Audi selling front wheel drive A8 in Europe
Published on 10-05-2011 02:22 AM
Front wheel drive for a top of the line luxury sedan? Odd, right? Well, Audi is doing exactly that in Europe but not in the US where the market would view it as cheap as rightfully so. Europeans don't have this same aversion to front wheel drive so many opt to save the $6500 that dropping Quattro nets you. Equipped with a 204 horsepower turbo diesel V6 the front wheel drive A8 makes it to 60 mph in around 8 seconds. Not exactly the performance one associates with the top sedan model offering but it does provide 39 MPG on the European cycle.
Front wheel drive for a top of the line luxury sedan? Odd, right? Well, Audi is doing exactly that in Europe but not in the US where the market would view it as cheap as rightfully so. Europeans don't have this same aversion to front wheel drive so many opt to save the $6500 that dropping Quattro nets you. Equipped with a 204 horsepower turbo diesel V6 the front wheel drive A8 makes it to 60 mph in around 8 seconds. Not exactly the performance one associates with the top sedan model offering but it does provide 39 MPG on the European cycle.
