2012 Audi S8


The year 2012 is like is made for the Ingolstadt's flagship, the Audi S8 associated with a groundbreaking innovation. According to rumors, the Audi S8 is no longer with the proven 5.2-liter V10 engine from Lamborghini equipped, but are sent with a V8 Twin Turbo in the race.

This new V8 has exactly 4.0 liter lung capacity and has 520 hp and 650 Nm of torque. The couple is also completely free between 1,700 and 5,500 rpm. The sprint to 100 km / h makes this 1975 kilogram bucket so in just 4.2 seconds. The top speed was electronically limited and is 250 km / h. Audi takes naturally happy with the consumption of this new twin turbo V8. Officially consumption would be 10.2 liters, whereas the previous S8 with V10 slurped about 13.2 liters. 23 percent less fuel consumption is good, but 70 more horsepower under the hood.

The competitors from Mercedes-Benz and BMW have already long since made the turn to swing twin turbo engine with eight cylinders, but the combination is proving to the other Audi technologies yet to be attractive and thoroughly competitive.






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