"See, this new Audi S8 hits 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and runs the quarter mile in 11.8 seconds at 118.3 mph. Your Camaro ZL1 doesn’t have a chance, and your Shelby GT500 better hook up or it’s done, too.
Forget the sports cars, then. Let’s talk real-world competitors. Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG? The last one we tested (a 2012 model) needed 4.3 seconds to get to 60 mph and 12.6 seconds to run the quarter. There’s a new one coming, but it’s at least a year out. How about that new Alpina B7, since BMW doesn’t do an M7? BMW claims a 0-to-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. We’ll verify that soon enough, but it makes no difference here. The S8 also bests the smaller, lighter M5, which needs 3.7 seconds to hit 60 mph and 11.9 seconds to finish the quarter mile. The newest Maserati Quattroporte we tested, a 2008 Sport GT, matches up on price but not performance. It needed 5.4 seconds to hit 60 mph and 13.9 seconds to do the quarter. What about the Jaguar XJ Supersport? 4.7 seconds to 60 mph claimed. Lexus LS 460 F Sport? Slightly faster than the Maserati, Lexus says. Infiniti M56? Into the fours, but still way behind the Audi. For nearly double the price, you could get a Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed, but you’d be more than a second slower to 60 mph. If you’re willing to triple the price tag and forgo two doors, Ferrari says the new FF will hit 60 mph in 3.7 seconds and it’s probably slightly quicker than that, but Ferrari won’t give us one to test."
520 crank? I am thinking waaaay more than that.
With these new transmissions they can do crazy stuff with keeping it in the sweet spot but 520 still seems low with Quattro and 4600lbs in under 12 seconds.
My car is probably 555 crank hp and hundreds of lbs lighter. Maybe 11.9xx seconds. :gotme:
Who knows, too many variables.
Edit: Pfffffft the speedo doesn’t even go to 200mph like mine.
So hot. Luxury cars that run what people’s purpose built drag machines ran 7 years ago and do it with exceptional economy and tremendous luxury? Golden.
Love this car. This is going to sound lame, but I tweeted to Audi that “I FUCKING NEED AN S8” after one of the many NFL commercials and they actually responded, lol.
i still wouldnt buy one but i couldnt really say why.
I drove an S6 and M5 back to back and the M5’s are so much more exciting and agile in M-sport mode. It’s like 2 different cars. whereas even in sport mode the S6 is still very refined and doesn’t feel like i’m going to die at any moment… i don’t like that.
