Audi has unveiled a new sedan A8

On Monday, the U.S. took place world premiere of the Audi A8 sedan new generation. The car was slightly larger than its predecessor (it is 75 millimeters long, 55 mm wider and 16mm lower), and its body is made of aluminum - 24 percent stiffer. As for the Audi A8 provides all three motors: two eight-cylinder 4.2-liter unit - Gasoline (366-horsepower, 5.7 seconds to "hundreds") and diesel (345 horsepower, 5.5 seconds up to "hundreds" as well as a six-cylinder diesel (3.0 liter, 247 horsepower, 6.6 seconds to "hundreds"). Transmission - a new eight-step "automatic" ZF. In addition, all versions of the A8 is already a "base" will have all-wheel drive transmission, quattro with center differential Torsen, distributes torque between front and rear axle in the proportions 40:60, and mechatronic chassis Audi Drive Select. Plus, the expensive versions will be installed on new adaptive air suspension. The emergence of more powerful engines and the available versions of the engines V10 and W12 are expected over the next eighteen months. The new sedan will be equipped with a host of new security and entertainment. In particular, the car will receive a warning system for accidents Pre Sense, which will not only prepare the driver and passengers to an inevitable clash, closing windows and pulling the seat belt, but also to control the space around the vehicle, warning collisions at low speeds and rear impacts. In addition, A8 having a system of night vision, pedestrian recognition system on the roadway, adaptive cruise control, LED headlamps, and so on. The A8 debuted as MMI multimedia complex next-generation rendering the possibility of navigation Three-dimensional projection maps and data entry with touch pad, the selector for the automatic transmission is located - the driver will be able to "draw" on it the numbers or letters, thereby picking up a phone number or by entering the address in the navigation system. Another new "feature" - interior lighting, color which (white, yellow or red) will choose the driver. Sales of new-generation Audi A8 will appear in March 2010. The basic three-liter car with a diesel engine in Europe will cost around 59 thousand euros, and with the petrol V8 version will cost about 65 euros.