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DO NOT BUY THIS CAR

Ed Rothberg, 01/23/2016
2015 Audi A8 3.0T quattro 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl S/C 8A)
27 of 71 people found this review helpful

The A8L appears to be a great car. But Audi is not telling its customers something very important. If this car is in a wreck, it can take up to 3 months to repair. I was in a rear end collision over 6 weeks ago. The repair work has not even started. The reason is that Audi limits collision repairs to one shop in any particular city. I live in a city with 5 million people. There is only one shop that can repair the vehicle and the shop has only one technician who is authorized to do the work. As there are five other cars waiting to be repaired ahead of me, it will be at least another month before I may see the car back. I filed a complaint with Audi, and they told me the reason for this insane policy is that the vehicle is aluminium and requires special training to repair. With all due respect to Audi, there are many other cars made of aluminium and many other repair shops that can perform the repair. So to make sure that these shops cannot do the repair, Audi will not sell them the parts. Audi refused to provide me with an alternative equivalent vehicle and refused to buy the car back. It is insane to purchase a car which costs between $90 and $100k and for Audi to create a situation where it is impossible get it repaired in a reasonable period of time. I will be commencing legal proceedings against Audi in the near future. I will report back on the results.

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5 out of 5 stars

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Paul, 03/20/2019
updated 03/28/2022
2016 Audi A8 L 3.0T quattro 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl S/C 8A)
2 of 7 people found this review helpful

service and maintenance cost is expensive

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Over rated

Thomas, 11/21/2019
2016 Audi A8 L 3.0T quattro 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl S/C 8A)
4 of 22 people found this review helpful

Car is noisy. And tech is older than my 2013 Jag XJ

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An inferno of potential problems

BigFamMan, 06/02/2023
2016 Audi A8 L 3.0T quattro 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl S/C 8A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

I waited many years to purchase this magnificent beast... my first A8. With 67k miles and a seemingly clean CarFax, I enter this ownership experience with much hope and anticipation. It was acquired from a local MB dealership. My Audi appears by all accounts to currently be in sound mechanical shape and well-maintained. Regrettably, the uncomfortable insistence and overt eagerness of the extended warranty salesman at the dealership still strikes me as an ongoing concern. I would have gladly purchased an extended warranty at the time of sale, yet the process was so haphazard and poorly portrayed that I now find myself without any coverage. The tech in this car is spectacular... and daunting. I'll be pursuing some sort of extended warranty for peace of mind.

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Thinking new car

KA, 03/01/2018
2015 Audi A8 4.0T quattro 4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo 8A)
0 of 2 people found this review helpful

Best car I ever owned.

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