Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The V8 is an almost forgotten luxury car from Audi’s late 1980’s line-up, like the Audi 200 before it. It’s easy to get it confused with the A8 that came after it – a car that drove Audi to new levels of opulence that allowed it to compete with the likes of BMW’s 7-series and Mercedes’ S-Class. But why was the V8 only in production for 5 years, and for such a short-lived car, was it a success?

0:00 Introduction
0:39 Auto Union History
02:33 Audi 100
04:48 Audi 200
06:51 Audi V8 Development
09:24 Audi V8 Launch
13:34 Audi V8 LWB

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Sources:
A History of Progress – Audi AG ISBN-13: 978-0837610368 ISBN-10: 0837610362
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Union
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_F103
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_100
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_200
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_V8
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_V8
audiv8.com
youtube.com/watch?v=EwS1KnJb6GA
welt.de/motor/modelle/article176368916/30-Jahre-Audi-V8-Oberklasse-mit-mit-Video-Fax-und-PC.html
auto-motor-und-sport.de/neuheiten/sonntagsauto-audi-v8-erstaufschlag-in-der-oberklasse
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley

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