A luxury sedan with a V10 engine that's being shared with a supercar. The 2000s really were a wacky time for displacement and cylinders. A shame we'll probably never see this again.

Audi S8 (D3) specs
Price in Europe | €97,600 |
Car type | 4-door saloon |
Curb weight | 1940 kg (4277 lbs) |
Introduced | 2005 |
Origin country | Germany |
Gas mileage | 15.5 l/100 km (15 mpg US / 18 mpg UK) |
Views | 39.8k |
Submitted by | Ryo |
Lap times
Track | Time |
---|---|
Tsukuba | 1:08.30 |
Wakefield Park | 1:12.10 |
Performance
0 - 100 kph | 4.9 s |
0 - 140 kph | 9.1 s |
0 - 200 kph | 16.6 s |
Est. 100 - 140 kph | 4.0 s |
Est. 100 - 200 kph | 11.4 s |
Est. 0 - 60 mph | 4.9 s |
0 - 100 mph | 11.6 s |
Est. 1/8 mile | 9.3 s @ 92.6 mph |
1/4 mile | 13.1 s @ 101.9 mph |
Top speed | 250 kph (155 mph) |
Est. max acceleration | 0.59 g (6 m/s²) |
100 kph - 0 | 37 m (122 ft) |

Powertrain specs
Engine type | FSI V10 |
Displacement | 5.2 l (317 ci) |
Power | 450 ps (444 bhp / 331 kw) |
Torque | 540 Nm (398 lb-ft) |
Power / liter | 87 ps (85 hp) |
Power / weight | 232 ps (229 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 278 Nm (205 lb-ft) / t |
Efficiency | 29 PS per l/100 km |
Power / €5000 | 23 ps |
Transmission | Tiptronic 6 speed automatic |
Layout | front engine, all wheel drive |
S8 competition


uptownfunker 8y ago
0-241 kph: 31.7 s (150 mph)
0-250 kph: 37.9 s (155 mph)
Max. speed: 268 kph (167 mph) (ungoverned)
BerlinTomek 06/13 https://youtu.be/pAGBb-eRLUc
Est. w/stopwatch


Random Street Racer 12y ago
I own a 2008 S8. Just beat a 2010 S63 AMG in rolling starts from 45 mph through 140. S8 will pull in, then pull away from S63 (which I thought was the faster car). -- 4/23/2011


Anonymous 14y ago
i read this car does the 0-100 mph or 0-160 kph in 11.0 seconds flat can somebody fix it


Anonymous 14y ago
why havent they made an RS8? they got the RS6, RS4 (Coming Soon) RS5, RS3. so why not or why not yet an RS8?

PhantomPorsche 15y ago
Its pretty mush the same car but I believe the W12 is on the A8L platform not the regular A8. Not sure so someone please correct me if I am wrong.