Even when Sheds of the Week were £1,000 or less, first-generation Audi A8s used to pop ... out the stall of the Mk 1, D2-platform A8. The base model was a 172hp 2.8-litre V6 that was upgraded ...

Audi launched it back in 1996, rocking a 4.2-liter V8 with 335 hp initially. Before pulling the plug on this generation, the carmaker gave the A8 (D2) an even bigger 6.0-liter W12 engine ...