Hi this is Joe Bruzek for cars.com
were here with the 2014 Audi a8 now the 2014 doesn't look a whole lot different
than the 2013
but it's what under the hood that matters and that is a new
diesel engine at the soul doesn't have a very luxurious
ring to it it's also common in small inexpensive compact cars
one thing worth mentioning right off the bat is that the a
Ltd eyes fuel economy is as good as a mid-size sedan
with four-cylinder engine and it just gets better from there
the Audi a diesel fuel economy his
re its 24 miles per gallon in the city and 36 miles per gallon highway
Rd says that's higher than its competitors which include
Alexis LS six hundred hybrid and Mercedes
F 350 diesel I spent around 300 miles in the car
and I have urged 30 miles per gallon been averaging about
32 miles per hour that's crazy this is a
forty five hundred-pound sedan there's no way to check it
back kid fuel economy but it does and it's very easy to do sell
in the world world great mileage isn't the only advantage here
it's quiet smooth in the power comes on strong at my near
unlike many diesel engines that pecan and fall of it higher
p.m. that 3.0 liter v6 makes 240 horsepower
in 406 pound-feet of torque and doesn't have as much
all of its other diesel engines and higher yom
the a8 suppresses engine noise so well that your home here
painter my charger whistle and a little bit a diesel child with the windows down
but when the windows up can even tell there's a diesel engine
underneath the hood like other aids the TDI allows you to customize the driving
experience with various
suspension firmness settings right height settings as well as
engine and transmission in steering responsiveness
now I prefer to keep all the settings and copper
where the AH shines it's comfortable it's quiet so
really nice highway driver in sport mode
it's not a sports car in its even with me
optional 20-inch summer tires at are equipped
on this car a day really shines
when it's and copper and that's where I kept one more reason I liked income for
all the time is because it's not the easiest to switch between
the sport mode the comfort mode and all the individual settings that you can
configure
its you have to enter it through the car menu here
and then with the dial their isn't a sport button or comfort but on its own
are one hundred thousand dollar tester has a lot of standard equipment
and a lot of optional equipment we had the backing of Sen stereo
with tweeters that pop up outta up it's an OK stereo
I'm not as good as we remember and so the earlier aids but we also have
a heated steering wheel heated seats cooled seats
rear windows with power sunshade rear window with power sunshade
the rear panoramic sunroof tilts up
and has its own shade as well there's excellent massaging seats that are great
and traffic
although we wish there a little bit more aggressive there's also a suspension
that lowers that much real really good when lowered easy to get out appeasing
inventive and also raises
to clear tough curbs in addition to those features
you also get the 88 L platform:
knits the only model the diesel comes with and that's the
extended wheelbase so you have a condom extra room in the back
up until this diesel offering audi has had a hard time
making a standout against its competitors and part of the reason
was it trucks from Ace in the back you only have 13-point to
cubic feet of cargo space and that's less than Hyundai Elantra sedan
howdy demonstrates with its a8l TDI that luxury buyers don't have to be afraid to
the word
diesel but the bigger question is are buyers who are spending upwards eighty
thousand dollars on their luxury car really concerned about their
monthly fuel cost if you are in the hay Ltd I
is one the best options out there one more thing to remember
to buy a diesel you might be stuck behind a long line
%uh landscaping trucks in the morning when you need to refuel
getting about the eight is that has a maximum range over 850
miles so you won't have to be doing that too often
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