That would come to at least a 10 mpg improvement over the standard 2012 Audi A8.
Aluminum structural parts like those in an Audi A8 or Jaguar XJ often can't be repaired and must instead be replaced.
The fences were cut before the Audi A8 and Mercedes van, models typically used by Belgian security forces, reached the airport, this person said.
The handful of aluminium-bodied cars in production have mostly been low-volume luxury models, such as the Honda NSX, the Audi A8 and the Jaguar XJ.
Currently, the type of car that uses the most aluminum is the high-end and specialty car, such as the Audi A8 and some Jaguar vehicles, which have more customized parts.
Meanwhile, his 21-year-old star teammate, striker Mario Balotelli, carelessly collects yellow cards on the pitch all while drawing headlines for setting off fireworks in his country mansion and crashing his Audi A8.
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For instance, the Audi A8 not only has a 372 horsepower engine that provides exhilarating driving characteristics, but it also has an aluminum space frame that lowers vehicle weight considerably versus a steel chassis.
Coming in 2012, a hybrid version of the flagship Audi A8 sedan will team a 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine with an electric motor generator and self-charging 1.3 kWh lithium-ion battery pack to realize an impressive 37 mpg.
Audi claims the A8 Hybrid will be able to run at speeds up to 62 mph solely on electric power, and will produce zero local emissions at a constant speed of 37 mph.
Audi uses one on its upscale A8 model, and Mazda tried one on its 929 in the 1990s.
At the annual Frankfurt show this year, Audi unveiled not only a hybrid version of the top-of-the-line A8 (to complement the hybrid A6 already announced), but showed off an urban concept battery car that is part of its new effort on adopting mobility to the coming world of megacities.
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