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Audi A8 To Join Panamera On Rear-Wheel Drive Platform: Report

The next Audi A8 may eschew its front-drive roots with a move to the Volkswagen Group's MSB, or Modular Standard Platform. According to a report from Car and Driver, the big saloon may soon share its underpinnings with the Porsche Panamera and


The next Audi A8 may eschew its front-drive roots with a move to the Volkswagen Group's MSB, or Modular Standard Platform.

According to a report from Car and Driver, the big saloon may soon share its underpinnings with the Porsche Panamera and Bentley Continental.

Audi's recently-appointed head of R&D, Wolfgang Duerheimer, has been handed responsibility for streamlining the VW Group's platforms and would surely have the 2016 A8 on his list.

The current A8 rides on the MLB platform, which also serves most of the Audi range from the A4 to the A7 as well as the Q5. MLB is the 'longitudinal' platform suited to mid-size front-wheel and four-wheel drive cars.

By contrast, MSB, or Modularer Standardantrieb-Baukasten is a front engine, rear-wheel drive platform, with the option to modify for mid-engine or rear-engine applications.

The common thread in the MSB is that the rear wheels are driven, matching the other heavyweight contenders from BMW and Mercedes. Naturally, all-wheel drive will remain an option.

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