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Article:
http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publi...7.shtml?page=1

I've chosen some of the great pics.
Otherwise, there are 86 pics from the road test here:
http://www.fourtitude.com/gallery/ga...sts/2007%20S8#

Pics:

Those are some really great pictures. Honestly the A8 is growing on me and my appretiation for it increases every time I see it on the roads. I need to see the S8 in black and I also want to hear how that engine sounds.

The car would be perfect without that pretentious bling bling grill

the grill is perfect. best luxury car in the segment

Design wise this car is awsome and I'm really loving it but can someone tell me why the rear brake discs are so small for such a big car? They should be AMG sized.

co-sign that.

what are the seizes for S8 and AMG?

They look small cause it's 20" wheels... I don't think they are small at all.

This car is simply amazing, stunning, out of this world.... words are not enough...

The most of the weight in the A8 is front biased so It's only natural that the front brakes will being doing most of the work.

gorgeous car, thanks for the feast..

In that case it would sell better than 7er and old S-class.

BTW, I've seen some A8 with painted grill, guess why?

In all cars the front brakes account for more than 80% of the braking force so it's natural that the rear brakes will be smaller than the front ones. As for weight bias , nearly all cars with the engine in front are forward biased including Mercedes and BMW of course. Of course BMW is closer to 50/50 for example M6 is 52/48. Mercedes has many models with 55 front and 45 rear like the C55 AMG for example.

In Audi A8 the overall weight is much lower than the competition (S8 for example only 1,940kg) so despite the forward biased distribution the front axle has to carry less weight that the equivalent S class and 7 series.

I doubt that highly Yannis, an equivelant S500 (W221) is 51/49 and weighs in at 1940kg SWB while the A8/S8 has ~57/43 front to rear bias. The C55 is 53/47 to 52/48 depending on the version BTW. Sometimes I wonder were you get your information, perhaps VAG propaganda land.

Although, you are totally right about most cars using the front rotars for most of the braking force; with the exception of some car makers such as Porsche (notably the 911).

Very very nice car, too bad they couldn't get a real feel for the torque split, bet it would handle like no other in the dry. Beautiful car!

Source: http://www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/N...546283,00.html


4376 lbs=1985 kgr for S500 but i wouldn't call it equivalent to S8 with only 388hp output.

Source: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/con...4445/index.php

Don't mean to put Yannis on the spot, but I've just uncovered Yannis's personal holiday greeting postcard...

SWB W221 = 1940kg
http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...ercedes/1.html

As for the brakes ,for comparison i found that S8 has 1 inch bigger front brakes than CLS55 AMG and the same size rear ones:

http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/audi_s8.asp

http://www.mblink.mbusa.com/Inetapps...ument&Clic k=

Its impossible since Audi hasnt a strong brand as BMW and MB. They are working on it though. And sales hardly say anything about which car is the best.


best car in the segment, of course IMO.

To be honest, I would also prefer a A8 Quattro in wet / snowy conditions.

I'm looking forward to the S-class 4Matic versions. Even when the S-Class isn't so appealing for AUDIholics it will be interesting to see if the 4Matic S-Class could be a competitor for hard core AUDI fans. I doubt that , but we will see...

Audi a pioneers when it comes to 4-wheel drive systems so I doubt that BMW or MB's systems can compete with Quattro.

Thanks for the pics, stunning car. I tell you if it weren't for the new S-Class the A8 and its ever increasing variants would be my #1 luxury car. This S8 is gorgeous and setting in which it as presented is very befitting.

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