Audi A8

Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol automatic S8
Score: 8 / 10
“If you want a fast flagship limo, then the Audi S8 ticks the right boxes. The S8 isn’t a car you buy with an eye on the budget, and while the V8 suits it, the car is still flawed in some small ways.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A8 features impressive tech and a luxurious interior, but can’t match the Mercedes S-Class for comfort.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol/electric plug-in hybrid automatic A8L 60
Score: 7 / 10
“The Audi A8 60 TFSIe quattro is probably the most convincing model in the limo’s line-up – particularly when you consider that cars like these tend to spend most of their time waiting, crawling around city centres or queuing at airports.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“Even alongside other luxury saloons, the Audi A8 looks like a very impressive machine. It’s lavish and spacious, luxurious to ride in and good to drive. Yes, plenty of the ground-breaking technology on show costs you extra, but even without it, the A8 is a fine luxury limousine.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“Looking beyond the increasingly macho exterior designs and recent heavy marketing emphasis on quattro all-wheel drive, Audi’s core appeal has traditionally been the way it quietly innovates, and in this respect the fourth-generation Audi A8 feels something of a return to form.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol automatic S8
Score: 9 / 10
“By offering a super-smooth executive cruiser than can turn into a super-saloon at the press of a pedal, the Audi S8 nails an extremely broad brief with aplomb.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol/electric plug-in hybrid 60 TFSIe L Sport
Score: 7 / 10
“The hybrid powertrain offers a really smooth transition between electric and petrol propulsion too and the car is amazingly rapid when the driver requests it. It can stay in EV mode up to 84mph and has a luxurious ride quality, adaptable via various driving modes.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic 50 TDI L
Score: 9 / 10
“Technologically brilliant, comfortable and pretty faultless to drive, the new Audi A8 is a triumph, a masterclass in interior luxury and refinement. It’s one of the few cars we’d actually prefer to be a passenger in, so we can fully appreciate the full breath of its talents.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol automatic S8
Score: 10 / 10
“There’s no getting away from the Audi S8’s super-serious outlook on life but it’s supremely well-built, sports car fast, sounds fantastic and handles like a much smaller car due to a suspension system that crushes the laws of physics.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol/electric plug-in hybrid 60 TFSIe
Score: 8 / 10
“The Mercedes S-Class is more opulent in the rear and BMW 7 Series more fun to drive, but the subtly styled Ingolstadt car is the sharpest looking and most technologically impressive. Silent, seamlessly powerful and emissions-free in town – this plug-in version of the Audi A8 is the only one you need.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“We love the tech on offer, and thanks to some very clever thinking in and around its interior, it all seems to work pretty seamlessly. To drive, it’s a triumph. Simply put, the Audi A8 is a great car. And one that’s at or very near the top of the luxury state of the art.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The new Audi A8 has shifted the luxury limousine game onto new levels. The technology it showcases is breath-taking both inside and outside with its game-changing suspension, steering and safety systems. Whether you’re in the front or rear, you will be very happy either way.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The latest Audi A8 is the smoothest, most technologically switched-on version yet.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Audi A8 is a comfortable luxury limo with powerful engines and a classy, spacious interior. That said, its touchscreen infotainment system is a pain to use when driving.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic 50 TDI LWB
Score: 8.1 / 10
“Many, many strengths, but it’s a shame the new Audi A8 isn’t a bit more efficient or a bit more visually different from its predecessor. Still, there’s quality in abundance.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic 50 TDI L
Score: 8 / 10
“If this car were a superhero, it would be Batman, as like the Caped Crusader it really comes alive at night. The daytime grey is a servile blank canvas waiting for the sun to set and the light show to begin. Whereupon the true class of Audi’s minimalist design begins to shine.” (Chris Evans)
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic 55 TFSI S line
“There aren’t many motors in which a rear seat passenger – and that, of course, is where the CEO usually sits – can write a letter in the traditional way with a fountain pen and paper. Such is the magic carpet ride of the Audi A8, however, that this exercise is accomplished with consummate ease.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic 55 TFSI L
“The Audi A8 L is a smart, comfortable and effortless drive, with a strong V6 heart and embracing suspension. The interior is exquisite, with some truly futuristic feeling tech. The modern touch-screens with feedback make for a truly Star Wars feeling ride.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic 50 TDI
“I hadn’t covered more than a handful in the new Audi A8 before I began to understand why this car is the holder of the World Luxury Car of the Year 2018 title. It’s a car that eats up the miles in terms of comfort, quietness and performance and really does spoil you.”
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Model reviewed: S8
Score: 7 / 10
“Impressively agile and always effortless, the tech-packed S8 is still more limo than sports saloon.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“High-tech and slick inside and out, the Audi A8 is an impressive luxury car – if not quite as compelling as an S-Class.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
“Audi has once more raised the bar for cabin design and quality. The experience is serene and comfortable thanks to the adaptive air suspension. On-road refinement is impressive; it offers little in the way of driving appeal, but if it’s a relaxing drive that you’re after, the Audi A8 delivers in spades.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol/electric plug-in hybrid 60 TFSIe L
Score: 8 / 10
“Plug-in power shows a more efficient side to Audi’s flagship.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A8 is a luxurious saloon, sophisticated and packed with tech, that wouldn’t look out of place in a James Bond movie while its autonomous driving capability and remote parking features provide a fascinating insight into what Audi has planned for its next-generation of everyday cars.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic 50 TDI
“Despite a few chinks in its armour, as a total package the Audi A8 has astonishingly wide breadth, able to delight both driver and passengers alike.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9.6 / 10
“Brilliant, tech-laden luxury car.”
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Model reviewed: S8
Score: 8 / 10
“Ride comfort is exceptional, with the “predictive active suspension” able to shrug off bumps in the road thanks to a forward-facing camera that can detect imperfections and adjust the set-up accordingly.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic 50 TDI
Score: 8 / 10
“A 7-series-beater for those excited by APR” (Jeremy Clarkson)
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
Score: 8 / 10
“The Audi A8 is an imposing and super-long saloon that acts as a technology standard-bearer. But at its heart, this is a really posh limo and while it handles well and rides beautifully, the rear seats (where most will experience the A8) are lacking.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“A8 sits at the top of the many-branched Audi tree. Has all the tech your A4 probably will in five years’ time.”
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Model reviewed: 4.0-litre petrol automatic S8
Score: 7 / 10
“The most boring 560bhp car (in a good way)”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 10 / 10
“The A8’s blend of performance, comfort and serenity are wedded to a beautifully built, practical and well-equipped interior. In fact, by a whisker, it beats the Mercedes S-Class, which shows just how good to drive and be driven the Audi A8 is.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6.9 / 10
“The Audi A8 justifies its top-tier pricing with a fantastic passenger experience and the very best in workmanship and engineering. With this generation of its range-topping luxury saloon, Audi has produced a car that can stand its ground against the traditional class-leader, the Mercedes S-Class.”
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