Brace Yourselves: A V6 Audi R8 Is Coming
With only the V10 engine from the first-gen R8 carried over to the new model, we couldn’t help but wonder if there’d ever be a model to replace the old N/A V8. There was talk of Audi’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 making an appearance, but apparently cooling it in a mid-mounted position was an issue, leaving speculation to focus on a twin-turbo V6. And it seems the V6 option is almost certainly going to happen, but not until 2018, judging by this product schedule leaked by Autobahn.
The schedule merely states ‘R8 V6’, but we can’t imagine it being anything other than the twin-turbo unit. It’ll most likely be the same unit Audi will fit to the next RS4, which recent reports suggested would be good for as much as 480bhp. The reason for an entry-level V6 model? It’s all about the Chinese market, where demand for fancy cars with smaller engines is high.
Other interesting bits of fast Audi news seen on the schedule include the TT RS - which will arrive in April 2017 along with the R8 Spyder - an RS3 saloon appearing in August the same year, and an RS5 arriving at the same time as the V6 R8.
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
Brace youself for a lot of people that have never driven an R8, couldn’t afford a V8 let alone V10 R8 complain that there’s now going to be a V6.
The V8 is dying. It’s unfortunate in a way, but time and technology moves on.
I for one welcome my twin turbo PDK masters.
Why does it have a PDK if it’s an Audi?
i wouldn’t say the V8 is dying, rather the v10 and v12.
Remember the ford gt v6tt comments? Haha. I’m on board with you, fast is fast no matter how many cylinders you’ve got.
Is Audi on Crack.
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awesome. they should make a 4 cylinder one too.
and maybe a TDI one as well
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I’d actually quite like the idea of a R8 with the biTDI competition unit or with the 4.2TDI
The W12 that was used in A8 before was great..hah
Why not V10 Twin Turbo?
That would be the old RS6 engine. Wasn’t that great.
I’d rather have the high revving NA
Sounds like the best sports car in the world
And if that spell the end of the v8 R8,i will kill people
They copied the gtr
10 bucks if its for this “Fuel Efficiency” crap.
Q8??? is that going to be larger q7 or sportier?
Larger.
The SQ7 is also listed, which is the sportier model of course.
It’s going to be a gasstation
Let me guess , 3.5 liter V6? GTR influence all the way xD
Gt-r is a 3.8 twin turbo