275bhp/3750
"Audi's new A8 4.0 V8 TDI quattro, a car that will make even the most hardened petrol-head look at diesels in an entirely new light"
......except, it would seem, Steve Firth, who reckons all diesel drivers smell of wee-wee, LOL!!!
I was reading about that in Audi magazine a while back. Lovely bit of kit. The W12 A8 must be bloody lovely, but probably uses around twice the fuel the V8 TDI does, and most of the time there wouldn't be all that much at all in how quick they feel.
Oh, and it mentions about V6 diesels being quite noisy - my 5-cylinder one is a lot quieter than the V6 ones (as the owner of one of the ones I looked at, who was upgrading to a V6 TDI). And did I mention it was the very first TDI engine Audi ever made? I think I've got a future classic on my hands here. No doubt you lot'll take the piss out of that :-)
Peter