LAST AUTO NEWS – A8 GETS SUPERSIZED
Last Auto account – A8 gets supersized Beijing Motor Show barrage for continued Audi flagship
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Bigger is better, which is why Audi has grafted an added 130mm assimilate the breadth of its flagship A8. The added breadth has been added amid the auto to deliver class-leading amplitude for rear bench passengers. However, admitting the added metal, Audi claims its use of aluminium agency the bodyshell weighs 40 per cent beneath than one fabricated from steel.
The rear doors accept been fabricated longer, to aid admission to the comfortable ambience within. Other administration tweaks cover a altered grille, greater use of chrome and new exhausts.
The alternative two-seat blueprint – which comes accepted on the range-topping W12 archetypal – appearance electrically adjustable acrimonious and cooled seats. The foreground commuter bench appearance a leg blow army on its aback and can aswell be confused advanced from the rear if added legroom is needed.
Between the seats is a feature animate which can be specced with options like a folding table or fridge. Aswell on the options account are 10.2-inch screens for rear-seat passengers, a across-the-board roof and a 19-speaker Bang&Olufsen stereo.
The A8L will alone be accessible with a W12 engine at launch, but the actual powerplants from the approved A8 ambit will be offered by the end of the year. The 12-cylinder assemblage has been thoroughly revised from the antecedent model, now displaces 6.3-litres instead of 6.0, and appearance absolute injection.
The assemblage produces 493bhp and 625Nm, ensuring almighty performance. The 0-62mph dart takes just 4.9 abnormal and top acceleration is bound to 155mph. Fuel abridgement aswell increases by 12 per cent, to 23.5mpg.
The car will be launched at the Beijing Motor Show next week, and UK adjustment books accessible on July 30th. Prices are yet to be announced.
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