up on?
Driver Assistance - any visible additional sensors?
Cold weather - lack of flat bottom wheel?
Carbon fiber vs Black Optics - not sure how to tell the difference?
Thanks for any help along the way!

Watching prices come down substantially in real time - ten and twenty thousand dollar decreases on cars that are 30-60 days on the lot. Trying to be patient to get the exact right spec.

black brakes mean no dynamic package
red brakes mean dynamic package
grey brakes mean dynamic plus paclage (carbon ceramic )

also black tailpipes means dynamic package

dynamic plus has those black fog light looking sensors in the front. and if you see Heads up display on dash, it means it has driver assistance packge
alcantara seats also means no LED colors for the interior, just white

only thing you can't figure out visually is dynamic steering, only way is to have windows sticker
i used this service, it's $5 per windows sticker, worth it of you find the car that meets all your specs but want to be sure about dynamic steering etc
https://www.withclutch.com/window-stickers

sites to search on:
cars.com (my fav)
autotrader (too many sponsored ads, that don't mean your ranking criteria)
carfax (also good because all the listings have carfax report for free)
cargurus, pretty gidi but sucks because when you refresh the page it forgets all the settings (like if you limited by year etc)
edmunds
truecar
and carmax

you will get different search results on all of them