[source: Autoblog]
The extra-fast version of Audi's flagship A8, the 2019 Audi S8, is basically ready to go if these spy shots are any indication. The super sedan was spied without any camouflage at all, sliding around on the Nürburgring. Though subtle, there are a number of visual cues that give it away as the performance version of the full-size Audi...
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[source: Autoblog, A8 photo: Audi AG]
A 621-hp S8 E-Tron could follow
Autobild reports that the next-generation Audi S8 will be introduced later this year, and we've pieced together intel from various reports for an idea of what we'll get. Autocar says the coming D5 sedan will get a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 sourced from the Porsche Panamera Turbo, ditching the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that Audi developed with Bentley and put in the current D4 S8. According to the report, the V8 will make 535...
[source: CarScoops]
True to their name, CarScoops scoops the 2019 S8 testing on the Nurburgring. Virtually non-camouflaged, the burly S8 is thought to be powered by a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8.
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words: Troy Sicotte, photos: George Achorn
This story originally ran in the Winter 2018 issue of the Audi Club North America quattro quarterly print magazine. In order to subscribe to quattro quarterly, join the Audi Club North America HERE.
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