The perfect storm

As fate would have it, I happened to take the all-new Q8 on an adventure at the same time that the Cape was preparing for one of the worst storms of the year. Back in Cape Town, businesses were sending staff home early, and doors and windows were being sealed shut in anticipation of the violent winds and heavy deluge to come.

Meanwhile, I was charging along the R60 between Worcester and Robertson, enjoying the assured purr of Audi’s unfaltering 3.0-litre V6. In the Q8, Audi’s new flagship SUV, this twin-scroll turbopetrol puts out 250kW and 500Nm, distributing that brute strength to all