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Audi RS Q8 vs Mercedes-Benz S600

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Audi RS Q8
Audi RS Q8

2021 price

Mercedes-Benz S600
Mercedes-Benz S600

2018 price

Summary

2021 Audi RS Q8
2018 Mercedes-Benz S600
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Twin Turbo V8, 4.0L

Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
12.1L/100km (combined)

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Seating
5

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Dislikes
  • Can feel disconnected
  • Turbo lag not erased completely
  • Not entirely necessary

  • Some terseness from run-flat tyres
  • Controls could be simpler
  • Non L models not that spacious in the back
2021 Audi RS Q8 Summary

Close your eyes for a moment and picture a mountain of pure performance - a towering, glimmering mound of unbridled grunt.

Okay, got it? Right, now open your eyes and look at the pictures of this all-new Audi RS Q8. There are some similarities there, right? 

Audi’s first performance SUV in the upper-large segment looks the business. It also looks, if you squint a bit, a little like the Lamborghini Urus with which it shares an engine and platform. 

But while the Lamborghini tips the pricing scales at a hefty $391,968, the Audi RS Q8 is a comparative bargain at just $208,500. 

So, can you consider it a cut-price Lambo? And is there go to match all that show? Let’s find out. 

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2018 Mercedes-Benz S600 Summary

Imagine a car that can pretty much drive itself, if you let it. And it’ll do that while you get a massage, pump some Beyonce, and enjoy the fragrance of a field full of flowers… And then, it can teach you to do stretches and exercises in the driver’s seat.

It may sound like fictional fiction, but it’s factual fact. And it’s the Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2018 model, which has taken the so-called ‘wellbeing’ of the driver to a new level.

The facelifted model has seen plenty of styling changes and some tech upgrades, and while making the flagship car in a particular brand’s line-up is often a task fraught with issues, the German company’s big, expensive, luxurious, limousine is undoubtedly a more thoughtful car for 2018.

But just remember, its predecessor was considered - at least for a little while - as the best car in the world by some automotive journalists. 

Now Mercedes-Benz has updated it, and it reckons it’s better than before, bringing a bunch of new technology, new engines, a reworked model range and, perhaps not essentially, but still pleasantly, lower pricing.

Read on to see how Beyonce factors into the equation.

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