Looks Like the Audi A8 has been chopped
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Looks Like the Audi A8 has been chopped
You guys have probably already seen this article about Audi A8 being discontinued: https://www.motor1.com/news/789166/a...r-books-close/
Interesting that Doug Demuro, on his podcast while discussing the A8, thinks the 7-series might also be on the chopping block
Interesting that Doug Demuro, on his podcast while discussing the A8, thinks the 7-series might also be on the chopping block
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I always felt like A8 was very elegant. Sadly I hardly ever see them and it felt like the brand gave up on it last few years.
Lexus killed its LS 500, which I never liked and I owned LS460 and LS400 98 back on the day. LS line demise would have been unthinkable at some point. I got my father a nice LS430 a while ago and it’s still great. My LS460 was fantastic as well.
BMW 7 looks like a cyborg, a company joke who knows it’s on a last suicide mission run.
With people gravitating to these station wagons on steroids ( suvs), large sedans are mostly for TLC/ limo service, sadly.
Lexus killed its LS 500, which I never liked and I owned LS460 and LS400 98 back on the day. LS line demise would have been unthinkable at some point. I got my father a nice LS430 a while ago and it’s still great. My LS460 was fantastic as well.
BMW 7 looks like a cyborg, a company joke who knows it’s on a last suicide mission run.
With people gravitating to these station wagons on steroids ( suvs), large sedans are mostly for TLC/ limo service, sadly.
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Amazing that most people don't see the irony in the fact that an "SUV" is just another iteration of the station wagon. Driving a station wagon looked moronic as they were phazed out in the 1990's, and for me, I think the same way about crossovers and suvs.
But the Market has spoken.
But the Market has spoken.
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Amazing that most people don't see the irony in the fact that an "SUV" is just another iteration of the station wagon. Driving a station wagons looked moronic as they were phazed out, and for me I think the same way about crossovers and suvs.
But the Market has spoken.
But the Market has spoken.
As folks got larger, cars got larger in every direction. SUV won.
Is a GLS 550 or X7 or Range Rover a good place to be with kids on a weekend road trip? I bet it is. If I could afford both I probably would, but if I must have one, I’ll go with a sleek sedan every time. I don’t do practical and I can’t be in a suv that doesn’t off road. Looking like everyone else was never my thing either.
Win for us, depreciating loving S class lovers.
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Another reason to hold on to these; they will be looked at as classics in a shorter time than we can imagine.
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Hmmmm....well, a station wagon that does not handle for crap, is not too massively bloated (like most American SUV owners) and on and and on. 99% of "SUV" do not even have 4WD or any other thing that would be needed for the S or the U, all they have going for them is the V and the capacity to fit a family of morbily obeese Americans on their way to Old Country Buffet.
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I was in Bethesda on Connecticut Ave today and saw an A8L and thought to myself that looks nice and haven’t seen one in forever. Sad to see it go but I never liked it enough to consider one - hard seats and interior that didn’t click with me.
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Was never keen on the looks or the interior of the D5 A8. The S-class has always been the standard bearer. Even among its peers its a much superior product. In fact, I'd rank these closer to top tier Bentley and Rolls, especially the W222.
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Back in the mid 2000's, I bought an A8 on an Ebay acution. It was weird; I just put in a bid and never thought I'd win it. But lo and behold, nobody outbid me. The car was in Pasadena so I flew down to purchase the car. The seller had a leas on the car, so I paid off his lease and transferred the balance directly to his account. Luckily we both banked at Chase, so it was super easy. They gave me the title right there on the spot. I drove the car back home from Pasadena to Seattle and the car was nice. But I realized it was not nearly as nice as the S600 I was coming out of. Long story short; within 60 days, I wound up selling the A8 through the same consingment dealership that sold by S600, and thankfully made a profit on the transaction.
I've always held the A8 in high regard, but never thought they were as "special" as an S-Class.
I've always held the A8 in high regard, but never thought they were as "special" as an S-Class.
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Here's the quote you're referring to, as originally reported by Motor1:
“The decision on an A8 successor has been taken and we intend to present it towards the end of this decade,” Bestle told M1. “We are going to communicate further details in due course. The Audi Q9 is going to expand the Audi portfolio at the top as large full-size SUV.”
Not sure if you can get any more vague than that, and that's assuming the source info is true. No video is available to corroborate that statement, and there seems to be nothing but crickets from Audi's official communication channels at this point. Maybe they want to save the trademark or something. Weird to say the least.
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I migrated to Audi, a Audi A6 Allroad wagon and no regrets that I did although I do miss the 2018 S560 I had but it was approaching 100K miles and I just didn't want to deal with all the repairs I knew would be upcoming. The thing I liked about the A6 Allroad was that it is older school kinda much like my 2019 E450 benz wagon although it rides much better and drives better IMO. A lot of people think this is the last year for the A6 Allroad while that is true from a model point of view they will continue on for 2027 and are going to be called the A7 Allroad same car with minor improvements and more than likely some cost cutting which is happening a lot lately with many German brands. I suspect the same type of thing may be happening with the A8, maybe it'll become the A9 Sedan, I'll have to google it. I do miss those comfortable seats of the S Class. The seats are kinda hard in my new Audi Allroad, but I put a foam cushion cover on the drivers seat that helps out some. I got the Prestige model which has all the bells and whistles including Massaging front seats, Cooled and Heated front and rear seats too. Pretty good deal for the car new at 70K, the benz all terrain loaded is about 20K more. The wagon for me is more practical than a sedan.
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A couple of thoughts.
Growing up in the 80's my dad had a Buick 225 station wagon. When I realized that I could turn the car on with no key (half the key broke in the ignition) we tested that car out.
That car hauled ***....
Now being a grown up, I have an S560 and I have a big *** GMC family hauler with the 6.2....that thing hauls ***...
So point being, if it hauls ***, goes off road and can get cleaned up and look nice, then I am with it......
Growing up in the 80's my dad had a Buick 225 station wagon. When I realized that I could turn the car on with no key (half the key broke in the ignition) we tested that car out.
That car hauled ***....
Now being a grown up, I have an S560 and I have a big *** GMC family hauler with the 6.2....that thing hauls ***...
So point being, if it hauls ***, goes off road and can get cleaned up and look nice, then I am with it......
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A couple of thoughts.
Growing up in the 80's my dad had a Buick 225 station wagon. When I realized that I could turn the car on with no key (half the key broke in the ignition) we tested that car out.
That car hauled ***....
Now being a grown up, I have an S560 and I have a big *** GMC family hauler with the 6.2....that thing hauls ***...
So point being, if it hauls ***, goes off road and can get cleaned up and look nice, then I am with it......
Growing up in the 80's my dad had a Buick 225 station wagon. When I realized that I could turn the car on with no key (half the key broke in the ignition) we tested that car out.
That car hauled ***....
Now being a grown up, I have an S560 and I have a big *** GMC family hauler with the 6.2....that thing hauls ***...
So point being, if it hauls ***, goes off road and can get cleaned up and look nice, then I am with it......
