New Audi A8 - Arriving in Showrooms Next Year, First Look in November

The current Audi A8 has been on sale since 2003 and since that time has only received a minor facelift to keep it fresh alongside the updated Mercedes Benz S-Class, Lexus LS and new BMW 7-series. The minor styling changes implemented during the recent facelift will have to soldier on for at least another year as the next-generation ‘D4’ A8, according to Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, won’t arrive until the second half of next year as a 2011 model.

Details (Audi's 7-Series-fighter is on the way! We love Bimmers, dearly, but we have always had much respect for the big Audi. In the states, lacking marketing efforts over the years have made the BMW 7-Series and S-Class Benz (not quite the Lexus LS though) carry more prestige than Audi's offering, to be sure, but that doesn't at all mean they are better. In Europe, the A8 has always been very highly-regarded. As it should. We might not be Europeans, but we're still stoked!)