Too rich for my blood . I will have to wait for 10 yrs for depreciation to do its thing.


This all-wheel drive luxo-cruiser weighs a stout 4619 pounds and packs a 520-horsepower, 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 with 481 lb-ft of torque. Hah! Your Chevord Mustaro GZ-51 makes more power than that! Well, you'd better get that launch right, or you'll be explaining to your passengers why you just lost to a sedan. See, this new Audi S8 hits 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and runs the quarter mile in 11.8 seconds at 118.3 mph.

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/1210_2013_audi_s8_first_test/#ixzz2A4ntGDpK

I saw one of these over the weekend at my local friendly Audi dealer. What a package! Maybe a little Chris Bangle in the styling, but it does have presence.

Yeah I really can't warm up to the LEDs or Carbon Fiber interior.

I love them...faster than a zonda too !!

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Over 4500 lb. Holy pigfat, Batman. OINK! OINK! *GRUNT* Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Awesome car, love it.

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'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

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-Native American elder

Very cool car, pretty light to has about 500 pounds less than an S class to lug around.

Fast but not S65 AMG fast, and it doesn't have a V12...

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

The S8 beats the S65 with almost a second. Those S8 numbers are insane, it should have be named RS8!

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

0-60 yes, but I don't think it would keep the lead up over 100.

All wheel drive is great off the line, but with such a big HP advantage I suspect around 100 the big V12 would pass it and stay their. Once its able to hook up...

Now an 800hp SV12S...would eat it for lunch...

Unless Audi is pulling a typical German move and sandbagging what that V8 is actually putting down...Sometimes Germans like to be "conservative" in their engine ratings for whatever reasons...it might be more like 520hp at the wheels...

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I got this A6 rental for a couple weeks this summer when Avis at Frankfurt airport gave away my Mercedes e-class I'd already even paid for.
This, I was told, was the equivalent substitute of the e220 TURBODIESEL Mercedes Benz in that class. (Premium). I wanted the biggest car I could get.
Diesel's cheaper than gas ("benzin") @ $8.00 a gallon.



It was a 2.0 turbodiesel Audi A6 ....the rated economy 39/44 mpg stated - was impressive though.

The start/stop feature was unnerving at first but was unobtrusive and you get used to it, and the diesel engine was pretty quick. The MMI feature was not user friendly, though... but better than the Mercedes "COMAND" one. (for which I'd gotten a tutorial from the local MB dealer on COMAND the day before I left for Germany.

Against the strong objections of the tour guide who neve even showed up for the trip - I got the biggest car i could rent - for the Autobahn.

The cars for the "Deutsche Schnellstrasse" were almost exclusively Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi, with a strong showing by the Porsche.

I felt these cars were MADE for the Autobahn. I ran that Audi over 3,000 kms on that trip, France's wine country, frankfurt to Munich, Austria, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, through the Mont Blanc tunnel, into Italy, and disovered that someone before me..drove, just HAD to, to a little town in Austria called..




Checking how fast I drove when I got back home and checked the kph/mph dual speedometer on my 560SEC, (new German cars in Gemany are only marked in kph),

I discovered that I had driven between 130-160 mph EVERY DAY in the Audi.

It was safe, legal, cofortable and relaxing as taking a bath. Loved it. Can't wait to go back.


In fact a month later I laid down cash for this one year old 2011 e350 Mercedes. A early lease return from a man in Beverly Hills, the sport version with staggered factory AMG 18's, AMG sport suspension, and interior but the mild V6, and ..
Being a US version, though, it has the unfortunate 130 mph speed limiter.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

It must be great to drive a car like that - but from the outside it looks like a MiB suit - very bland and forgettable

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

My friend has a 2009 S8 with the V10. Amazing what that car can do with all the electronics and all wheel drive. Really gives the driver a lot of confidence.

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

And the sound.....


A friend has one with straight pipes, and it makes some of the most glorious noises... Ever.

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91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

V10 is just a weird sounding engine. Plus, you don't hear much inside.

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

God I love that Audi Grille

Audi S8 vs BMW Alpina B7! - Head 2 Head Episode 19 - YouTube