Audi S8

The Audi S8 quattro is a high-performance version of the German luxury automaker Audi's flagship car, the full-size Audi A8. The S8 is produced at Audi's Neckarsulm 'aluminium plant', and it was introduced in September 1994. Like the A8, the S8 is only available as a four-door saloon/sedan, and both generations have been constructed from an all-aluminium monocoque, dubbed the "Audi Space Frame" , the S8 using the standard wheelbase platform, and is not available in the long-wheelbase of the A8L. The S8, like all Audi "S" models, is fitted as standard with Audi's trademark quattro four-wheel... drive , with the S8 using the Torsen-based permanent 4WD system. In September 1994, according to the official electronic parts catalogue for the Volkswagen Group, Audi introduced the Audi S8 4.2 quattro into the European market with a six-speed manual transmission, and a year later with tiptronic five-speed automatic transmission - a high-performance version of the Audi A8 in the vein of Mercedes-Benz AMG models, sharing the A8's all-aluminium monocoque "Audi Space Frame" , and Volkswagen Group D2 platform. In the UK the S8 was only available with an automatic gearbox.
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