Facelifted 2008 Audi A8 gets new 2.8 FSI V6

Audi has slotted it’s recently announced 2.8 litre FSI V6 into it’s flagship Audi A8 sedan, giving it a relatively good fuel consumption of 8.3 litres per 100km – not bad at all for a huge limo. The new Audi Valvelift-equipped FSI V6 puts out 210 horsepower and 280Nm of torque between 3,000rpm and 5,000rpm.

This new variant also gets facelifted on the inside and outside together with the new engine option. Audi engineers have made the steering more direct, and running gear has been reengineered to provide better handling. The adaptive air suspension has also been tweaked, and noise insulation has been improved.

The new facelifted Audi A8 also has new active safety features added to the car 0 these include Audi Lane Assist and Audi Side Assist. Audi Side Assist uses radar to warn the driver of dangerous lane-changing maneuvers. A yellow LED in the wing mirror housing lights up if there is another vehicle in the next lane, and this LED gets progressively brighter and flashes more quickly as the situation gets more critical.

Audi Lane Assist uses a small camera positioned above the rear view mirror to warn the driver of unintentional departure from the lane, thanks to a sensor connected to the camera that detects the lane marking lines on the road.

Audi has sold over 100,000 units of the Audi A8 so far.

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  • 1178696 (Member) on Aug 08, 2007 at 7:51 pm

    nowadays, every new car you read about is full of electronics. i wonder… given the comparison between say this audi and a really purely mechanical car such as maybe the 1st gen jeeps and let boths go without service for half a year which one will have problems 1st?

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  • e-nabilll (Member) on Aug 08, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    cover the rear with ur hand.and sudenly it looks like the new s-class !

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Aug 08, 2007 at 8:06 pm

    very true. Looks like S-class

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  • szw (Member) on Aug 08, 2007 at 8:13 pm

    not that powerful for a 2.8

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  • Fireball (Member) on Aug 08, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    Yeah, the 2.0 TFSI beats it, but then again, it’s environmental friendly. Dont think many people would actually bother about it, maybe they do over in the western world! haha… It’s a nice big car, healthy competition for S-class and 7-series and other big big cars… good!

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  • shooter (Member) on Aug 08, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    decnt output for the given displacement, but in truth it needs more cubic capacity for the base model to stay in the game, say around 3-3.2L, it is a heavy car. imho this limo looks way-way better than a Merc S or the 7 series

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  • ~wj~ (Member) on Aug 09, 2007 at 3:23 pm

    well.. audi should improve on the engine it self.. gotta do something about it.. lack of power =)

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  • Hikaru (Member) on Aug 09, 2007 at 6:10 pm

    Does anyone buy an A8 in Malaysia? As far as I am concerned, I haven’t seen a single one on the road.

    Was curious because have they sold 100,000 world wide or Europe? Was going to say “sold 100,000 in Malaysia?” but it seems stupid now.

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  • chun (Member) on Aug 09, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    As with most of Audi’s cars, you must dig deeper into numbers to appreciate the completeness of the car’s capabilities. Rather than take the horsepower values at face values, let’s delve into the other real world aspects compared with the A8’s competitors:

    Power
    A8 2.8FSI: 210hp, 280Nm
    S300L: 227hp, 300Nm
    730il: 258hp, 300Nm

    So, the Audi should be less powerful? Not so. Let’s look at the performance figures for each:

    A8 2.8FSI: 8secs
    S300L: 8.2secs
    730il: 7.9secs

    Now, compare the fuel consumption figures:

    A8: 8.3l/100km
    S300L: 10l/100km
    730il: 10.1l/100km

    So even with the slightly less powerful engine on paper, the A8 still manages to perform on virtually the same level as the 3 litre 7series and S Class AND yet manage a significantly lower fuel consumption level.

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  • chun (Member) on Aug 09, 2007 at 11:41 pm

    Just to add to my previous post.

    One of the factors for the A8 achieving good performance and low fuel consumption while having a smaller engine is due to the A8’s extensive use of aluminum thus reducing weight. Check out the weights for the three cars:

    A8: 1,690kg (add about 40kg-50kg for the A8L)
    S300L: 1,850kg
    730iL:1,910kg

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  • tHe CuLpRit (Member) on Aug 10, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    chun la Chun…. no pun intended there…

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  • shooter (Member) on Aug 11, 2007 at 11:47 am

    chun , you forgot to mention how good it looks :)

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