Audi A8: What Makes It A Great Car?

Everything about the Audi A8

Audi A8 is a sedan car known for its luxury, manufactured by Audi (German automaker). Since 1994 the car has been marketed by Audi. A8 is its third generation car after succeeding Audi V8. Audi A8 has way too higher specifications. It offers both front and permanent wheel drive as well as shorter and longer wheelbase variants.

From first generation to present

The initial generations used platform of Volkswagen Group D with the present generation that gave rise to MLB platform. The original model was released in the year 1994. Second generation Audi followed in the year 2002. Audi released third and the present iteration in the year 2009.

About the new Audi A8

Audi A8 is very prominently known for its mass market with aluminum chassis. In face it is the first of its kind. All the A8 models used this technique co-developed along with Alcoa. It marketed it as Space Frame from Audi.

In the past in 1996, an entirely mechanically updated high performing edition of Audi A8 was debuted as Audi S8.It was produced at Neckarsulm plant of Audi and unlike the model A8, S8 model has short wheelbaseas well as is fitted with Quattro’s all wheel system.

Early German models consisted of 3.0 TFSI, 4.0 TFSI, 3.0 TDI, 3.0 clean diesel (250PS), etc. Models of A8 L security include W12 6.3 FSI and 4.0 TFSI Quattro. Updated A8has LED technology and automatic lighting system. Osram supplies LED and Hella supplies headlamp.

Early models from US include A8 3.0 TFSI, 4.0, S8 4.0 TFSI and many others. A8 3.0 TDI diesel Quattro was released in the year 2012. It was all ready for sale in 2013, spring for the next model year car that is 2014.German models arrived at the dealerships in 2013, November.

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Technical Characteristics of Audi A8

Technical Characteristics of 2010 Audi A8 L 4.2 FSI quattro produced by Audi (DE).