This looks like a viable alternative to the M5 in sedan form and the E55 AMG wagon in Avant form...

http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArtic...1868&fSetId=381

It's coming out in October in South Africa but I'm not sure when it's going to hit US shores.

There are some decent pics in that article.

 

I'd buy one. Looks good and is gonna give some competition to the E60 M5 and the upcoming E63 AMG. AWD might be kinda fun with 500hp!

 

I'm going to be honest with you, I would drive that car in a heartbeat

Something about a V10 makes me giddy.

 

if it's the same motor as the S8, it ain't makin' 500HP.....

 

Sweet car. I have to admit, I think the Audi's are the only car that look better with a front license plate then without one. It need to cover up that large chrome piece across the nose.

 

It's the same engine out of a Gallardo..

 

It's related to the Gallardo engine but not the same engine. The Audi is 5.2L and 444 HP and 398-TQ


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it's a good article about the S8. At the end they talk about the V10 engine.

They say 450 HP (but in US rating it's 444 HP) but the TQ of this engine is different than the Gallardo, more TQ and produced at a lot lower revs.

The Gallardo is probably closer to the M5/M6 as far as HP and TQ etc..

TQ produced down low is be better suited for a 4200 lb sedan. The M5 makes about the same TQ, but peak TQ at 6100 rpm while the Audi peak TQ is at 3500 RPM.

 

0-100kmh in 5.2? Not that 0-100kmh matters much, but if I paid that price I'd rather get an M5. (4.6 I believe)

 

I'll take the current RS6.. Twin Turbo V8.. with a few simple mods you're pushing 600 HP although 0-60 in 4.5 stock ain't too shabby.

 

That's not a DSG tranny. Its a automatic with a "manual" mode.

Also, especially considering that its automatic and AWD... 4.x 0-60 in the M5 was surely achieved using "Launch Mode." The S6 doesn't have that "luxury"

In a recent Best Motoring episode a M5 was put against a CLS55. The CLS55 pulled a on it pretty good most of the way down the 1/4 mile. The 500hp in that M5 seem to like to hide.... most likely because there's no torque.