2001 Audi A8 Consumer Discussions

High End Luxury Cars

LS460 Debacle.....

Written by: merc1 on Dec 11, 2006 03:31 PM

Sword down for a moment. In reading the LS board I sense that some have decided to leave us again because there hasn't been enough praise of the new LS. In fairness, the review in which one compares the LS460L to the E63 AMG is bunk and not at all fair to the LS460L. Car and Driver's comparo while having some curious points concerning weight and having used a pre-production ... Read More...

Re: Why in question?? [blkhemi]

Written by: merc1 on Jun 26, 2006 10:29 PM

Performance. The LexIthinkIcans can rant all you want about a 3 year old test that the LS "won", but if the S500 was there, it would've been an entirely different playing field. True, both the A8 and S is a step behind the 7 in the adhesion department, but the Lexus is, well, Park Avenue-esque in the turns(don't want to sound "bad"-but it is). So strange that all of ... Read More...

BlkHemi, Two Tings!

Written by: drfill on Apr 07, 2006 06:32 PM

1. I didn't call the A8 a loser, but I said "I can see how someone would call it a Loser" There is a difference. The LS might be better than all the premium sedans you can name, but the A8, to me, is the MOST desirable! 2. My point is getting twisted quickly, and often. As I've said several times before, there is more than one way to be a "winner" in the marketplace. YOu can ... Read More...

My '06 Jaguar XJ Super V8

Written by: garysandiego on Mar 02, 2006 06:02 PM

I just wanted to chime in with my great experience with my '06 XJ Super V8. I am not a die hard Jaguar fan, have not dreamed about owning a Jag all my life. I did not intend to buy a Jaguar this time around. But having done so, I am really happy. Here is my story. I had owned a two Cadillac Eldorado STS from 1995 through 2000. I enjoyed the sporty response and rapid acceleration. ... Read More...

Audi A8

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Written by: blkhemi on Feb 18, 2006 07:02 PM

My Audi W-12 has been mechanically flawless(save the headlamp issue) throughout this first 3200 miles. The car is as solid as vault, and I get better than expected mileage from a car with 12 cylinders and 450hp. As to the reliabililty issues from Consumer Reports, one sentence: Don't believe everything you read. Case and point: I owned a '98 Lexus LS400, which ... Read More...

Just returned

Written by: blkhemi on Feb 12, 2006 09:26 AM

to the States this past Friday and I took my W-12 and blasted to the Hamptons Saturday. Upon my arrival at my buddy's house, there appeared what looked like an '07 S550. Quite naturally I got excited as this would be my first S550 I've seen in the States. It was a gorgeous pearlescent white on oak color combo. Once I got over my intitial infactuation with the car, I entered ... Read More...

High End Luxury Cars

Re: Looks like we've found a chink in Merc's armour? [callmedrfill]

Written by: merc1 on Feb 01, 2006 05:09 AM

Having the Maybach and S-Class virtually share taillights, or the C-Class and S-Class of a generation ago, is not a good thing, as it says cost-cutting to the trained eye. Yeah this is a good example. Now if this were true, why doesn't it mean the same thing for Lexus? Lexus is doing the same thing with design from model to model. Anyway, the cars you mention don't ... Read More...

Re: Oac—the operative term—true driver [blckislandguy]

Written by: ljflx on Jul 24, 2005 06:22 PM

Or drop MSRP's which is starting to look inevitable. Auditors will only let you BS them on future retention values for so long. Sooner or later they will make you take the cost provision up front on sale rather than at lease end. Then you get a double whammy - the car sold years earlier and the car being sold now (sorry I'm a CFO and ex-auditor by trade). They've actually ... Read More...

Re: [denaliinpa]

Written by: ljflx on Feb 16, 2005 08:39 PM

No - not if Lexus gave it a S8 like bumpy ride. The fact that 200 of them sold tells you there was virtually no one who wanted the car. Let's see if Audi can sell 200 V12's in a year. Cars that sell that low in volume would be dismissed as aberrations and not part of a standard list of offerings by many who keep track of records. They would fall into the miscellaneous grouping. ... Read More...

Re: Audi/BMW/MB [denaliinpa]

Written by: ljflx on Feb 15, 2005 08:03 PM

I don't get it when you talk about all these engines and platform options. MB's S had two engines in the affordable range for their base cars - a 275HP and a 303 HP when I shopped in 2001. The LS had one engine, the 290HP. The A8 had one engine, a 310 HP and they had just discontinued the SWB edition because they sold less than 500 of these in the two preceeding years in the ... Read More...