Thursday, April 2, 2009

Audi Introduces A8 Comfort Plus and Sport Plus Style Packages

. Thursday, April 2, 2009

Audi is adding two new style packages to their flagship A8 model line. New for the A8, the comfort plus and sport plus style packages.

As their names indicate, each package serves a specific purpose. For those looking for luxurious comfort for cruising, you will find the comfort plus package. The comfort plus option adds a pearl effect Night Blue paint, 12-spoke 19-inch forged aluminum wheels and Silk Beige Valcona leather interior matched with Nappa leather inserts to the console, dash and doors. Depending on choice of engine, the comfort plus package will cost the customer between €4,200 and €14,500.

For the more sport influenced driver, the sport plus style package would be your choice. The car is painted in a new Panther Black crystal effect paint and matched to dark steel-finish 20-inch S-design cast aluminum wheels. Inside, the sport plus package features Goa Beige Valcona leather sport seats and black Nappa leather lines the door inserts, lower dashboard, and center console. Again, depending on engine choice, the sport plus package will run between €2,100 and €9,600.







Press Release:

New design and equipment packages for Audi A8

Two new equipment packages can now be ordered for the Audi A8: the Audi comfort plus style package and the Audi sport plus style package. The new paint color Panther Black, crystal effect is now also available exclusively for the A8.

Equipped with the Audi comfort plus style package, the Audi A8 is finished in Night Blue, pearl effect and fitted with 19-inch forged aluminum wheels of 12-spoke design. The comfort seats are upholstered in silk beige Valcona leather; the full-leather trim for the center console, doors and dashboard is in silk beige Fine Nappa leather. The equipment package also includes heating for the front and rear seats, and front seats with seat ventilation and massage function. The "adaptive light" system with LED daytime running lights is another special feature. The Audi comfort plus style package costs between € 4,200 and €14,500, depending on engine version.

The Audi product program also includes the Audi sport plus style package with all-new Panther Black, crystal effect paint, which was developed exclusively for the A8. This package includes "adaptive light" with LED daytime running lights, sports seats in goa beige Valcona leather and heating for the front seats. The center console, doors and lower dashboard are trimmed in black Fine Nappa leather. 20-inch "S design" cast aluminum wheels in a dark steel finish round out the exterior of the new equipment version of the Audi A8.

The Audi sport plus style package costs between € 2,100 and € 9,600, depending on engine version.

Source: World Car Fans