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This 2003 audi s8 was purchased by the seller from its second owner in 2016. Jul 03, 2015 but the big selling point is the 6speed transmission, a multithousand dollar conversion that turns this d2 decidedly into a collectable drivers car. Jul 16, 2015 as for as gearbox is concerned manual 5speed and 6speed transmission is used in addition to automatic 4speed and 5speed transmission. The rangetopping s8 was only ever available as a beefedup 5speed tiptronic. The audi a8 is a fourdoor, fullsize, luxury sedan manufactured and marketed by the german automaker audi since 1994. Audi s8 d2 automatic to 6spd manual conversion first start. Audi s8 d2 automatic to 6spd manual conversion first start audi s8 4.
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