You're right it was a S8 not an A8, my mistake. There also was a nice W126 in Die Hard 3. Unfortunately it got the #$%! kicked out of it. I absolutely hate seeing nice cars get all smashed up like that. Of course in Mission Impossible 2 they smash up a Porsche Boxster and an Audi TT.

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