AUDI A8 · 2.8 5V · Sedan · 1996 ‐ 1999

Make of automobiles A8, modification of 2.8 5V launched production by Audi in 1996 and terminated in 1999. The weight of the car is 1.5 tons and a length of 5 meters, It is shaped as sedan with four doors, and may be fit in 5 people with a driver.

«A8 2.8 5V» is a front-wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual transmission. The 6-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can produce power 193 hp at 6000 rmp, which allows you to speed up the automobile in 8.4 seconds to 100 km/h and achieve ceiling speed of 236 km/h.

Gas tank volume of this vehicle is 80 l of petrol, so when normal fuel rate is 9.9 l per 100 km (7.4 l on the highway, 14.2 liters in the urban), that allow you drive about 809 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the next measure - 225/60WR16.

Audi A8 is not certified for crash test Euro NCAP. In addition to passive systems of safety (passenger, side, driver airbags), it is also equipped with active safety such as Traction control, EBD, ABS.