2007 Audi S8
February 5th, 2007
The Audi S8, which is an Audi A8 powered by a Lamborghini Gallardo’s V-10. The Power priorities are different for a luxury sedan weighing more than two tons. The S8’s version has its bore whittled out an additional two millimeters, increasing the displacement from 5.0 to 5.2 liters.
It also has Audi’s direct-injection system, called FSI. Maximum output is down from 493 horsepower at 7800 rpm in the Gallardo to 444 at 7000 rpm in the S8, and torque is up 22 pound-feet (398 pound-feet total), peaking 1000 rpm earlier at 3500 rpm. Interestingly, 444 horsepower is precisely the output of the 12-cylinder engine (the W-12) in the long-wheelbase A8L and 114 more than offered in the base 4.2-liter V-8.
Audi S8
September 20th, 2006
Big, fast luxury motors are quickly becoming an Audi speciality. In the past few years we’ve seen the rapid S4, RS4 and S6 prove that the German manufacturer is the master of the executive express. And the even-faster twin-turbocharged RS6 - a car capable of nearly 200mph - finally showed that BMW’s M5 and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class AMG faced some real competition.