AUDI

BRAND FINISHES W12 MOTOR WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW
Renewed a few months ago, the current generation of the Audi A8 counts on its mechanical offer with the powerful W12 engine of the VW group, a propeller launched 16 years ago that will give its final goodbye when the current generation of the top-of-the-line sedan of the manufacturer of Ingolstadt to end its life cycle.At the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, Audi's chief technical development officer Peter Mertens announced that decision and confirmed that demand for W12 engines has dropped a lot lately, with the V6 TFSI being the most choice engine for today's Audi A8 buyers.With 585 horsepower, the W12 engine is the most powerful of the current A8 line. However, it will be the last model of the brand to offer this configuration, once when its new generation arrives, this propeller will no longer be offered in the Audi family of models.However, not all is lost for the lovers of this motorization, since this propeller, which debuted in 2001, will continue to be available on the Bentley line.With the new regulations in terms of emissions, the large engines have the days counted and within the brands of the Volkswagen Group, Audi is one that will be harmed by the rules that will come into force in the future. A few days ago it was announced that the Audi R8 will have no sucessor, which will endanger the continuity of the aspirated V10 engine, which is used only by the R8.Joy to some, sadness to others, the truth and that the engines of ten and twelve cylinders of the German group are having their last years of life. And in the rest of the marks the panorama is similar, although for now the supersports are the last ones to resist.

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