Audi is a firm obsessed about its niche, a full on A8 RS would be pushing things bit too far. Having said that they have made and S8 and it's the hottest A8 available. This car is the hottest A8 available and it even outclasses the A8 W12 with its performance. S8 is like a big limo but it is faster and will take you where you need to go on time. The new Audi S8 Engine inside is not any ordinary V8, but a turbo 4.0 litre V8 packing 513bhp and 479lb ft. This engine gives a very fast 0-62mph time of just 4.2 seconds; bearing in mind S8 weighs nearly two-tones. The 4.2 seconds figure outdoes every other Audi other then the V10 and TT RS plus. But the thrill of acceleration you get from inside is out of this world. Audi S8 seems effortless when driving and its speed becomes frightening. The way it accelerates, it makes the UK's B-roads start to feel like very short straights.
This big car is not all about pace and although it's a large car with big V8 petrol it does have some green points. This engine deactivates four cylinders when you're cruising. You will be able to achieve an acclaimed economy figure of 27.7mpg which is respectable for a big car like the S8. Inside the equipment is as impressive as you'd expect from a top-of-the-range limo. The S8 gets a BOSE surround sound audio system, air suspension, a self-parking system, 20-inch alloys as standard and sat-nav with online services such as Google Local Search. It has a luxurious drive like all the Audis. The steering is quite responsive. Though, Audi has tried to make it more fun with the sport diff at the back to allow sharper turns and the Quattro system, but that does not make S8 a B-road hero. If you want to get the most out of this Audi, you will have to drive it on the motorways and push the engine a bit; you'll just fall in with S8. Audi S8 combines a powerful twin-turbo engine with a Quattro drive which makes it ideal for the boss with an attitude in almost any climate. The S8 will fight for the top spot with cars such as the Jaguar XJ Supersport and Mercedes S63 AMG.
I just stared and stared at my 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera / 930 as it sat there in my garage. And do you know what? In 1976 it was fast, with the exception of the Lamborghini Countach LP400 and the Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer, there was nothing stock that was faster on the road. Porsche created a revolution when they introduced the Turbo. Let鈥檚 face it, cars were pretty sucky in 1976 and with the exception of the afore mentioned exotics, there was not much to choose from. In fact, the 911 Turbo was a revelation. It was funny; Porsche management in Germany actually thought that nobody would buy them. There were so much more expensive than any other Porsche 911 in the range. Every last one of them sold. But they also had a deadly reputation. Inexperienced drivers were not used to that power and there were several that crashed when their driver, after piling on the speed as the turbo kicked in carried way too much speed into a corner and hit the brakes.
Not something you do in a rear-engine car. They bite hard when that happens, the rear end would snap around sending the car spinning off the road backwards; often with dire consequences. Even the US Government threatened to do something about these evil fast cars crashing off the road backwards. I knew full well the cars reputation and I respected it every time I drove it. No other street Porsche had been this fast. I read someplace that the claimed top speed was 153, but I have read other reports that it was closer to 160. No matter, it was fast back then and it is fast today. And it was loud. Bad Boy had been equipped at some point with an after-market 鈥渟port exhaust鈥?meaning minimal internal baffling, maximum external noise exiting the huge twin coffee can size exhaust outlets. My wife claimed she could hear the car more than a half mile away as I accelerated up a nice uphill stretch on the back road near our house.