Audi A8 saloon is world’s leading luxury saloon with very few rivals. It is comfortable and refined than before with lots of extraordinary features and equipments. It is big in size, spacious from inside and with the extraordinary luxurious interior. Each and every system, fitted in this car is standard in itself. Its long wheelbase and low center of gravity built give it extraordinary balance and control at its top speed. From bumper to bumper it is elegant, stylish and eye catching item of the house.
Though it is very expensive to buy but offers great driving experience. Some experts criticize its small boot and storage capacity but it reasonable though not big as we have in its one or two rivals but quite enough for this luxurious vehicle. There are very few cars available in the market that directly in competition with this class of vehicles such as Jaguar XJ, Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7-Series. Audi A8 is no doubt, a great car on the road but its rivals, especially Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Jaguar XJ offer more fun to drive than this luxurious vehicle.
Interior wise Audi A8 is one of the most comfortable cars on the road. Its interior is graceful, sober and elegant in designing and make. Its interior is quiet and offers great feeling to be in. some critics have their opinion about the interior of this car that its rivals have more practical interior than this so why a person will spend more than one lac pounds to buy this price tag but Audi A8 is a name of class with plenty of standard kits and compensates its price.
Audi A8 dashboard tells the true story about its classy and modernism. Its dashboard is one of the best built and arranged dashboard ever available in the market though in front of new models of its rivals it shows its age but still one of the best in the world. Finest leather, wood texture and metallic piece have made its dashboard and side doors panel slides extraordinary. Its seating arrangement is awesome and seat size is extra-large with sideways covering offers very relaxed and soothing while driving.
Though there is a good storage capacity behind the rear seat in its boot but some of its rivals have a bigger boot than Audi A8. It offers 520-litres boot and storage capacity and it is enough for the vehicle of this standard. Its rear seats are without folding system, so you can’t expand this space Audi A8 interior is big and spacious with lot of practical cubbies and shelves and pockets.
Its seating arrangement is wide and comfortable enough that there is plenty of spare room for legs and heads of the occupants. Though in the center, there is a big gearbox tunnel but it doesn’t affect the space for the occupants at back seat. Its center seat at back is also comfortable enough.
Audi A8 is one of the most luxurious brands of the world with some superb features and efficient powertrain under its bonnet. It is a well-balanced vehicle with big size and low center of gravity. Its balanced design makes it a brisk performer and comfortable vehicle. Its powerful engines support this heavy, big and bulky vehicle very well and its body structure controls the power of its giant engines effectively. Its ride is one of the most luxurious one, comfort is up to extreme and its pick and smooth running impress the audience a lot.
Diesel engine range starts with 3.0-Litre TDI unit. It is not as big as Audi A8 has normally but efficient and powerful enough. It is capable of 201bhp and 295lb/ft torque. It takes 7.6 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 146m/h.
Fuel average of this diesel unit is 47m/g along with 158g/km of Co2 emissions. This engine is a V6 engine with six-cylinder and twenty-four- valves and it is fitted with eight-speed TIP Auto automatic gearbox and front-wheel drive. Vehicles like this class mostly use rear-wheel drive but Audi A8 is different in this sense from other big and luxurious brands of the market.
Second version of this 3.0-Litre diesel engine is capable of 254bhp and 428lb/ft torque. With this great torque force Audi A8 has become a cruise. This engine takes only 5.7 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 155m/h. Fuel average of this unit is 47m/g along with 155g/km of Co2 emissions. This diesel unit is equipped with eight-speed TIP Auto automatic transmission and four-wheel drive as standard.
In 4.2-Litre TDI engine category Audi A8 has two versions, one of them is capable of 345bhp and 590lb/ft torque. It is powerful enough to take this vehicle from 0-62m/h within 5.3 seconds and top speed of this engine is 155m/h. Fuel consumption of this V8 engine is reasonable with 37m/g along with 199g/km of Co2 emissions. It is also equipped with eight-speed automatic gearbox and four-wheel drive as standard.
Second version is capable of 379bhp and 627lb/ft torque. It takes 4.5 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 155m/h. Fuel consumption of this version is 39m/g along with 189g/km of Co2 emissions. These diesel engines are fast and furious in performance.
Its automatic gearshift system is extra ordinary smooth in operation and its combination with four-wheel drive system gives extra power to its engines. Air suspensions are extra ordinary in working and offers nice and stable drive on high speed.
Automatic adjustment system gives bump free ride. Steering-wheel is superb in response. Though Audi A8 is a big saloon with good weight but its steering is light but offers good control over the weight of this vehicle. Its handling is incredible.”
