Awesome new sedan Audi S8

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“Awesome new sedan - Audi S8″. The new S version of Audi’s A8. luxury liner is bolder, sportier, and. more audacious. But it’s still less so …

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FEBRUARY 2006 Refuel - 1 -
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Vol. 02 Issue 07 February 2006
“Awesome new sedan - Audi S8″
The new S version of Audi’s A8
luxury liner is bolder, sportier, and
more audacious. But it’s still less so
than its immediate competitors, which
is either its failing or its appeal, or
both. The new S8, by contrast, stands
out from the current A8 in myriad
ways. A series of vertical bars has
been added to its grille-Brabec’s last
achievement, added just months
before the design was finalized. The
nose of the car is reshaped with a
protruding chin punctuated by
several air intakes; the trunk lid
sports an integral spoiler; and, once
again, the mirror housings are faux
aluminum. There are special wheels,
of course, twenty inches in diameter
and wrapped in 35-series
performance rubber. The most
dramatic distinction, however, is
under the hood, where Audi has
installed its first-ever V-10 engine,
adapted from the one in corporate
sibling Lamborghini’s Gallardo.
Audi enlarges it from 5.0 to 5.2
liters and fits FSI gasoline direct
injection. Such is the absurdity of
the German horsepower race,
however, that ten cylinders, 444 hp,
and 398…