Photo: E.Milano
For those of you who couldn’t sleep at night haunted by the desire to see how a front-engined Audi R8 would look like, we’ve come up with a solution. This comes in the form of the adjacent rendering, which shows an R8 with what would actually be a front-mid-engined configuration.
Such a vehicle will, most likely never exist. Not in a world where the R8 stays mid-engined to share its platform with the Lamborghini Huracan. The possibility of Audi introducing a large front-mid-engined coupe is also pretty slim, since that such a Grand Tourer adventure would risk cannibalization with another VW Group brand, making the Bentley Boys rather unhappy.
By the way, the rendering, which comes from E.Milano, seems to be a melange between an R8 Spyder and a second-generation Viper. You can still see the vented engine cover in the middle though, so perhaps this could be some twin-engined monster such as German tuner MTM’s bimoto first-generation Audi TT.
Since we mentioned the Audi R8, we shall take a moment to talk about the latest rumors. As you probably know, the Germans are still out there testing the second generation of the vehicle. Earlier today, we gave you a clip that showed the R8 prototype lapping the Nurburgring. The soundtrack showed that we could be dealing with a turbocharged R8.
The most likely version here is that entry-level R8 V8 is replaced with something powered by a future Audi engine. We are talking about a twin-turbo V6, which is currently in the works and will power the next RS4 and RS5 in about two years from now.
By the way, the rendering, which comes from E.Milano, seems to be a melange between an R8 Spyder and a second-generation Viper. You can still see the vented engine cover in the middle though, so perhaps this could be some twin-engined monster such as German tuner MTM’s bimoto first-generation Audi TT.
Since we mentioned the Audi R8, we shall take a moment to talk about the latest rumors. As you probably know, the Germans are still out there testing the second generation of the vehicle. Earlier today, we gave you a clip that showed the R8 prototype lapping the Nurburgring. The soundtrack showed that we could be dealing with a turbocharged R8.
The most likely version here is that entry-level R8 V8 is replaced with something powered by a future Audi engine. We are talking about a twin-turbo V6, which is currently in the works and will power the next RS4 and RS5 in about two years from now.
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