ABT Sportsline has announced a new upgrade
pack for the 2020 Audi S8, which in itself is already a mighty potent limousine
that’s strapped with a 4.0 litre bi-turbo V8 making 571 hp and 800 Nm of
torque.
Enter the ABT Sportsline garage. Here, the
S8 can be tuned to produce a heady 700 hp and 880 Nm of torque, which shaves
off a considerable amount of time in the century sprint. From standstill, the
uprated S8 will hit the 100 km/h mark in 3.4 seconds, whereas the regular S8
gets there in 3.8 seconds. The optional ABT Power raises the limited top speed
to 270 km/h, and this also comes with ceramic brakes.
Not much has been done to the car’s visual
appearance, but customers can opt for the low profile carbon-fibre rear
spoiler. Other options include a set of 20-inch ABT GR or FR wheels (the latter
available in larger 21-inch items), as well as ABT start-stop button and ABT
gear shift cover. As for the S8 itself, it gets a raft of technologies as
standard, such as the predictive active suspension, dynamic all-wheel steering,
a sport differential, iron-coated cylinders to reduce friction, electronic
flaps in the exhaust system, and Audi’s 48-volt mild-hybrid tech.
The mild-hybrid system comprises a 48-volt
belt alternator starter (BAS) and is juiced by a lithium-ion battery. Together,
they enable coasting with the engine switched off, which Audi claims helps
reduce fuel consumption by up to 0.8 litres per 100 km in the real world.
