Advice on buying an A8 please?
01-30-2016, 07:12 AM
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Audi is always conservative on these specs, but I use them for relative variance comparisons between the engine trim levels. I think the big point is where you get peak torque, and the A8's 4.0T V8 produces it more quickly, lower on the rpm curve, compared to the 3.0 V6 and 4.2 V8. And yes, I can tell you that the 4.0T is a rocket when opened up...I haven't done any 0 to 60 runs, but I can tell you that 3.9 seconds wouldn't surprise me at all on this particular 4600+ lb. car, based on the 60 to 90 mph passing runs I've had to perform. The 4.2 is indeed fast, but the 4.0 is sick fast...The 3.9 seconds would be a most definite for the S8 or S8 Plus.
01-30-2016, 07:48 AM
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Feel free to read the review for the 4.0t.
Here's their take on the S8, but if you're just looking for numbers, it turned the quarter mile in 11.9 seconds at 118mph, and 60mph came in 3.6 seconds. For the record, the Charger Hellcat, the current sedan acceleration king, does the same 3.6 seconds to 60 mph, and a scant 0.2 seconds quicker in the quarter, with 11.7 seconds elapsing in it's 126mph run(obviously traction, not power, is the issue here.)
Here's their take on the S8, but if you're just looking for numbers, it turned the quarter mile in 11.9 seconds at 118mph, and 60mph came in 3.6 seconds. For the record, the Charger Hellcat, the current sedan acceleration king, does the same 3.6 seconds to 60 mph, and a scant 0.2 seconds quicker in the quarter, with 11.7 seconds elapsing in it's 126mph run(obviously traction, not power, is the issue here.)
01-30-2016, 09:55 AM
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Audi's published stats have the S8 4.0T at 3.9 seconds for 0 to 60. A pro driver could beat that under the right conditions in the trade reviews/drive tests as Jack has indicated. For the 2015 MY Audi shows the A8/A8L 4.0T 0 to 60 times at 4.3/4.4 seconds in their printed materials. Even if those numbers are conservative, those are really sick fast times for a large 4600+ pound car. My experience with my year old 2015 stock 4.0T A8L is that it is FAST!!!
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01-30-2016, 05:29 PM
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02-03-2016, 04:17 AM
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Audi's published stats have the S8 4.0T at 3.9 seconds for 0 to 60. A pro driver could beat that under the right conditions in the trade reviews/drive tests as Jack has indicated. For the 2015 MY Audi shows the A8/A8L 4.0T 0 to 60 times at 4.3/4.4 seconds in their printed materials. Even if those numbers are conservative, those are really sick fast times for a large 4600+ pound car. My experience with my year old 2015 stock 4.0T A8L is that it is FAST!!!