"Charged" Audi S8 flagship sedan will be powered by a new generation of 520-horsepower four-liter gasoline engine with Twin Turbo and direct fuel injection, which the German manufacturer is developing in conjunction with Bentley. On it informs edition Car and Driver. Thus, the future Audi S8 takes place between 507-strong "Seven" BMW Alpina from the studio and 544-horsepower sedan Mercedes-Benz S-Class, prepared by AMG. As previously reported, for Bentley vehicles on the same engine will be available in two versions: with one and two turbochargers. In the first case, the power motor will make 415 horsepower, while the second - 555 horsepower. At the moment, the British company offered a model with two motors. The line of bulk vehicles Continental has a family of dual-turbocharged W12, and the flagship sedan Mulsanne - a modernized classic V8 volume of 6.75 liters, develops 505 horsepower. Previous Sedan Audi S8 came with a 5.2-liter, ten-cylinder engine, borrowed from a supercar Lamborghini Gallardo. For executive car engine was deforsirovan from 520 to 450 horsepower, but he still allowed two-ton car to accelerate to "hundreds" of just 5.1 seconds. Maximum speed S8 was electronically limited to 250 kilometers per hour. Also had a previous S8-wheel drive system and six-speed "automatic". A new generation of this model S8, is expected to appear no earlier than 2012.
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