AUDI A8 2021

Than Audi's a8 the a8

word.

It's big bold and has a price tag that's

best read sitting down.

It's also very clever because Audi

claims that this car can even drive

itself.

In some situations so is the a8

better than luxury rivals from Mercedes

and BMW.

Well in this blog we'll tell you what

it's like to drive

how spacious it is inside and ultimately

whether we

think you should buy one and if you do

decide to buy one

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best though

let's see what it's like to drive

there are three engines to choose from

one petrol

one diesel and one hybrid first up is

the petrol it's a three liter

v6 with 335 brake horsepower

and is badged the 55 TFSI

then there's the diesel which is also a

three liter

v6 it pushes out 282 brake horsepower

and is badged the 50 TDI

both are refined and fairly quiet the

petrol is

quite clever because it's a mild hybrid

it has a small electric motor

which allows it to coast on the motorway

for up to 40 seconds

the diesel has plenty of low down

pulling power

which makes overtaking effortless and

the hybrid

well that will save you plenty of money

on your fuel bills

there's no getting away from the fact

the a8 is a long

and heavy car but it does come with

Audi's four-wheel drive system as

standard.

So you should have plenty of traction

and

there's a very expensive option of

four-wheel

steering which improves maneuverability

at slow

speeds and stability at high speeds

both the s-class and 7-series feel more

agile than the a8

through corners and if you do press on

the a8

big body begins to wallow on its

standard air suspension

the a8 is best enjoyed at a more relaxed

pace then

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it glides along the road untroubled by

all but the very worst of lumps and

bumps

you'll be supremely relaxed no matter

which seat you're sitting in

helped by the double glazed windows

which keep road noise to a minimum

in the not too distant future the a8

will be able to drive

itself in certain situations and

there's even going to be an app so you

can park it without even

sitting in it that will be really handy

for very tight parking spaces

luxury cars need to be supremely

comfortable

and the a8 manages to do that very well

the driver's seat for example has

22 different ways to adjust it

between the four-way adjustable lumbar

support

which I'm just going to have a little

play with

yes that is very good and the adjustable

steering wheel which is also electric

driving position visibility is usually a

strong point with luxury saloons

but the a8 is the best we've seen it has

a large

front screen large windows here and an

expansive rear screen

so no matter where you're looking you'll

have a great view

front and rear parking sensors come as

standard

and to make things even easier to park

there is

a reverse parking camera as standard as

well

this interior feels beautifully made and

in some places

the quality of materials is better than

that of the s-class

one thing I will say though it doesn't

have the overall sense of occasion that

the Mercedes has

the standard kit list inside this a8

includes these screens

this 12.3 inch digital instrument

cluster puts the most relevant

information

including the satnav map right in front

of your eyes

while there's also a second 10.1 inch

screen here for infotainment

and an 8.6 inch screen below which is

given over to climate controls

although these screens look great it's

not that easy to use on the road

because there's too many small icons and

and taking your eyes off the road

quite a lot it's a little more

distracting than a lot of the systems in

Audi's key rivals

here in the front of the a8 there is

plenty of head and leg room on

offer even if you're six foot tall

unlike me

plus there's plenty of space in between

your front passenger

and yourself and there's lots of room

in the door bins for your everyday

platter and I haven't

filled it up there's still more space

what have I got in here lip gloss snack

anyway let's see what the space in the

back is like

the a8 party piece though is how well it

caters

for rear seat passengers you get a vast

amount of room back here and

option you also get a 5.7 inch tablet

which acts as a remote control you also

get

sunshine blinds and heated rear seats

if you've been on a particularly large

shopping trip

you'll be delighted to know that the a8

has enormous

boot plus there's these handy nets and

compartments

to hold it all neatly in place

despite its high price tag the a8

is actually competitively priced against

the BMW 7 series

and Mercedes s-class even before you

take into account its standard

four-wheel drive system

watch out though if you are buying it as

a company car

co2 emissions are higher than both the

BMW

and Mercedes and as with all

luxury limos a good chunk of the car's

value

is wiped out in the first year through

depreciation

at least you get plenty of equipment

with 18-inch alloy wheels

leather trim heated front seats led

headlights and Audi's virtual cockpit

all coming as standard long wheelbase

cars

additionally get heated rear seats

4-zone climate control

and USB charging ports for rear

passengers

a word of warning about the

semi-autonomous technology

fitted to the Audi a8 yes you can buy it

however its use still needs to be made

legal

the a8 is one of the most relaxing

luxury cars...

 

                ALIBABA VS ALI EXPRESS

So very briefly Alibaba is a wholesale

company so how about how Alibaba started

basically Alibaba was one of the biggest

changes that happened in China and China

have the big increase in business

because if you think back China was the

the the country that was really cheap to

produce things but it wasn't always the

country of production before things were

made locally in your new local domestic

countries but then China raised up to it

and and started to preview things really

really affordably and that attracted a

lot of business from everywhere around

the world everyone wanted to buy in

China everyone started buying in China

well the difference is although the

difficulty then was trust how do you

trust someone who is in China who you

have never seen who you've never spoken

to you've never visited how do you trust

that first tool you know receive your

money and actually deliver the product

that you want to in the quality that you

want to and based on that that was the

whole premise of how Alibaba started and

Alibaba is founded by a guy called

Chacma or Chinese money and he's founded

the company and he wanted to put the

trust in it he wanted to have a platform

that is act like a broker to me in

between the companies that order in

China and the companies that produce in

China and that kind of companies that

were that it all drop shipping wasn't

even a thing it didn't exist

So Alibaba first and it was just where

companies abroad bought big bold orders

of staff in China so the wholesalers and

everyone came bought these things in

China and that is why Alibaba

traditionally is a whole set platform

where people that sum up Amazon where

people that buy in bulk where whole

sellers Heather sellers distributors

brands and buy products in bulk and

China container loads or smaller smaller

shipments too big contain a lot of

things that they buy in China that's

what Alibaba was originally made for and

then people started and came up with a

kind of a idea and say well if people

buy big quantities in China maybe people

want to buy small quantities like one by

one by one units in China and that is

where Ali Express came in so Jack Ma saw

well why don't we do like like the

Amazon for from China and that is where

Holly Express came in so if you're

buying things on Ali Express the idea was

look we have local Chinese sellers that

are usually not manufacturers there are

brands in China that are sellers in

China trading companies or brands in

China people that have little local

stores like people in our countries have

eBay stores right that is basically the

eBay stores in China but not to the

Chinese people are to the foreigners

because the Chinese have another

platform is called Taobao that's the

biggest Chinese Amazon Chinese eBay

however the would you want to call that

and that is where the difference is

where they say okay let's find a

platform where Chinese cannot buy but

what Chinese can sell to end consumers

and that is where Alex press cameras on

Ali Express if you buy product you can

buy one unit two units three units very

small units from a company in China that

is a trading company that already bought

big quantities from Chinese

manufacturers and they then ship it out

to you and that is where drop shipping

came in what people say well look if I

can send one individual product to me

then I can send one individual product

to one individual buyer so people start

up put up Shopify stores and say okay

now that my store is up if people buy

I'm gonna take that money from the

customer I paid me and I've got a put

part of it and give it to an Ali Express

supplier.

And then have them ship out the

proactive now when we speak about a

development an express nowadays a lot of

people try to use Alibaba for

drop shipping the course they look at

Ali Express and Al Express sellers they

already know they can they they put the

prices as high up as they can because

they kind of know what appealing people

willing to pay for it because it's still

cheaper to buy it on on those prices

then if you will buy it locally in your

country so but this is where people

started to get smart and say look if I'm

paying this much wanna express maybe I

can get a better price on Alibaba so now

people start reaching out to suppliers

on Alibaba and it's horribly difficult

to find a supplier on Alibaba who can

drop ship your products because usually

the people that have an account on the

Alibaba platform they are there to sell

big quantities initially on those

platform it was all manufacturers now it

has shifted and mostly the companies

that you see on Alibaba are also trading

companies so the same trading companies

that you have selling on Ali Express sell

on Alibaba they sell bigger quantities

on Alibaba but their dropship from

Ali Express so now if you look on Anna

Barra and you find people that you want

to drop ship your product on that

platform some of the sellers do that

because they also offer the same service

on Ali Express but they are also on

Alibaba so they do that from there too

so you can't find better prices

sometimes but it's usually not really

words that thick because if you get the

price initially from the early harvest

supplier for drop shipping you could get

the same price from that same supplier

on Ali Express was just a little bit of

negotiations sometimes it can be worse

to do it however most of the time

suppliers are not interested in doing

drop shipping because that's what they

are the planet is not the right platform

for this a different platform so if you

want to do things simple if you just

want to start out if you want to go

straightaway find a way that quickly

gets your supplier you go to Ali Express

and you have a transmitter if you want

to buy for some book you go to any

bother if you want to have an even

better solution you hire a company like

where we help you source your product

and do the whole thing for you think

course sometime I said I tell your story

right my China my my girlfriend's

Chinese if I go with her to the fish

market fish market just down the street

and we'd buy some veggies fish shrimps

whatever it is if I'm with her the

prices that she gets up twenty thirty

percent higher right off the patch if

she goes without me the price has

dropped twenty to thirty percent and

that is because she's Chinese because

the Chinese seller knows he cannot sell

that high because she will not buy now

if I'm with her she's like oh the

foreigner there he must be rich I can

charge more that's kind of mentality

because they know they can charge more

and the same thing happens to your money

Papa the same thing happens to you on

Ali Express if you message a supplier

your price will always be higher than

the Chinese price.