An All-Electric Audi Supercar Could Still Happen
After at last making a production R8 E-Tron in 2015 - having flirted with the idea for years - Audi didn’t keep the car around for long. The second-generation R8-based all-electric supercar was killed off around a year and a half after its debut, with under 100 built.
The move was down to Audi focusing its efforts on producing an all-electric SUV, but the E-Tron - reported to have a €1 million price tag at the time - may yet get a successor. Speaking to Autocar at the recent Berlin E-Prix, Audi R&D boss Peter Mertens said: “You can very well imagine that at some point in time we will have an electric supercar.”
“The question is ‘would I like to make it happen soon?’ and the answer is yes, of course,” he added. In the supercar segment, Mertens reckons: “We have been a very serious player.”
So far so vague, but it shows there’s a clear urge to build such a thing within the company. Autocar also speculates that it’d be a standalone car rather than an electrified version of the R8, due to Mertens’ ethos that E-Tron cars will need to be unique models in the future. A collaboration with Porsche is highly likely, given the cost implications of developing the powertrain.
So, do you like the sound of an all-electric Audi supercar with the guts of the eventual production Mission E?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
I’ll stick with the V10 thanks
how do you stick with something you can’t afford
V10 swapped little tikes car for my son!
No thanks.
Yes please
Ill stick to the godly scream of the V10
So a Tesla $100k+ isn’t a supercar?
It’s not an Audi, that’s for sure
No thank you.
Yes please
Yeah exactly
Who the hell wants an electric R8 when you can get the V10 Plus model that costs the same price, if not even less! The R8 V10 Plus has one of the nicest sounding engines on the market so idk why the he’ll you’d want an electric model instead
I’ll rather get the MK1 V8 thanks.
unpopular opinion… I had a ride in one a couple years ago. Suspension was wayy too stiff. Also had a ride in a Mk2 V10 plus with the adaptive dampers. Rides very comfortably.
Selon Muska biggest nightmare…
Is an eletric supercar really a problem? Sure, ya loose ya sound but i dont hear people complaining about sound in forza….
the raptor and the gt350r sound like garbage(fh3). hows that?