You might agree that this is one of Abt’s more discreet efforts and if you’re in the market for a hotter A8, you may well be better off waiting for Audi’s in-house job - the incoming S8.

Yet lurking towards the bottom of the ‘Models’ page is an old favourite: the Audi S8. Still a fairly subtle, super luxurious ‘bahnstormer, the kind of four-door saloon that would pass most f ...