Audi A8L: Leave the corporate jet at home

Dubspeed's Zerin Dube has a cool article about the Audi A8L.

In today’s world of global partnerships and remote offices, executives find themselves needing to travel more and more in order to meet the needs of their businesses. Airlines are taking advantage of this new era by touting their “new and improved” business class seating just about everywhere you go. Each airline tries to one-up its competition, offering just a little more leg room, or a place for you to plug in your laptop or other electronic gadgets, all in an effort to try and seduce the would-be business traveler to fly their airline.

As the youngest player in the game, Audi has the most to prove to potential buyers to sway them away from the 745iLs and S500s of the world. Enter Audi’s latest offering in the premium luxury segment, the 2005 Audi A8L (The “L” denotes long wheelbase). The current generation Audi A8L was originally launched in June 2003 and has already won several industry awards, including being named one of the “Top 10 Cars for CEOs” by Chief Executive Magazine. The A8L is touted by Audi as the “World’s Most Intelligently Designed Car.” This bold statement is part of Audi’s young-upstart attitude and meshes with Audi’s “never follow” design and marketing philosophy.

To call the Audi A8L one of the most gorgeous sedans I have ever seen would be an understatement. Most cars these days might look great from the front, or have a very nice side profile, but always seem to have a disappointing angle that leaves one wondering if the designers ran into a time crunch or simply gave up during the design process. This is not true of the A8L. The lines of the entire car seem to work with such synergy that there simply is no bad side. Every aspect of the A8L has been designed to create a very understated, yet elegant and sporty look that is very consistent with Audi tradition. This car has greater presence on the road than any of the A8L’s competition.

This article is definitely a must read for all Audi enthusiasts. And I bet, even if you are not, you will be after reading it!

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Source: Dubspeed

Labels: Audi