"Avantium" > wrote in message
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> "Tha Ghee" > wrote in message
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> > "Toby Groves" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > In article >, Tha Ghee
> > > > writes
> > > >"Randy S" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > >> >a new A8-L stickers for $74k wow that's more than an E500
> > > >>
> > > >> Well, then again the A8 compares to the S-class, not the
E-class.
> > Compare the A6 to the E-class to be fair...
> > > >>
> > > >> Randy
> > > >
> > > >but the A-8 has no V-12 so how can it compare to the S-class??
> > >
> > > You mean the S-Class has no W-16, so how can it compare to the A-8?
> > > --
> > > Toby
> >
> > the A8 doesn't have a W-16 here, only the V-8
>
> the A8 has or will very soon have a 12 cylinder engine in the US
> it should be clear that the poster of the "W-16" comment made an
> honest mistake
>
> [kinda big and piggish, but nevertheless, it will have a 12 cylinder,
> I believe a "W" configuration, which is two VR6s together...]

you do realize that a W-12 will never be as smooth as a V-12