Production chronology1996–2026
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia infobox ↗31 years
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Audi / Model record
AudiS8
Production1996–2026
Recorded originGermany
ClassSports car
Background
The Audi S8 is a full-size luxury car produced by the German automaker Audi AG, manufactured by Audi Sport GmbH at the Neckarsulm plant, and part of Audi's S model range. The S8 is the high-performance version of the Audi A8, fitted standard with Audi's quattro all-wheel drive system, and was only offered with a short-wheelbase for the first three generations, being joined by a long-wheelbase variant option for the fourth generation.
Text adapted from “Audi S8” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2003–2027
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2001–2025
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗18 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1997–2014
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗18 years
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.