The Audi A8 is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan car manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994. Succeeding the Audi V8, and now in its third generation, the A8 has been offered with both front- or permanent all-wheel drive—and in short- and long-wheelbase variants. Onboard manual keyless entry remote fob smart key programming is not available on the Audi A8, meaning that special equipment will be needed, and not just instructions, in order to program a replacement keyless entry remote fob smart key.