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2013 Audi S7

Performance With Poise As reaction settles down to news that Audi has scooped up Italian bikemaker Ducati right from under the nose of Mercedes-Benz for a cool billion, we can now get back to the four-wheeled performance Audi does best. And there are few better ways I can think of doing that than throwing body and mind into a fully optioned new Audi S7 and hitting the sunny German countryside. At least for this scribe-driver, Audi does a much finer job on its S models than it attempts to do on the RS versions. Not that the RS lineup is a bad thing, but its various members ... Read More

Vital Stats

Engine:
4.0L Biturbo V8
Power:
414 HP / 406 LB-FT
Transmission:
7-Speed S-tronic
MSRP:
$75,000 (est.)
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