carandbike Awards 2021: Audi A8 L Wins The Luxury Car Of The Year Trophy

The Audi A8 L is the German carmaker's flagship sedan in India and it has trumped the BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe and the RS7 from its own family, standing out as the winner in this category. The long-wheelbase model is based on the Prologue concept, showcased in 2016 and the new Audi A8 impressed our jurors with its bold and sporty character and is also loaded with a host of smart and luxury features. The A8's cabin, on the other hand, has also gone through a host of changes and offers a range of smart and modern equipment that have kicked things a notch higher. The car gets a new and improved infotainment system and carmaker's popular Virtual Cockpit is now part of standard fitment.

The Audi A8 L is an expensive offering coming in only as a completely built unit (CBU).

As the car will be mainly a chauffeur-driven vehicle, the A8 L also gets the optional relaxation seat which features options for adjustment as well as a footrest, on the backrest, of the front passenger seat. The rear seat passenger can control all the function with the dedicated touchscreen panel attached to the centre console and then there is the little refrigerator integrated between the two seats.

Other features include - a two-part panoramic sunroof, virtual cockpit, wireless charging at the front and rear, foot massage function and embedded e-sim that enables connected car functionality. Like all new Audi models launched in India, the A8L too is petrol only and comes with a BS6 3.0-litre, six-cylinder, petrol engine coupled with an electric motor. It puts out 336 bhp and 500 Nm of peak torque and can pull the car to triple-digit speeds in 5.7 seconds.