I've already noticed that the lights are R8's, but still I'm almost 100% sure that it's a real photo.. as I said it maybe stlightly modified but it's a real photo of the next A8 or at least one of its final design proposals that were made in 1:1, which could explain why the lights, the rims and probably the interior were added afterwards to the photo, as it could -in its original form- could have shown a mock-up model.
It's doesn't make sence when Autobild does such a "shitty" chop to show a future model while they can do what they always do and show a high quality computer generated image.

This is not a chop. It's a slightly modified photo. whether it's showing the real thing or not is still to be found out.

True. When autobild leak images it not a joke. I can't recall the last time they lied to us about a leak.

^yep its not autolies..
Which i wish it was now..

Man lets break it down
We all know that these pictures are not 100% representative of the final product..but its damn near
With the E class due to the shady quality there are some issues.. but you can find MANY MANY good things in that Autobild E class

But this A8.. well it just makes me sad.. so very very sad..

Relax guys the new Facelift current A6 is the new A8 ...
Classic Audi design (even if the taillights are a bit wrong)

But I gujess it's the same with the A8 as the new Mercedes SL ??

..........

I still prefer NevadaJack's car instead of the new but
the new are growing on me every second..

No i haven't seen the real thing but i also notice that the front light has "imperfections" meaning the gap between the light and the bumper is too big to be the real thing. That makes me think that it's a spy pic that has been photoshopped.

I also think so, i believe the original photo has the whole front covered and they photoshpped it based on solid informations like sketches or photos of the final 1:1 Clay model.

I hope this is not it. It looks more like a Chinese imitation of a really Audi.

had a look at the mag today(didn't buy it, i'm not supporting this crap)
that photos are for real, there are 2 different perspectives of the front in it and also one of the rear. but you definitly see that some stuff is edited with photoshop, that this is limited to all wheels some reflextions and the LED lights. evem the interieur looks real(but better). it has a very high shoulder line, very comparable to the new 7series

What about the rear?.

I find a big mistake put it a high shoulder line for a handles that are not included on it.

just had a short look
can't remember everything
its simply nothing new
lights > old A8 style with new A4 technology
the over al car looks better then i first thought, but still not what i expected