Well-crafted interior
High-brow luxury sedan buyers who don't want to be stodgy or predictable have a newly updated choice, the 2011 Audi A8.
Audi's flagship four door isn't just longer, wider and more powerful than before. Its new exterior styling is arguably the most distinctive and sporty of any executive-level luxury sedan on the market.
The 2011 A8's well-crafted interior also has features any tech-savvy business person will love, such as a touch pad where a driver can, with a finger, write letters and numbers that are recognized by the onboard computer as a phone number or a destination. The idea is to keep driver eyes on the road ahead and not down on some knob or onboard menu.
And coming later in the model year is a Google search connection to the A8's navigation system that will allow maps to be displayed as Google Earth images, as if a driver were at his or her laptop.
The best part is that all the interior creature comforts and technology as well as the weighty solidity of the two-ton A8 don't detract from a car that's also speedy, spirited to drive and capable on twisty roads.
Just don't expect the newly updated A8 to be inexpensive or fuel thrifty.
Text: Ann M John, AP
Images: AP/Reuters
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