German A8
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German A8
So I am in Germany visiting family and will be here for 5 weeks. First thing my father-in-law did was get a A8 catalog. 142 pages! Still trying to digest it. My technical German needs some help, but the number of options and combinations available is more than USA A8s. Has anyone done a European Delivery or bought a car in Germany?
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So I am in Germany visiting family and will be here for 5 weeks. First thing my father-in-law did was get a A8 catalog. 142 pages! Still trying to digest it. My technical German needs some help, but the number of options and combinations available is more than USA A8s. Has anyone done a European Delivery or bought a car in Germany?
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All true, but...
Yes, you can order an A8 in Germany almost any way you want, including at the other end of the spectrum as a relative stripper compared to what you would find in the USA. Euro delivery Audis bought by US customers are US spec, not Euro spec. BTDT, in 1985 (5000) and 2013 (Q5).
Also after you drool over the 142 pages, also look at the pricing. Side by side w/ similar motors and options, expect to pay the better part of 50% more in Germany than in the US. Not surprisingly, a very big% of these big Autobahn cruisers are company cars provided to executives; s common perk there relative to the US.
If you like the brochure BTW, you can actually often get the English language one on eBay UK if you really want your own.
For those interested, here is the German one: http://www.audi.de/content/dam/nemo/...8-l-w12_s8.pdf
Here is the Audi Exclusive German brochure: http://www.audi.de/content/dam/nemo/...ve-katalog.pdf
German price list: http://www.audi.de/content/dam/nemo/...8-l-w12_s8.pdf
And, finally the UK (English) one: "Only" 105 pages: http://www.audi.co.uk/content/dam/au...ides/a8-s8.pdf
Also after you drool over the 142 pages, also look at the pricing. Side by side w/ similar motors and options, expect to pay the better part of 50% more in Germany than in the US. Not surprisingly, a very big% of these big Autobahn cruisers are company cars provided to executives; s common perk there relative to the US.
If you like the brochure BTW, you can actually often get the English language one on eBay UK if you really want your own.
For those interested, here is the German one: http://www.audi.de/content/dam/nemo/...8-l-w12_s8.pdf
Here is the Audi Exclusive German brochure: http://www.audi.de/content/dam/nemo/...ve-katalog.pdf
German price list: http://www.audi.de/content/dam/nemo/...8-l-w12_s8.pdf
And, finally the UK (English) one: "Only" 105 pages: http://www.audi.co.uk/content/dam/au...ides/a8-s8.pdf
Last edited by MP4.2+6.0; 07-07-2014 at 09:21 PM.
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That's true. There certainly are a ton of European options that are bundled as standard equipment on US spec A8s. That would probably account for about 30 pages right there ;-)
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