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The display just above the steering wheel can be switched to show the radio station, CD track or volume, all of which can be changed through controls on the steering wheel itself. The eight-speaker stereo system automatically raises or lowers the volume based on your traveling speed.
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The $68,000 A8 has adaptive cruise control, which enables you to set the number of car lengths between you and the car ahead, and slows if you get too close. The A8 L’s Parktronic Acoustic Parking System uses sensors in front and back of the car to warn you so you don’t accidentally smash a shopping cart or roll over Rover.
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While the 2004 Audi A8 L may look like a typical yuppie-mobile, it has enough computer gadgetry, smart sensors and video displays to dazzle even the geekiest of nerds. Not since KITT, the talking car of TV’s Knight Rider, has so much silicon been packed around a transmission.
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