Alx

I've been playing the car testing game for so long that I can usually get into a car, drive it up the road and identify if it has any appeal almost at once - and then, if it does, what it might be.

Of course, I don't leave it there. I may spend many hours confirming these early suspicions, but even after a couple of days on the road, those first thoughts are rarely far removed from those that end up in print. I'd like to say it's because I'm sublimely skilled at my job, but it's not - it's just that the job ain't that hard.

Every so often, however, one catches me out. Take the Audi S8, for example: no car in recent memory has forced me to think harder about why I liked it quite so damn much.

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audi_rudy

this guy has to make up his mind about this car
one minuet he hates it and the next hes saying its great

Deutsch

Ok, so it's a car for the bashful. NEXT.

Matt

I really enjoyed the article. I havent driven it yet but I can say the car is tastefully designed and damn good looking. It also doesnt give the driver a pompous image that an M5 might give someone.

I would say its the best looking full sized sedan on the road along with the Bentley Flying Spur.

Deutsch

An M5 next to an S8 will make this car look OLD.

Alx

I dont think so buddy... dont let the pictures fool you. This car will look very gangster near an M5.

Deutsch

And the M5 even more GANGSTA

Matt

They look different and have different images associated with them. The S8 is definitely a luxury car while the M5 is more sport oriented. Personally I would like both of them. (but Im 17 and frankly I dont need a moving lumbar support to massage my back)

Audi4Life

don't sweat it..............

Tumbo

That is a very clever comment... NOT