The 3.6-liter V8 produced 250 horsepower and 251 lb-ft of torque, however in 1992, Audi upgraded the engine to a 4.2-liter model that generated 276 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque. Most of the V8s produced had been four-door sedans, however Audi CEO Ferdinand Piech had a station wagon model constructed for his spouse that was later exhibited on the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt. The V8 was costly (the 1991 mannequin retailed for simply over $50,000) and didn’t promote significantly nicely – gross sales peaked at lower than 2,00 items in 1990 and dropped to simply 77 vehicles by 1994. Audi offered fewer than 4,000 V8s between 1989 and 1994, when the mannequin was changed by the A8.

The V8 did assist set up Audi’s repute as a maker of premium cars, nevertheless. It was additionally a racing champion, profitable the 1990 and 1991 DTM Group A titles for Schmidt Motorsport and Audi Zentrum Reutlingen.       

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