Howard Stern and the A8

[David Eaton]

interesting - have you driven both cars?

imo, the s8 is a far better car than the s6.  it's the same weight, but with
more power, better suspension and more room - it also looks better.  push
both cars and the passive rear-wheel steer on the s8 makes the car much
happier to turn in.

btw, most people are talking about a tuned w12 for the new s8, with a tt v10
for the rs8...

dave
'01 s8
-----Original Message-----

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 00:18:35 -0400
From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
Subject: Re: Howard Stern and the A8

At 1:07 PM -0400 6/14/03, <tnas at euronet.nl> wrote:
>"R. Mair" <waves at epix.net> wrote:
>
>>Yeah, I heard that too. I had to stop work and listen to what he
thought...
>>he's usually very blunt and to the point with things like cars and
gadgets.
>>I was suprised at how impressed he was! If I were the salesman
>>though, I woulda taking him for a ride in an S8 though.
>
>That might be because the new-generation S8 hasn't yet been
>introduced...

And the US won't see it supposedly until 2005.

Let's hope the 2005 model fares better than its predecessor, which
was perhaps the most pointless S-car ever made.  In Europe, when the
new S6 came out, the car mags declared, "this car makes the S8
irrelevant".  I'm somewhat amazed AoA is going to give the nameplate
another go- dealers here in the US couldn't give 'em away, even
without the S6 eating away at sales.

Len says, to the press: "the S8 will surprise everyone".  Let me take
a stab at deflating the 'surprise'- an FSI biturbo V8?  It's no
secret the S8 will be thankfully based on the A8, not the A8L(which
is all we'll see here for at least 2-3 years).