In the category of limousines, the Audi A6 started to seriously aging compared with recent BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S Class For now, the delay has been caught up with the presentation of the new A8. Firstly aesthetics. The new Audi A8 is certainly more modern, but designers have not played the card of the revolution. Some even see much of the A4 in the design of the A8.
Make up your mind … But the design of optical LED should rapidly stoke the debate between “the pros and cons. In his formal presentation, Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of AUDI AG, explained: “The new Audi A8 is the sportiest sedan in its class. It breaks new ground in the art to combine multiple functions. It is more unmatched in its formal expression and in the high end of its interior. The new luxury sedan is a technical masterpiece. Her body, both elegant and strong, aluminum is designed based on the concept Audi Space Frame (ASF).
In detail, the Audi A8 is characterized by 5.13 m long, 1.95 m wide, 1.46 m tall and a wheelbase of 2.99 m. The boot goes up to 510 liters. Inside, work has been particularly careful to treat the customers first … accustomed to excellence. The German manufacturer has put the dishes in the large: “The interior is an intriguing pure lines and a newly revised high-end finish that reflects the perfect love of detail. The board comfort is first class: the new ambient lighting with high emotional connotation of luxury seats with electrically adjustable rear (on request).’s MMI multimedia interface provides a revolutionary innovation: it has a MMI Touch (touch pad) in interaction with the GPS Advanced. The operator can thus control many functions intuitively. Advanced GPS is connected to a whole new way to support systems and safety were improved. The navigation system decrypts the pre programmed route and then put these data available to the control apparatus of automatic transmission, headlights and Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop & Go.
And new technologies make their debut: a wizard Night Vision with detection of pedestrians and animals, the security system Audi “first sense” and, later in the year 2010, an indicator of limited speed. And under the hood? Audi prefers to start small. The A8 will indeed be sold initially with only two engines: a V8 petrol 4.2 FSI of 372 hp and 445 Nm and the 4.2 TDI diesel V8 from 350 hp and 800 Nm On paper, the respective consumption of these two blocks are 9.5 litres/100km and 7.6 litres/100km.
Very quickly, new offers will appear with such “a second version of the 3.0 TDI. It has an output of 204 hp, cause the front wheels and not consume on European driving cycle than 6.0 l/100 km. This corresponds to a CO ² emissions of 159 g / km. The transmission is innovating with a new gearbox with Tiptronic eight reports while the adaptive air suspension air suspension including adaptive damping is still part of standard equipment. The debut of the Audi A8 will be start next year.
