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    AUDI S8 V10

    Jun 30, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS ALEX AFFAT

    ’06 ’10

    IF SEDANS ARE a dying breed, a car like the Audi D3 S8 can only be thought of as functionally extinct.

    While buyers turn away from traditional saloons in droves (especially niche, opulent long-wheelbase limos) and carmakers increasingly trade off cylinder counts for turbochargers, the notion of an Audi-badged S-Class rival with a Lamborghini-derived 5.2-litre V10 in its snout seems simply unfathomable in a contemporary context.

    And yet, Audi produced exactly that from 2006 to 2010, costing more than $250,000 when new.

    Today, you can find D3-generation S8 V10s asking between $35,000 and $45,000, which is

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