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00:00 intro
00:33 Review
02:00 history | S8 | Listen | Mercedes S-Class | 7 series BMW
04:00 New facelift design | S-line
10:35 Trunk: Long version
10:35 Back seat: So much luxury!
16:47 engine | Gasoline | W12 / plug-in hybrid
18:00 interior
23:14 MMI infotainment
27:30 Conclusion
29:00 price | Market launch | listen

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Audi A8 L Facelift (2022) in key points:
#Audi # A8 #Facelift

Introduction:

Sharpened design front back
digital light
New technologies
Better PHEV
flagship
A8 L Horch as the top model for China

History:
since 1994
2017: fourth generation
Level 3 automated driving promised for the market launch
It stays at level 2
2026 Get out of burners
Ie. Next generation electric
Ie. The last one with a burner
Top model of the brand
luxury limousine
Pressure
Competitors:
Mercedes S-Class: Just new
BMW 7 Series: second half of 2022 at

Design:

In front:
11 paints
New metallic paints District Green, Firmament Blue, Manhattan Gray and Ultra Blue
5 matt finishes - Daytona gray, floret silver, district green, terra gray and glacier white
Equipment:
Chrome exterior package
S-line exterior package
Black package optics
Singleframe grill has become wider
In the grille: Chrome-plated angles that get bigger and bigger from bottom to top
Side air inlets are now more upright
Redrawn headlights
Digital matrix LED headlights
DMD technology (Digital Micromirror Device)
Each headlight has approx. 1.3 million micromirrors
L.

Page:
Wheelbase: 3.00 m
5.19 m long (S8 about 1 cm longer)
(5.32 L) (5.45 A8 L Horch China)
1.95 m wide
1.47 m high
18-21 inches
Flat roof dome
Wide wheelhouses
Standard Quattro
Body: Audi Space Frame (58% aluminum)
Self-locking center differential is standard
Optional sport differential (standard on the S8, not on PHEVs)
Optional dynamic all-wheel steering
Permanent four-wheel drive
Air suspension is standard
Progressive steering series

With the S8, the predictive active suspension, the sport differential and the dynamic all-wheel steering are installed ex works

Rear:
Wide chrome clips
Customizable light
Oled technology
Proximity detection at less than 2 meters
Dynamic flashing light
Different signature in Dynamic
There are two signatures on the A8 - three signatures on the S8
Continuous strip of lights
The diffuser has been redrawn
Audi S8 then has 4 pipes
On the S8: sound flaps in the exhaust system

Engines:
5 engines
All with mild hybrid technology: 48 volt electrical system
All 8-step TipTronic automatic

A8 50 TDI
3.0 TDI |
6 cylinders
286 hp
600 Nm
5.9 s to 100
250 VMax

A8 55 TFSI
3.0 TFSI
6 cylinders
340 PS (China 286 PS)
500 Nm
5.6 s to 100 (5.7 for the long version)

A8 60 TFSI
4.0 TFSI | 8 cylinders
A8
460 hp
660 Nm
4.4 s to 100

Audi S8
4.0 TFSI | 8 cylinders
571 hp
800 Nm
3.8 s to 100

Plug in hybrid
Audi A8 60 TFSI e quattro
the A8 L 60 TFSI e quattro
3.0 liter TFSI
17.9 kWh battery
462 hp
700 Nm
4.9 s to 100
Up to 7.4 kw on the wallbox
Do not load DC!

3.0 TFSI + electric motor


Inner space:
Lounge feeling
Very horizontal
Resting seat in the A8 L
Let the soles of your feet warm and massage in several stages
Back massage with 18 pneumatic pillows
Series: Valetta leather
Optional: Valcona leather
Dinamica microfiber material for the door and roof
S line interior in black, merlot red or cognac
Air quality package: ionizer and flavoring
Two displays (10.1 "and 8.6")
Optional head-up display
MIB 3
Back seat: two 10.1-inch displays with full HD resolution
Bang & Olufsen Advanced Sound System for 3D sound
40 assistance systems
Autonomous parking "Remote Parking Assistant plus"

Conclusion:

The revised Audi A8 will be launched in European markets in December.
The basic prices: from 97,800 euros
A8 60 TFSI e quattro: from 108,950 euros in
Audi S8: from 144,800 euros

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