Audi V8
The Audi V8 is a four-door, full-size luxury sedan, designed, manufactured and marketed by Audi in Germany from 1988 to 1993, as the company's flagship. As the first car from Audi to use a V8 engine, it also was the first Audi to combine a quattro system with an automatic transmission. Early cars used 3.6-litre V8s, while later cars featured a 4.2-litre version of the engine. The Audi V8 was replaced by the Audi A8 in 1994, although the A8 was not marketed in North America until 1996.
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- Produced
- 19,330 units
- Engine
- Aluminum 32-valve DOHC V8: 3.6L (3,562cc) and 4.2L (4,172cc, from 1991), quattro AWD only
- Power
- 280 hp
- Weight
- 1,810 kg
- Fuel
- gasoline
- Displacement
- 3.6–4.2 L · 8 cyl
- Fuel economy
- 14–15 mpg combined — EPA 1990–1994
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Audi's first V8-engined flagship sedan, predecessor to the A8. Won back-to-back DTM championships in 1990 and 1991, the first manufacturer to do so.
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