Quick Question for you A8 guys
01-23-2005, 09:12 AM
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It was released in April 2001
April 3, 2001
Twelve Cylinders for the A8
Text and pictures courtesy of Audi AG
Audi is presenting a vehicle full of superlatives - the new A8 L 6.0 quattro. This luxury saloon is powered by an aluminium twelve-cylinder engine with a displacement of six litres, which develops 309 kW (420 bhp). This engine thus qualifies as the largest-capacity and most powerful production twelve-cylinder engine ever to be found in a saloon car worldwide. And it also sets standards in terms of torque: the new Audi engine produces 550 Nm - this surpasses any other production saloon in the exclusive twelve-cylinder league.
The A8 L 6.0 quattro requires less than 5.8 seconds to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h; the most powerful German twelve-cylinder car of the modern age reaches its electronically governed top speed of 250 km/h after scarcely 38 seconds.The most impressive thing about it of course is just how spontaneously the 6-litre engine translates every command issued at the throttle into acceleration, and just how smoothly it revs up to the rated speed of 6000 rpm.
At the same time more than 90 percent of the engine's peak torque is available at just 1800 rpm; the ideal basis for supreme pulling power in every velocity range. The torque characteristic of this large-capacity naturally aspirated engine is without comparison.
The five-speed automatic transmission with tiptronic function makes sure that exactly the right amount of power is always available. And it additionally offers the driver the chance to intervene actively in the manual shift gate or - as an option - by pressing the button on the leather-rimmed multifunction steering wheel.
Not sure if it made it to the US shores though.<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/model/a8.html">https://www.audiworld.com/model/a8.html</a</li></ul>
Twelve Cylinders for the A8
Text and pictures courtesy of Audi AG
Audi is presenting a vehicle full of superlatives - the new A8 L 6.0 quattro. This luxury saloon is powered by an aluminium twelve-cylinder engine with a displacement of six litres, which develops 309 kW (420 bhp). This engine thus qualifies as the largest-capacity and most powerful production twelve-cylinder engine ever to be found in a saloon car worldwide. And it also sets standards in terms of torque: the new Audi engine produces 550 Nm - this surpasses any other production saloon in the exclusive twelve-cylinder league.
The A8 L 6.0 quattro requires less than 5.8 seconds to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h; the most powerful German twelve-cylinder car of the modern age reaches its electronically governed top speed of 250 km/h after scarcely 38 seconds.The most impressive thing about it of course is just how spontaneously the 6-litre engine translates every command issued at the throttle into acceleration, and just how smoothly it revs up to the rated speed of 6000 rpm.
At the same time more than 90 percent of the engine's peak torque is available at just 1800 rpm; the ideal basis for supreme pulling power in every velocity range. The torque characteristic of this large-capacity naturally aspirated engine is without comparison.
The five-speed automatic transmission with tiptronic function makes sure that exactly the right amount of power is always available. And it additionally offers the driver the chance to intervene actively in the manual shift gate or - as an option - by pressing the button on the leather-rimmed multifunction steering wheel.
Not sure if it made it to the US shores though.<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/model/a8.html">https://www.audiworld.com/model/a8.html</a</li></ul>
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