That recall applied to many Audis, including all A6, S6 and RS6 units. Audi sold 9,544 of those units combined in 2021. Your number would show that 15% of the total sold were a C8 RS6. Very hard to believe that.
I drive a RS3 and there are even fewer of those. I have seen one other 8Y RS3 in the wild and that’s it.
From personal experience, you don’t want more than 2 Labradors per row. I’m down to 1 these days, she (who is currently at doggy daycare) was not happy when she caught me looking at fox red lab puppehs the other day.
Audi, like BMW, can’t discount these otherwise it cheapens the prices and allure of those downstream models below in the food chain. True RS, M and AMG models have (with some exceptions) price protection built in by the manufacturer and the volumes are low enough where discounts do not matter to Audi, BMW and MB.
They also want to get buyers in on cheap entry level rides when they are young, and work them up the ladder to the M, RS and AMG rides in later adulthood. Brand loyalty is a real thing for many peeps.
The marketing model for these is why so many people pay so much for junk “M” bits, “AMG wheels” and “S-Line” stuff on those downstream models that are the real volume moneymakers with the additional 500% profit built in for the badge engineering junk bits.