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Audi
Awarded
Prestigious
EyesOn
Design
Award at
NAIAS
2010 for
the
All-New
2011 A8
Flagship
Sedan
•
All-new
2011 A8
luxury
performance
sedan
was
recognized
for
design
excellence
• The
completely
new Audi
flagship
won the
award's
production
car
debut
category
• The
recognition
for the
A8
follows
the
EyesOn
Design
concept
award
given to
the Audi
Sportback
last
year
The
all-new
2011
Audi A8
luxury
performance
sedan
took top
honors
in the
prestigious
EyesOn
Design
awards
Tuesday
at the
North
American
International
Auto
Show.
MOTOR
CITY -
The next
generation
of the
Audi
flagship
won in
the best
production
vehicle
design
debut
category.
The auto
show in
Detroit
was its
initial
appearance
at a
world
auto
show,
following
its
global
unveiling
in Miami
last
November.
The 2011
A8
flagship
sedan
will be
available
at Audi
U.S.
dealers
in fall
2010,
marking
a new
level of
progressive
sophistication
for the
most
sophisticated
Audi
nameplate.
The
EyesOn
Design
jury
consists
of a
diverse
and
international
group of
automotive
and
industrial
designers,
whose
votes
were
tabulated
by the
accounting
firm
KPMG.
The new
flagship
demonstrates
the
brand's
engineering
excellence
with its
light
aluminum
body,
its
powerful
and
highly
efficient
engines,
the
further
improved
MMI
operating
system,
new
driver
assistance
systems,
the full
LED
headlights
and an
elegant
interior
with a
craftsman's
level of
workmanship.
With all
this
technology
the new
Audi A8
offers
the
perfect
synthesis
of
dynamics,
perfection
in
design,
workmanship
and
pioneering
efficiency.
"The new
Audi A8
is the
sportiest
sedan in
its
segment,"
says
Rupert
Stadler,
Chairman
of the
Board of
Management
of AUDI
AG. "It
combines
numerous
functions
in a new
and
intelligent
way. And
it's
unmatched
in the
stylistic
elements
and
impression
of the
interior."
For more
information
or
images
of the
all-new
2011 A8
image
gallery,
including
images
of Audi
and
Lamborghini
Design
Head
Wolfgang
Egger
accepting
the
award,
please
go to
AudiUSANews.com.
For more
information
on
EyesOn
Design,
please
visit
http://www.eyeson.org.
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