2022 Audi S8
MSRP Range: $116,900 Price range reflects Base MSRP for various trim levels, not including options or fees.
2022 Audi S8





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Total MSRPThis price includes a $1,095 destination fee charged by the manufacturer. | $118,995 |
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Edmunds suggests you pay | $110,807 |
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2022 Audi S8 Review

byRyan ZumMallen
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Ryan ZumMallen has worked in the automotive industry since 2012. He has written thousands of car-related articles and tested and reviewed hundreds of vehicles over the course of his career. Ryan has also contributed to Road & Track, Autoweek, Trucks.com and more. In 2019, Ryan published his first book, Slow Car Fast, on the millennial generation and its unique take on modern car culture.
Pros
- Loads of style and stellar build quality inside and out
- Potent V8 power
- Standard all-wheel steering makes for more dynamic handling
- Generous rear legroom
Cons
- Some features you'd expect to be standard are optional
- Relatively small trunk
- Infotainment system can be distracting to use
What's new
- Refreshed exterior styling
- Newly available packages tack on the options
- Reduced price but also reduced standard features compared to 2021
- Based on the fourth-generation A8 introduced for 2019
Overview
Here's something that happens infrequently in the auto industry: Audi made its flagship luxury sedan cheaper for 2022. And not by an insignificant sum. The restyled 2022 S8 now retails for about a $16,000 discount over the 2021 model when new. For that amount you get updated exterior looks, the same powerful V8 engine and a similarly deluxe cabin. So what gives? Well, the S8 now includes fewer standard features than it did previously. It's an interesting strategy, to say the least.
Cost to DriveCost to drive estimates for the 2022 Audi S8 4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A) and comparison vehicles are based on 15,000 miles per year (with a mix of 55% city and 45% highway driving) and energy estimates of $4.30 per gallon for premium unleaded in Virginia.
Monthly estimates based on costs in Virginia
$298/mo for S8 Base
S8 Base
vs
$223/mo
Avg. Large Car
The end result, however, is a luxury sport sedan with remarkable gusto for its price point. The S8 packs 563 horsepower, quite a bit more than the equivalently priced Mercedes or BMW competitor. If it's max muscle you want, this four-door performance car fits the bill. The S8 is also renowned for its sporty ride quality, with handling aided by a standard all-wheel steering system for cornering precision and high-speed stability. It also has an opulent interior, now offering an optional rear comfort package for passengers seeking true relaxation in the back. The S8 is a stately sedan with its share of attitude.
Which S8 does Edmunds recommend?
The only available trim is the S8, though there are plenty of additional packages for your consideration. We would choose the Executive package to get a solid collection of advanced driver assist features. On top of that, the Comfort Plus package upgrades your interior headliner, gives your rear passengers heated seats and adds a head-up display.
Audi S8 models
Based on the Audi A8 luxury sedan, the 2022 Audi S8 is a performance-oriented version with four doors and seating for four or five passengers. There is only one trim level, the S8, powered by a 4.0-liter turbocharged V8 engine (563 horsepower, 590 lb-ft of torque) mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. All-wheel drive is standard. Here are the top standard and optional features you should know:
S8
Comes well equipped with:
- 20-inch wheels with summer performance tires
- Adaptive air suspension
- All-wheel steering
- Rear sport differential
- Panoramic sunroof
- 22-way power-adjustable front sport seats with diamond stitching
- Front heating, ventilation and massage function
- Extended leather upholstery
- Carbon-fiber interior trim and gear shift lever
- Multicolor LED ambient lighting
- Four-zone automatic climate control
- Rear window sunshades
- 10.1-inch upper touchscreen to control maps and infotainment
- 8.6-inch lower touchscreen for climate control and comfort features
- Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (both with wireless connectivity)
- Bang & Olufsen 3D premium sound system
Standard driver assist features include:
- Lane departure warning (alerts you if the vehicle begins to drift out of its lane)
- 360-degree camera (gives you a top-down view of the S8 and its surroundings for tight parking situations)
- Forward collision warning with automatic braking (warns you of an impending collision and applies the brakes in certain scenarios)
- Front and rear parking sensors (alert you to obstacles that may not be visible in front of or behind the vehicle when parking)
You can also choose from the following optional packages:
S8 Black Optic Plus package
- 21-inch gloss black wheels
- Black exterior logos, badges and mirrors
Executive package
- 21-inch wheels
- Adaptive cruise control (maintains a driver-set distance between the S8 and the car in front)
- Lane guidance (makes minor steering corrections to help keep the vehicle centered in its lane)
- Blind-spot warning with rear cross-traffic warning (alerts you if a vehicle is in your blind spot during a lane change or while in reverse)
- Intersection collision mitigation (warns you of an impending collision during a left turn and applies the brakes in certain scenarios)
- Traffic sign recognition (reads and reacts to traffic signs and posted speeds)
Comfort Plus package
- Faux suede headliner
- Upgraded Matrix-style LED headlights
- Heated rear outboard seats
- Head-up display (displays important information in your sight line on the windshield)
Rear Seat Comfort package
- Heated armrests
- Seat heating, ventilation and massage
- Power-adjustable rear outboard seats with ventilation and massage
- Rear seat remote control
- Leather center console with infotainment screen and folding tables (four-passenger version only)

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5/5 stars, Best Sedan I Have Ever Owned
K.S.,
4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
I have owned my 2020 S8 for about one month so far. Coming from the previous general A8. I have owned S-class & BMW's. I can't tell you how fun this machine is to drive. It hauls butt like nothing else. It is like having a supercar in the comfort of a luxury sedan. Sure, it's big and isn't flat around corners, but for it's size, it handles the road well. Get it on the freeway, … mash the accelerator and you are off like a rocket. And it sounds tough too, without being too loud. There just aren't many cars on the road that can keep up. Audi say 0-60 is 3.8, but R&T says 3.2.
The suspension is tight in dynamic mode and does a great job of eliminating the bumps in comfort+ mode. Overall, the suspension does a great job of keeping the car planted and keeping the ride comfortable.
The interior is a huge upgrade from the previous generation. Once you get to know the system, it is thought out and works well. I looked at a 911, but the comfort of the seats and spaciousness of the cabin won me over. I haven't looked back since.
If you are considering an S-class or BMW, or even an A8, I highly suggest you test drive an S8. It will change your commute into a joy.
5/5 stars, S8 - A classic V8
Mike Steffes,
4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
My '21 S8 is quick, smooth and sporty and at the same time elegant, roomy and comfortable. So you get the benefits of both performance and luxury. Sometimes that's a tough balancing act but Audi found the sweet spot with the S8.
Originally I had planned on replacing my '09 A8 with a new A8 turbo and found out Audi discontinued that engine option for the vehicle in '23. As a result, I had … planned to order a '23 S8 with the V8 turbo and then have a long wait to get the car. In spite of this world of low inventory, my local Audi dealer found a low mileage '21 S8. The car is pristine and amazing to drive. The style, the trim and the technology are all world class. I entitled my review classic V8 because as we transition to an electric world it looks like V8s are going to be one of the first casualties. So I concluded now was the time to buy one as later model S8s are hard to find. Glad I made the move!
4/5 stars, S8 = Sports car, Luxo sedan, Limousine, 4X4, great
S.C.,
4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
A scientific marvel!
At first it seemed so much larger and technologically intimidating than my previous gen S8 I felt dwarfed. However after a few days becoming acclimated we bonded. Whether driving, or being driven in one of the safest, most comfortable automobiles on the road you are completely insulated.
I've owned/own numerous exotics and performance sedans. This car is a bargain.
5/5 stars, great, exciting ride
HankJ,
4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A)
560 hp, active suspension, lux interior. What else can I say?
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2022 Audi S8 video
ELANA SCHERR: Everybody on my Instagram is posting push-up challenges right now. Don't worry. You are not going to get any exercise posts from me. But that doesn't mean I'm not interested in building muscle. I just prefer burnouts to pull-ups. Then there's going to be giant burnout. This is going to be great.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
The term muscle car came about in the late '60s and early '70s, but you don't have to have a classic car to flex your muscle. This is my top 10 list of modern muscle cars.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, we need rules. If we're doing this, we need rules, right? OK. Horsepower divided by torque with cylinders-- how many, eight? American, four doors, two doors? Could be all-wheel drive. How long a burnout versus how fast? This is hard.
In the old days, a muscle car was an American car company's most powerful engine in its sportiest mid-sized car. Think GTO, Hemi Charger, Big Block Chevelle. Then there were the pony cars, which is where you'd get your Challengers, Camaros, Mustangs, AMC, AMXs. Following those rules now would mean that this entire list would be nothing but Camaro, Challenger, and Mustang in various trim levels from base V8 to top of the line-- all great cars, but kind of a boring video. So I opened up the definition to all makes and models.
These are my only criteria. Number one, it's available now or it was within the last couple of years. Number two, it's one of the most powerful cars made by the company, and driving it will make you laugh. I expect this list is going to make you very angry. Heck, it made me angry, and I wrote it. Let's get to it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Number 10, Tesla Model S Performance. Are you mad yet? OK, well, half of you get to commenting about how it's totally unacceptable for Tesla to be on a muscle car list, and the other half of you get to commenting about how it's totally unacceptable for it not to be number one on the muscle car list. Let me just tell you why I picked it and put it where it is-- so freaking fast.
Sure, no V8 engine, no engine at all, but the Tesla's performance is out of this world. And it has a lot of kind of trick options for showing off, which is very muscle car era. It has a 0 to 60 time of 2.4 seconds. That's half, half of what it took a classic muscle car. Modern times, modern muscle.
So why isn't the Tesla higher on the list? Well, first of all, price. It's $100,000 for the fastest one. And I don't think a muscle car has to be cheap necessarily, but it should be cheaper than that.
Mostly, though, it's about sound. Sound is a really important part of the muscle car experience, and the Tesla just doesn't do it for me. Sorry.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Number nine, BMW M8. Did I just say that price was a factor and then pick a car that cost $133,000? Yes, yes, I did. But blame Mark Takahashi. My BMW pick was the M5, which is also a 600-horsepower bruiser, but cost about $30,000 less.
Then Mark came in, and he was like, no, M8 because it's a two door. It's more muscly. And you know, I just didn't have the energy to fight with him.
I think he could take me, really. Think he could kick my ass. Point is, BMW makes some monster muscle. And the all-wheel drive M8 has a rear wheel drive mode so you can kick out the back end and do those very important burnouts.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Number eight, Nissan GT-R. Why is the GT-R on this list? Well, it is brutally, stupidly fast. It has a 0 to 60 time that competes with the Tesla, and it can do it all day long. Plus, it's kind of unexpected in Nissan's lineup. It's funny to look back at the early days of Pontiac and Chrysler and realize how stodgy those brands were, and then bam, GTO.
The GT-R is kind of Nissan's version of that. Why is it back at number eight? Well, the price, over $100,000. And it's a V6. Yes, it's a nearly 600-horsepower V6, but still it is missing some cylinders. Got to be a V8, new rule that I just made up right now.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Number seven, Mercedes AMG E63 and the Audi S8. Yep, it's a tie. It's a tie of two cars that at first glance shouldn't even be on this list, but hear me out. It's a tie because both the Mercedes and the Audi are nearly 600 horsepower. The AMG is a little bit over, and the S8's a little bit under. Both are surprisingly fast, faster than anything that big has a right to be.
Why are big luxury cars on my muscle car list? Again, if we go back to the muscle car era, the big engines came out of big cars. And the Chrysler 300 and huge cube Cadillacs were surprisingly powerful. Also, a lot of the popular cars like, say, Plymouth Roadrunner were available in wagon form like the Mercedes is. So you could get a big engine in an unexpected body, and that makes it a sleeper, which everyone knows is the coolest relative of the muscle car.
This is an '81 Trans Am, so it made about 200 horsepower. It's not really impressive compared to the classic muscle cars. Made about 400. But in '81, there wasn't much that was making more. So I'm going to say '81 Turbo Trans Am, still a muscle car-- just little muscle. Number six, the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk.
[DOG BARKS]
Yeah, you heard me.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is powered by the same engine that Dodge put in the Charger and Challenger-- 700 horsepower, 6.2-liter Hemi. So yeah, it is an SUV, but I mean, with all that horsepower and kind of a low stance, it's not really an off-roader. So if it isn't a muscle car, what is it?
I'm making a new rule. Anything with a Hellcat engine is a muscle car. But nothing with four doors can be in the top three. Is that OK? Is that OK with you? Yeah? Going to be all right? He says it's OK.
Number five is the Lexus RC F. It's the least horsepower on this list, with a 5 liter making 472 horses. What a world we live in when nearly 500 horsepower isn't bragworthy.
The Lexus is on our list because it looks so muscly, with a long hood, and a short deck, and rear wheel drive, two doors. Plus, if you pay more, you can get a wing. And nothing is more muscly than a wing. Just ask anyone with a Plymouth Superbird.
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Number four Dodge Hellcat Charger. Dang those pesky rear doors. The Charger has the distinction of being the only car on our list to have been an actual muscle car by the strictest standards. Dodge introduced the Charger in 1966 and redesigned it in 1968 to the more famous Coke bottle design.
In my opinion, that second-generation Charger is one of the prettiest American cars ever made. And it's also a very famous design. Seen it in movies like Bullet and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.
It's also in a TV show. What was it called? Um-- Dukes of Hazzard? I don't know. I never heard of it. Today's Charger has too many doors to crack the top three-- see the rule that I made during number six-- but it's one of the best all-around cars on our list, impressive even in 392 trim and downright remarkable as a Hellcat.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Onto the pony cars. I wish I could declare a three-way tie for the top three because each one is good in a different muscular way. At number three is the Chevy Camaro, obviously ZL1 because it's top dog with 650 horsepower. But a Camaro SS still lifts plenty of weight. The reason the Camaro isn't higher on the list is because the back seat is small, and visibility is bad. And those are sports car attributes. A proper muscle car shouldn't feel cramped.
Number two is the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye. With two doors and a couple of variants of the incredible Hellcat engine, what else could it be but the Dodge Challenger? I mean, Redeye gets the pick because 797 horses. But the 717 horse regular Hellcat is no slouch, nor for that matter is the 392, the 485 horses.
The Challenger is the closest to a traditional muscle car on our list despite being based on a pony car design. It's roomy, comfortable, and happiest in a straight line rather than a corkscrew. That said, all the cars on this list are astonishing performers on a road course, as well as a drag strip. There's just no room for one-trick ponies anymore.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
And here we are, number one, the car that put the pony in pony cars, the Ford Mustang. For maximum muscle, we're going to go with the GT500 with its 760 horsepower and 11-second quarter mile times. But like the others in the top three, the base GT is good too, everything a muscle car needs-- horsepower, style, legacy, the ability to make you look powerful even if you've never seen the inside of a gym. That's why it's our number one.
If you want more details on exactly why the top three ended up in the order that they did, watch our previous muscle car comparison from back in the days when we were all allowed to hang out together and go to race tracks. Oh my god, that was hard. I hate top 10 lists. I'm going to go online and start arguing with myself. You should too. Tell me what you'd put on your top 10 list.
[REVVING]
Best Muscle Cars — Chevy Camaro, Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang, But What Else?
NOTE: This video is about the 2020 Audi S8, but since the 2022 Audi S8 is part of the same generation, our earlier analysis still applies.
Edmunds' Elana Scherr lists the best muscle cars of 2020, including American muscle cars and other, more unusual choices. She also explains what makes a classic muscle car and gives her Top 10 picks for the best modern muscle cars on sale.
2022 Audi S8 Features Specs
Total MSRP | $118,995 |
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Engine Type | Mild hybrid |
Combined MPG | 17 MPG |
Cost to Drive | $298/month |
Seating | 5 seats |
Cargo Capacity All Seats In Place | 12.5 cu.ft. |
Drivetrain | all wheel drive |
Warranty | 4 years / 50,000 miles |

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Safety
Our experts’ favorite S8 safety features:
- Audi Parking System Plus
- Helps take the guesswork out of parking by providing a bird's-eye view image of the S8 at low speeds.
- Audi Side Assist
- Alerts you when a vehicle is in the S8's blind spot. Also works while the vehicle is parked so you don't open your door into traffic.
- Audi Active Lane Assist
- Notifies you when the S8 begins drifting out of its lane. Can also automatically guide the S8 back into its lane.
FAQ
Is the Audi S8 a good car?
The Edmunds experts tested the 2022 S8 both on the road and at the track. Edmunds’ consumer reviews show that the 2022 S8 gets an average rating of 5 stars out of 5 (based on 4 reviews) What about cargo capacity? When you're thinking about carrying stuff in your new car, keep in mind that the S8 has 12.5 cubic feet of trunk space. And then there's safety and reliability. Edmunds has all the latest NHTSA and IIHS crash-test scores, plus industry-leading expert and consumer reviews to help you understand what it's like to own and maintain a Audi S8. Learn more
What's new in the 2022 Audi S8?
According to Edmunds’ car experts, here’s what’s new for the 2022 Audi S8:
- Refreshed exterior styling
- Newly available packages tack on the options
- Reduced price but also reduced standard features compared to 2021
- Based on the fourth-generation A8 introduced for 2019
Is the Audi S8 reliable?
To determine whether the Audi S8 is reliable, read Edmunds' authentic consumer reviews, which come from real owners and reveal what it's like to live with the S8. Look for specific complaints that keep popping up in the reviews, and be sure to compare the S8's 5-star average consumer rating to that of competing vehicles. Learn more
Is the 2022 Audi S8 a good car?
There's a lot to consider if you're wondering whether the 2022 Audi S8 is a good car. Our consumer reviews show that the 2022 S8 gets an average rating of 5 stars out of 5 (based on 4 reviews). Safety scores, fuel economy, cargo capacity and feature availability should all be factors in determining whether the 2022 S8 is a good car for you. Learn more
How much should I pay for a 2022 Audi S8?
The least-expensive 2022 Audi S8 is the 2022 Audi S8 4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A). Including destination charge, it arrives with a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of about $116,900.
Other versions include:
- 4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A) which starts at $116,900
What are the different models of Audi S8?
If you're interested in the Audi S8, the next question is, which S8 model is right for you? S8 variants include 4dr Sedan AWD (4.0L 8cyl Turbo gas/electric mild hybrid 8A). For a full list of S8 models, check out Edmunds’ Features & Specs page. Learn more
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