Category: Large Executive 
Price Range: £49,995 to £81,100
Superb build quality inside and out, understated style, excellent quattro chassis, fine engines, spacious cabin
Potentially expensive body repairs, ride quality not best in class
Discreet, but beautifully engineered luxury car.
The Audi's aluminium chassis uses some clever 'crush' technology to handle impacts, but then for more than a decade Audi has built some of the safest cars around. Inside it gets twin airbags, side-impact bags, anti-lock brakes and electronic traction control. The quattro transmission adds masses of traction, stability and confidence in poor weather. Security is reasonable, but the A8 lacks the thief-beating deadlocks that are fitted to cheaper Audis.
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wrote on 05 05 2007