2022 Audi A8 & S8 Sedans Make Their Stateside Debut
The 2022 Audi A8 and S8 sedans are finally here, and even though the prices of the new A8 start at $86,500, the automaker’s more capable sedan gets a substantial price drop.
We have been impatiently awaiting the arrival of the refreshed Audi A8 for a while. The Ingolstadt-based automaker’s all-new luxury sedan made its world debut in Europe in November 2021. Now the refreshed 2022 A8 and S8 sedans have arrived in the US to defend Audi’s title as a segment leader in the luxury sedan space.
Both offerings get a slew of updates, and the most capable variant of the nameplate also receives a new pricing structure. Starting with the 2022 Audi S8, the prices of this performance sedan start at $116,900 (excluding destination charges), which makes it $12,600 cheaper than the previous model. The new A8 is only available in the luxury sedan’s L 55 TFSI version and prices for the 2022 model year start from $86,500.
Audi offers the 2022 S8 with all-wheel steering and air suspension as standard. Under the hood of this super sedan, we find a 4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 motor. The TFSI engine produces 563 HP of maximum power and 590 lb-ft of peak torque in this tune. The comparatively tamer 2022 Audi A8 L 55, on the other hand, gets a 3-liter six-cylinder motor.
The turbocharged powerplant of the 2022 Audi A8 produces an impressive albeit relatively modest 335 HP and 369 lb-ft of torque.
The 2022 Audi A8 comes with 19-inch wheels as standard, which sport a 5-spoke design, and the rims are wrapped in all-season tires. Audi also offers three optional packages for the A8, including the Executive, the Black Optic, and the Black Optic Plus options. With these packages, customers can upgrade to 20-inch, 10 parallel-spoke design, 21-inch 10-Y-spoke design, and 21-inch 10-spoke wheels with black finish, respectively.
Both Audi A8 and S8 now get new headlight clusters that house 1.3 million micro-mirrors that enable the Digital Matrix feature. The rear ends also get new OLED taillights with stretch across the width of the new sedans. Understandably, the all-new 2022 Audi S8 sports the more aggressive design of the two offerings. A larger radiator grille dominates the front end, and at the rear, we find a four-tip exhaust.
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