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But don't get too excited just yet.

Consider this a milestone, but not the future.

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The launch of the all-new A8 is part of Audi's move into what it calls a premium digital car company.

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"Parker, get me photos of the Audi A8!"

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It also helps ride and handling.

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The movie is out on June 28, the car's debut is July 11.

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It's no electric supercharger, but still interesting.

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It's slated for debut in July.

The biggest differences are the ones you can't see.

CES

The latest self-driving Audi is a Q7 prototype with NVIDIA brains.

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US District Court Judge Charles Breyer still needs to sign off.

Certain VW Touareg, Porsche Cayenne, and Audi A6, A7, A8, Q5, and Q7 models are affected.

ETC

Once the imposing chariot of a high-roller, now just scrap metal.

With a price tag starting at close to 70 grand, the 2001 A8 L was a plutocrats-only luxu-sled.

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The swirly tape leaves little to the imagination.

The next Audi A8 will debut in 2017 wearing design details cribbed from the slinky Prologue concept from 2014.

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New, semi-autonomous A8 confirmed for 2017.

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler dropped two big bombshells at the company's Annual General Meeting.

Report

Next-gen A8 to feature Level 3 autonomous capability.

Audi is "thinking about" a rival to the longer, ultra-luxurious Mercedes-Maybach S600, saying there "could be a business case" for such a range-topper.

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It also has six doors, one for each passenger.

Audi built a one-off A8L Extended for a European buyer, which has six doors and can seat six passengers.

CES

Audi blends more screens into Virtual Cockpit to create Virtual Dashboard, its next interior concept. Watch for it in new models soon.

Report

3.0L TDI Models Being Held At Dealers

Following Porsche's stop-sale of the Cayenne Diesel, Audi is holding all of its models equipped with the 3.0-liter TDI V6.

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Audi has given its flagship sedan a bit of a performance upgrade in the form of the new A8 L 4.0T Sport, now producing 450 horsepower to better bridge the gap to the full-on S8.

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Audi rolls out the new S8 Plus in its home market, upgrading on the existing S8 with 605 hp, up to 553 lb-ft of torque, a 3.8-second 0-62 time, and a top speed of 190 mph.

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Audi has hustled its latest RS7 Piloted Driving prototype around Sonoma Raceway in just over two minutes, confirming in the process that the autonomous tech will feature in the next A8.

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A report in Autoweek says public adoption of autonomous technology in vehicles will continue with the next-generation A8, which will be able to navigate on its own up to 37 mph, make its way through traffic, find a parking spot and park itself.

Los Angeles

Audi went Hollywood for its debut of the forward-looking Prologue concept car last night, pulling the silks back at a sprawling LA manse in the hills. The cost-no-object unveiling of the car, as well as its prominent positioning at this year's LA Auto Show, speaks to the importance with which the company views the styling you see here.

Quick Spin

Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick

You've gotta hand it to the Audi A8. Last year, Mercedes-Benz launched the truly stunning S-Class, putting the rest of the high-dollar luxury flagship class on notice. With the brand-new S-Class turning heads and garnering all sorts of praise from the automotive press, classmates like the BMW 7 Series, Jaguar XJ and Audi A8 started to look, well, old. But Audi didn't see fit to just let its big sedan carry on and let the Mercedes take the cake.

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Autoblog Editors Come Clean, Dodge Charger Hellcat, NACTOY Long List

Episode #392 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and this week, Dan Roth, Steven Ewing, and Chris Paukert talk about recent confessions by Autoblog Editors, the unconfirmed rumors that the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat will show up at the Woodward Dream Cruise, and the release of the North American Car and Truck of the Year long list. We start with what's in the garage and finish up with some of your questions, and for those of you who hung with us live on our UStream channel, thanks for taking th

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Audi definitely made the US wait for the refreshed 2015 A8 and S8. The updated models were first unveiled last summer, but it has taken until June for the revised flagship sedan to reach dealers here.

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