Audi A8 roof rack tent

The Audi A8 is a very luxurious sedan that accompanies you reliably in the city. But did you know that you can also spend the weekend in nature with the Audi A8? Yes, you also have the opportunity to experience a great camping adventure with the A8. You don’t need a heavy camping trailer or an expensive RV. Also, you no longer have to sleep in a ground-based tent on the hard and cold forest floor.

You can set up a rooftop tent on the roof of the Audi A8 and spend a comfortable camping trip at a safe height. A rooftop tent has many advantages over a camping trailer, ground tent, or even an RV.

Due to the elevated position on the roof of the vehicle, you are safe from small and large animals. You are also safe from water or rain that collects on the ground. Also, it is much warmer on the roof of your vehicle.

With a rooftop tent, you are also very mobile and can sleep in a different place every night if you wish. Since a rooftop tent is relatively quick to set up and fold up, you are very mobile.

The Audi A8 offers enough space on the roof to mount a two to three-person rooftop tent. So you can take your whole family with you on a camping trip.

All you need to mount a rooftop tent on the roof of the Audi A8 are the appropriate roof rails and roof crossbars. The roof rails are bolted to the roof. The Audi A8 already has factory mounting spots on the roof. Then all you have to do is attach the crossbars to the roof rails to create a secure base for the rooftop tent.

The rooftop tent is then simply screwed to four mounting spots on the crossbars. Every rooftop tent has the same mounting spots, so you don’t have to pay attention to the mounting spots when buying a rooftop tent.

The weight of the rooftop tent and the people in the roof tent is safely transferred to the vehicle body via the crossbars and the roof rails. This means that the vehicle is not damaged by the additional weight, even with higher loads.

The registered permissible roof load of the Audi A8 is relatively low, but this always refers to the vehicle in motion. You only have to take this into account if you are transporting a roof box or other loads on the vehicle, for example.

As soon as the vehicle is stationary, the permissible roof load increases many times over and you can use the rooftop tent with several people without any problems, without damaging the roof or the vehicle.

For example, you can mount a hard-shell or a soft-shell rooftop tent on the Audi A8. A hard-shell rooftop tent is quicker to set up, but usually offers less interior space than a soft-shell rooftop tent. A soft-shell rooftop tent usually offers more features inside. Further down on this page, you will also find a small overview of the most popular rooftop tents.

However, you must note that fuel consumption increases with a mounted rooftop tent since the rooftop tent has a negative effect on the aerodynamics of the A8. The driving behavior can also change negatively, as the vehicle’s center of gravity shifts further upwards. So always drive very carefully when you are driving the rooftop tent. If possible, you should always dismantle the rooftop tent and store it in the garage when you don’t need it.

If you are looking for more information about camping with a rooftop tent, you will find many more informative and helpful articles on this website!