Flagship sedans like the Audi A8 are a dying breed
Expensive SUVs are just more popular than big expensive sedans these days. …
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Fewer than 3,000 A8s found homes in the US in 2019, because almost everyone who buys vehicles like this has switched to luxury SUVs instead.Jonathan Gitlin
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The interior is top-notch, but the best seats in the house are in the back, particularly if you opt for the rear-seat comfort package.Jonathan Gitlin
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At 17 and a third feet long, the A8 is not a small car.Jonathan Gitlin
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Come this way for great luxury on four wheels.
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The center console for the rear seats (with that comfort-pack option) gets a removable android tablet to control the seat massagers and heating/ventilation with, as well as other infotainment features normally limited to the front seats.
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The reversing-cameras party trick is this third-person view, but I’m not sure it’s very useful. And the move away from hard buttons to a touchscreen for the HVAC was a step backwards in my opinion.
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Is the sun setting on the flagship sedan? I think this could be the last car to wear the A8 badge for a while.
The flagship sedan has been one of the more tragic victims of the SUV craze. Cars like the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series, and the Audi A8 used to be considered the ultimate expression of a carmaker’s craft. Advanced technologies like
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