This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine powering all four wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 4 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 449.5 bhp (456 PS/335 kW) at 5100 rpm and 600 Nm (443 lbft/61.2 kgm) at 1500 rpm respectively.
An 8 speed automatic 'box delivers the power to the driven wheels.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 2120 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 209 km/h (130 mph), officially quoted fuel consumption is 18/29/22 US MPG EPA city/highway/combined.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3122 mm | 122.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1643 mm | 64.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1636 mm | 64.4 inches | |
| Length | 5268 mm | 207.4 inches | |
| Width | 1948 mm | 76.7 inches | |
| Height | 1471 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.69 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2120 kg | 4674 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 82.2 litres | 18.1 [21.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.27 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.41 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.65 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Audi | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Capacity | 4 litre 3993 cc (243.668 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84.5 × 89 mm
3.33 × 3.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.95 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
456 PS (449.5 bhp) (335 kW) at 5100 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
600 Nm (443 ft·lb) (61.2 kgm) at 1500 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
83.9 kW/litre 114.1 ps/litre 112.6 bhp/litre 1.84 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
150.26 Nm/litre
1.82 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium alloy block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.1:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1888.3 kPa (273.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 4.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 209 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 214.98 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.21 PS/kg 158.11 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 kW/kg 212.03 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.21 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.32 kg/kW 10.56 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 18/29/22 US MPG EPA city/highway/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 13.1/8.1/10.7 l/100km city/highway/combined | ||
| km/litre | 7.7/12.3/9.4 km/l city/highway/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 21.6/34.8/26.4 UK MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| US MPG | 18.0/29.0/22.0 US MPG city/highway/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 9.0 x 20 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 9.0 x 20 | ||
| Tyres front | 265/40 R 20 104H XL | ||
| Tyres rear | 265/40 R 20 104H XL | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 380 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 356 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.67 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.20 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 491953 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 35.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2016 Audi A8L 4.0T Sport added 2016-06-19. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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