An Audi A8 That Can Imitate a Lotus?

Drivers bored with the way their motor handles will one day be able to change it - and all at the touch of a button. Scientists at the German firm have created the ultimate real-life car simulator, and while the gadgetry behind it is some way off production, it gives a taste of what motoring might be like in the future. Taking a standard A8 limo, engineers have fitted hydraulic actuators, active steering and rear-steering capability to create the Handling Online Research and Simulation Tool (HORST).

An engineer with a laptop can alter every element of thesuspension, steering and brake set-up - pointing the way to the fully adjustable, personalised car. Auto Express was the first magazine in Britain to drive the ultra-secret motor, which is worth at least 10 times the £50,000 price of the standard A8 on which it's based.


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SevorbeupstryIsBack - 7/3/2007 10:13:36 AM

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That is just brilliant.

d1sinfo - 7/3/2007 10:53:15 AM

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I wonder if it removes weight? :)

LexusLunatic - 7/3/2007 11:03:15 AM

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great technology that all car in the world can benefit from. a8 is beautiful car.

Will_ - 7/3/2007 1:15:48 PM

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Oh yeah? Let's see it parallel park itself...

Need4Speed - 7/3/2007 3:17:10 PM

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That was a joke right?