Audi S8 Turned Into Super Sedan With 700 Horsepower By ABT

Audi Sport is aware of SUVs are a warm commodity at present, as a result why it has expanded its portfolio in latest periods to contain the RS Q3 / RS Q3 Sportback, SQ7, SQ8 / RS Q8, and some others. At the exact time, the 4 Rings are well knowledgeable there’s nevertheless an significant segment of the market interested in sedans, which is why it has not deserted the once standard overall body type.

With no RS8 in sight, the epitome of an Audi sedan is unquestionably the S8. It brings together all the luxurious and pizzazz of a higher-end sedan from Ingolstadt with the strong motor you’d count on from a thoroughly fledged sports activities car. The twin-turbo four.-liter V8 tends to make 571 horsepower and 800 Newton-meters (590 pound-feet) of torque, but the German tuners at ABT have massaged the powertrain to extract even a lot more electricity.

The end result is a tremendous sedan with 700 hp and a monstrous 880 Nm (649 lb-ft) on faucet, superior for a to 62 mph (a hundred km/h) dash in a mere three.four seconds. Flat out, it will do 168 mph (270 km/h) presented the S8 is outfitted with the optional ceramic brakes.  These figures are quite impressive when you issue in the car’s measurement and pounds – 5179 mm (seventeen feet) and two,230 kilograms (four,916 kilos).

ABT did a lot more than just improve the V8 as it also put in a custom made 21-inch set of alloy wheels as well as a trunk lid spoiler manufactured from carbon fiber. These are refined visual alterations to notify aficionados they’re not observing a typical Audi S8. Visuals of the inside have not been presented, but we do know the get started/stop button wears ABT branding, and so does the cover of the gearbox lever.

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Audi has not explained a word about no matter if there will be an additional S8 Moreover additional down the line, so for the time getting, ABT is presenting a substitute.