Audi claims new S8 is the most powerful premium saloon - Galway Independent
You remember the scene where they use an Audi S8 (described by Skip Sudduth's driver as âsomething I can hustleâ¦â) on a high speed car chase in the Alps. Well, Audi has just seriously updated the S8, and it's now boasting the sort of power than could make a car chase irrelevant - nothing could beat this. Well, it's using the 4. 0-litre TFSI V8 turbo, also seen in the RS6 and Bentley Continental GT, to rather good effect. Audi claims it will get from 0-62mph in 3. 8secs and on to a top speed approaching 200mph, 189. 5mph to be Germanically precise. Ulrich Hackenberg, Board Member for Technical Development at Audi. âThe new Audi S8 plus has a substantial gain in power and defines the pinnacle of sporty performance in the segment. Part of the performance comes from the A8's lightweight aluminum space frame chassis, which Audi says weighs just 231kg before you start hanging engines and interiors on it. The 4. 0 V8 engine, which Audi says is 'sonorous' (we think that means... Oh, and that eye-catching top speed actually needs an optional de-limiter function - normally, it's held back at 155mph like all good German fast saloons. The engine's basically the same as it is in the RS6, but with tweaked engine management and a modified turbo to unleash the extra horses. Source: www.galwayindependent.com
