 The A8L appears to be a great car.  But Audi is not telling its customers something very important.  If this car is in a wreck, it can take up to 3 months to repair.    I was in a rear end collision over 6 weeks ago.  The repair work has not even started.  The reason is that Audi limits collision repairs to one shop in any particular city.  I live in a city with 5 million people.  There is only one shop that can repair the vehicle and the shop has only one technician who is authorized to do the work.  As there are five other cars waiting to be repaired ahead of me, it will be at least another month before I may see the car back.  I filed a complaint with Audi, and they told me the reason for this insane policy is that the vehicle is aluminium and requires special training to repair.  With all due respect to Audi, there are many other cars made of aluminium and many other repair shops that can perform the repair.  So to make sure that these shops cannot do the repair, Audi will not sell them the parts. Audi refused to provide me with an alternative equivalent vehicle and refused to buy the car back.  It is insane to purchase a car which costs between $90 and $100k and for Audi to create a situation where it is impossible get it repaired in a reasonable period of time.  I will be commencing legal proceedings against Audi in the near future.  I will report back on the results.