The Audi A8 is a pretty impressive machine. It is made out of aluminium (as opposed to the conventional steel) thus making it lighter (and therefore giving it a higher power:weight ratio) than its competitors such as BMW 7.
It's levels of equipment are high with the majority of items being standard - leather, air conditioning, etc. The engine is a meaty V6 providing more than enough power through its 5 speed automatic gearbox (with sequential manual shift if thats your thing!).
By far one of the better looking cars in its class. It has had rave reviews and even rates as one of Jeremy Clarkson's top 100 cars (albeit the 4.2 Quattro).
Reliability on first car was truly awful. Broke down about 20 times in space of 3 years - all a mixture of faults. New car so far so good.
Go for darker colours for a really impressive look. In short, classy but discreet for those that enjoy quality but do not need to tell everyone about it.
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Good effort, but I think more details would have helped make the review seem more worthwhile
albertas 28.03.2004 13:25
Some more details would be nice. cu albertas
sarsons 29.10.2002 19:44
Not bad intro, but info on what the car has to offer would have resulted in a higher rating (eg comfort, ride, equipment, insurance costs etc.). If you ever redo this op, please let me know and I'll reread it and review my rating :)
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