Image of Audi A8 L W12

Audi A8 L W12 (D3) specs

Price in Europe €119,500
Price in US $119,820 - $126,320
Car type 4-door saloon
Curb weight 1995-2162 kg (4398-4766 lbs)
Introduced 2004
Origin country Germany
Gas mileage 20.8-11.8 l/100 km (11-20 mpg US / 14-24 mpg UK)
CO2 emissions 303 - 331 g/km
Views 50.1k

Lap times

Acceleration

0 - 40 kph1.5 s
0 - 60 kph2.7 s
0 - 80 kph4.0 s
0 - 100 kph5.2 s
0 - 120 kph7.3 s
0 - 140 kph9.3 s
0 - 160 kph11.8 s
0 - 180 kph14.9 s
0 - 200 kph17.4 s
1000 m24.3 s
0 - 60 mph5.1 s
0 - 100 mph11.3 s
0 - 130 mph21.2 s
Est. 1/8 mile9.5 s @ 90.7 mph
1/4 mile13.6 s
Audi A8 L W12 acceleration graph

General performance

Top speed254 kph (158 mph)
Est. max acceleration0.57 g (6 m/s²)
18m slalom60.9 kph (37.8 mph)
Lateral acceleration0.79 g (8 m/s²)
100 kph - 036 m (119 ft)
70 mph - 056 m (183 ft)

Powertrain specs

Engine type W12, 48v
Displacement 6.0 l (366 ci)
Power 450 ps (444 bhp / 331 kw)
Torque 580 Nm (428 lb-ft)
Power / liter 75 ps (74 hp)
Power / weight 216 ps (213 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 279 Nm (205 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 29 PS per l/100 km
Power / €5000 19 ps
Transmission 6
Layout front engine, all wheel drive

More 0-60 and 1/4 mile times

Rolling acceleration

60 - 100 kph2.7 s
70 - 120 kph4.4 s
80 - 120 kph3.3 s
Est. 100 - 140 kph4.0 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph12.5 s
5 - 60 mph5.5 s
User avatar
User avatar

Hoppelmoppel123  1y ago

@fastestlaps please fix the name


User avatar

Luke   5y ago

Not a huge fan of the s class had to 2018 and 2019 model they get boring after a while I’d take the w12 over it


User avatar

Piorun  11y ago

BMW 750li
Is large car but, it is weird designed, and large/fat people have some problems with enter to the car from the driver side.
Thats the true.


User avatar

fat man  11y ago

i have a bmw 750li eat that and i cant even fit into it because im fat!!!!! lol..


User avatar

James Justice  11y ago

A poor man's S class ?


User avatar

justin  12y ago

I have d3 a8l w12 chip tuned to ctank 485hp n a fairly modest skyline gtr32. Each has a different character n purpose. But sometimes a sheer na power from 12 cylinders is just beyond.you can imagine


User avatar

Shaggy  12y ago

@ fat man: LOL, Someone's been drinking.


User avatar

fat man  12y ago

i'm a fat man i can't fit in one but i can fart on one.FART POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


User avatar

Shaggy  12y ago

Lol, easy on the egg nog, Santa, you have about 4,000,000,000 gifts to deliver Monday night.


User avatar

Santa  12y ago

Ho ho ho I've not been in one I jumped in one!


User avatar

Ferrari driver  12y ago

@Adam,
of course you are.
;)


User avatar

Adam  12y ago

I'm stupid


User avatar

Arun  14y ago

a8 has 450 power because i have a w12 a8 beat that.


User avatar

Anonymous  15y ago

0-100 km/h is actually 5.1 seconds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_A8
is where you can find it its under the d3 platform


User avatar

Georg  16y ago

the 17.4 is for this car the A8L the 16.9 for the shorter normal A8


User avatar

ferrari  16y ago

sorry,I have given a wrong data.
0-200km/h:16.9

http://www.cartype.com/pages/575/audi_a8l__2004

"The A8 6.0 quattro reaches a speed of 200 km/h in 16.9 seconds."



User avatar

FastestLaps  16y ago

He's Adam. He hasn't got a clue.


User avatar

Anonymous  16y ago

Its main rivals is Merc S-class and BMW 7-series. C-class?? C-class and A4 is a match, A6 and E-class.


User avatar

Adam  17y ago

Well i guess it is nt all that great and i guess they could have done a better job with the rim's.the rim's look flat and boring the rest of the design look's fairly agressive the 0-60mph is impressive for a car that wiegh's 4300lbs only 5sec to 60mph is decent.the a8 just feel's just to big and heavy i think a good rival for the a8 is a mercede's-benz c class.


User avatar

427SuperSnake  17y ago

Don't hold your breath old man, I've got better things to listen to.


User avatar

Adam  17y ago

WOW!!!!!!!!!! 6.0L's well i guess it's a normal engine size if it's a W12.and it's not all that powerfull if it has only 444hp.you get the almost as much torque as a ferrari 599.BUt these are in a different class of veichcle's.you can get more power from the BMW M5's 5.0LV10 with 500hp.and the BMW M3 (E92) almost has as much power as the audi A8's W12 with 444hp the M3 (E92)'s 4.0LV8 produce's 420hp.The audi A8 is nt as good as the M5 or M3 (E92).Infact they allmost out accelerate the A8 bye a second.I think the BMW 335i is more of a challenge for the audi A8 they both accelerate to 62mph around the 5.0sec mark not like the M3 (E92) that doess sub 5sec to 62MPH.then again audi make's the audi s5 to compete with the BMW 335i.so maybe the audi A8 could compete with a BMW 7 serie's.


User avatar

Heyhuub  19y ago

The A8 is made since 2001 with 12 cylinders :)


User avatar

FastestLaps  19y ago

Audi with 12 cylinder engine. Something new for me :D