S8 4.0 TFSI 520ps Quattro Tiptronic 4dr

The best car I have ever driven.

After experiencing the luxury end of the car market that the VAG Group offer, when I owned a VW Phaeton for five years, I was looking to switch back to petrol with numerous cities now looking for cars to be ULEZ compliant ... which is when my eye was caught by a glacier white example of Audi's S8, with full service history and only 65k on the clock.

I was smitten from the moment I test drove it through Twickenham in London, and then all the way back to the Midlands after making the purchase.

I don't drive it like most would drive an RS6 or RS7, and because of this I can regularly achieve 30+mpg on runs into London and Bristol from the Midlands. It really is the car to drive for total comfort, and when needed, blistering acceleration ... which to be fair, isn't very often, as you welcome the superb level of comfort and eerily quiet cockpit that wafts you along the national motorway networks and trunk roads.

I didn't buy an S8 to keep an eye on the fuel consumption figures, but across all forms of driving, I am more than happy with the 24.5mpg average that I get from this beast of a car.

I have absolutely no thoughts of selling my S8, and I am sure it will become a future classic in a few years time. Plus, I am in love with driving again !!

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