Spy Photos: 2011 Audi A8 blogs.insideline.com Audi’s biggest and most expensive sedan has been on the market for too long. Sure, it still looks as good, or better, than its competition, but it’s a little behind in the technology and power department. This prototype of the 2011 Audi A8 was caught testing at the Nurburgring recently. It’s scheduled for a official debut in the next few months, but this test mule gives a pretty good idea of what it will look like.

Fascinating sportiness, innovative technology and superior comfort: Audi is bringing the next generation of the A8 to the starting line. The new flagship demonstrates the brands proverbial Vorsprung durch Technik with its light aluminum body, its powerful and highly efficient engines, the further improved MMI operating system, new driver assistance systems, the full LED headlights and an elegant interior with a craftsmans level of workmanship.

The new Audi A8 is a concentrated high-tech package that confirms the Audi claim to technical leadership – “Vorsprung durch Technik”. And now the brand is introducing the top version of its flagship model. The Audi A8 L W12 quattro, with a long wheelbase and a twelve-cylinder engine, sets new standards of luxury, dynamism and efficiency in the top automobile manufacturing league. The Audi A8 L is being launched with a twelve-cylinder engine, but by the end of the year will be available with all the engines currently offered for the A8. What’s fascinating about the Audi A8 L is its supremely powerful presence; its design is clearly derived from the brand’s genes and yet has undergone further refinement. The long wheelbase does not disturb its taut outlines, which remain as athletic as they are elegant. With an overall length of 5267 millimeters (17.28 ft), the new Audi A8 L is 130 mm (0.43 ft) longer than the regular version. The wheelbase has grown by the same amount, to 3122 mm (10.24 ft). The width remains unchanged at 1949 mm (6.39 ft); the height has increased by 2 mm (0.08 in) to 1462 mm (4.8 ft). Audi’s new top model is both longer and wider than its main long-wheelbase competitors. The Audi A8 L has a body built from aluminum using the Audi Space Frame (ASF) principle and therefore weighing about 40 percent less than a comparable steel body. The ASF body structure is built up from cast elements, extruded sections and sheet aluminum, with integral B-posts made from …

This here is the long wheelbase version of the all-new, fourth-generation Audi A8 that will debut at the this month’s Beijing Motor Show in China with a new 6.3-liter W12 engine. Ingolstadt’s flagship limo has an overall length of 5267 millimeters (17.28 ft), meaning it’s 130 mm (0.43 ft) longer than the regular version. The wheelbase has grown by the same amount, to 3122 mm (10.24 ft) while the height has increased by 2 mm (0.08 in) to 1462 mm (4.8 ft). Width remains unchanged at 1949 mm (6.39 ft). All that extra length benefits rear-seat passengers who also get longer rear doors to further ease access. For those that want the royal treatment, the German firm offers the option of two separate and power-adjustable seats that can be heated, ventilated and adjusted in a variety of ways including forward and back, seat cushion depth and seat back angle with top section adjustable separately. Between the individual rear seats that are standard equipment in the A8 L W12 quattro, there’s a full-length console that extends back from the center tunnel to the rear shelf, and can be specified with several goodies such as a folding table or a refrigerator. Rear passengers also get separate controls for the air conditioning that is controlled by 25 adjusting motors, while Audi also offers an entertainment system with two 10.2-inch screens. The A8 L W12 quattro model is powered by a new 6.3 FSI W12 engine with 500HP and a peak torque of 625 Nm (460.98 lb-ft) at engine speeds at 3250 …

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The new luxury sedan, to arrive at dealerships in early 2010, is a technical work of art. Its elegant and forceful body is an aluminum Audi Space Frame (ASF), weighing about 40 percent less than a comparable steel structure. The interior is captivating, with its new and spacious design and uncompromisingly high-quality workmanship full of attention to the smallest detail.

Quick look at the 2010 Audi A8, R8, S4 and S5. Get complete details on all of the great Audi cars at TheAutoChannel.com.

The new Audi A8 will be unveiled this Monday in Miami. This is the preview announcement. TheAutoChannel.com has the complete story.

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