Audi · 1988–1993
Audi V8
The Audi V8 (Typ 4C) is a four-door, full-size luxury sedan, designed, manufactured and marketed by Audi in Germany from 1988 to 1993, as the company's flagship. As the first car from Audi to use a V8 engine, it also was the first Audi to combine a quattro system with an automatic transmission. Early cars used 3.6-litre V8s, while later cars featured a 4.2-litre version of the engine. The Audi V8 was replaced by the Audi A8 in 1994, although the A8 was not marketed in North America until 1996. The competition model of the Audi V8 won back-to-back Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft driver's titles in 1990 and 1991, with the championship winners being Hans-Joachim Stuck and Frank Biela respectively. Audi was the first company to win back-to-back DTM titles.
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UK vehicles on the road
5 licensed and 39 SORN (44 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 44 |
| 2015 | 42 |
| 2016 | 44 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 47 |
| 2019 | 48 |
| 2020 | 49 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2022 | 48 |
| 2023 | 48 |
| 2024 | 46 |
| 2025 | 44 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q263434CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.