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Audi Nuvolari supercar debuts with radical looks and 736kW, 10,000rpm hybrid system
Call it an R8 successor on steroids if you will, the new Audi Nuvolari will be the Ingolstadt brand’s fastest and most powerful production car ever when it debuts during the first half of 2027. Production of this highly exclusive supercar will be limited to just 499 units.
Named after legendary racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, who drove Audi’s precursor brand Auto Union to multiple Grand Prix wins in the 1930s, the all-new supercar honours its heritage as well as its future.
It powers ahead as Audi’s first hybrid supercar, pairing the brand’s hallowed 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 with three axial-flux electric motors for a maximum system output of 738kW. That, says Audi, is enough to get you from 0–100km/h in 2.6 seconds and from 0–200km/h in 6.8 seconds.
But don’t mistake hybrid for silent. The V8 engine, which alone produces 588kW and 730Nm, can rev to 10,000rpm.
It is positioned amidships, between the passenger compartment and rear axle, for optimal weight distribution. You’ll find two of the electric motors, delivering up to 2,150Nm of torque, at the front axle, while the third unit is positioned between the combustion engine and the gearbox. They’re powered by a 7.3kWh lithium-ion battery.
As you’d expect, the quattro system brings it all together, distributing torque precisely in both longitudinal and lateral directions. The system uses a wide range of driving data to predict potential loss of grip and responds proactively as an integrated system. It also has an E-Hybrid mode that enables fully electric driving for short urban distances.
This is one of four drive modes, activated via rotary controls on the steering wheel. To that end, drivers can also select Balanced, Dynamic, and Dynamic+ modes.
Impressive as the drivetrain is, engineers also sought to create an extremely lightweight package with high torsional rigidity.
Call it an R8 successor on steroids if you will, the new Audi Nuvolari will be the Ingolstadt brand’s fastest and most powerful production car ever when it debuts during the first half of 2027. Production of this highly exclusive supercar will be limited to just 499 units.
Named after legendary racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, who drove Audi’s precursor brand Auto Union to multiple Grand Prix wins in the 1930s, the all-new supercar honours its heritage as well as its future.
It powers ahead as Audi’s first hybrid supercar, pairing the brand’s hallowed 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 with three axial-flux electric motors for a maximum system output of 738kW. That, says Audi, is enough to get you from 0–100km/h in 2.6 seconds and from 0–200km/h in 6.8 seconds.
But don’t mistake hybrid for silent. The V8 engine, which alone produces 588kW and 730Nm, can rev to 10,000rpm.
It is positioned amidships, between the passenger compartment and rear axle, for optimal weight distribution. You’ll find two of the electric motors, delivering up to 2,150Nm of torque, at the front axle, while the third unit is positioned between the combustion engine and the gearbox. They’re powered by a 7.3kWh lithium-ion battery.
As you’d expect, the quattro system brings it all together, distributing torque precisely in both longitudinal and lateral directions. The system uses a wide range of driving data to predict potential loss of grip and responds proactively as an integrated system. It also has an E-Hybrid mode that enables fully electric driving for short urban distances.
This is one of four drive modes, activated via rotary controls on the steering wheel. To that end, drivers can also select Balanced, Dynamic, and Dynamic+ modes.
Impressive as the drivetrain is, engineers also sought to create an extremely lightweight package with high torsional rigidity.
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Is it just me, or does the front of the car look like a toothbrush moustache? Similar to that famous German.
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Opinion: it has monumental presence, but is the market ready for Audi's £500k Nuvolari?
It was developed at breakneck pace and offers a brutalist aesthetic, but not even the boss is sure it'll succeed
Audi CEO Gernot Döllner had a 23-year career at Porsche before returning to the mothership and then taking the reins at Audi. One of the projects he ran at Weissach was the 918 Spyder, a concept version of which appeared at the Geneva show in 2010. That was cooked up in almost total secrecy by a skunkworks of engineers and designers, and it was only on the morning of the first press day that word slipped out that Porsche was about to wrong-foot us all.
These days, it’s almost impossible to keep the lid on anything. The internet is rapacious, nothing is sacred. But Audi managed it with its Nuvolari, the fastest, most powerful production car the company has ever made, and one with a punchy price tag: it’ll cost north of half a million quid. Actually, I got wind of it a few months ago, but nothing more was said or confirmed, and even the invitation to yesterday’s preview event gave little away.
Audi resurrected the name Nuvolari, last used on a 2003 concept car, in honour of the famously fearless pre- and post-war Italian racing driver, Tazio Nuvolari, Enzo Ferrari’s all-time favourite competitor. The so-called ‘Flying Mantuan’ raced the fearsome Auto Union C and D in the late Thirties, hence the connection. So what if he was more of an Alfa Romeo man?
Nuvolari wore a yellow jersey, but the car arrives painted in Audi’s new signature Titanium paint, as previously seen on the smaller Concept C and also used by the company’s Formula One cars. It’s a technical but not unemotional hue, and certainly looks good on the F1 machinery. Audi was clearly going to leverage its presence in the sport – tech transfer and marketing are two of the biggest reasons for doing it – but did anyone expect it to happen this fast?
It was developed at breakneck pace and offers a brutalist aesthetic, but not even the boss is sure it'll succeed
Audi CEO Gernot Döllner had a 23-year career at Porsche before returning to the mothership and then taking the reins at Audi. One of the projects he ran at Weissach was the 918 Spyder, a concept version of which appeared at the Geneva show in 2010. That was cooked up in almost total secrecy by a skunkworks of engineers and designers, and it was only on the morning of the first press day that word slipped out that Porsche was about to wrong-foot us all.
These days, it’s almost impossible to keep the lid on anything. The internet is rapacious, nothing is sacred. But Audi managed it with its Nuvolari, the fastest, most powerful production car the company has ever made, and one with a punchy price tag: it’ll cost north of half a million quid. Actually, I got wind of it a few months ago, but nothing more was said or confirmed, and even the invitation to yesterday’s preview event gave little away.
Audi resurrected the name Nuvolari, last used on a 2003 concept car, in honour of the famously fearless pre- and post-war Italian racing driver, Tazio Nuvolari, Enzo Ferrari’s all-time favourite competitor. The so-called ‘Flying Mantuan’ raced the fearsome Auto Union C and D in the late Thirties, hence the connection. So what if he was more of an Alfa Romeo man?
Nuvolari wore a yellow jersey, but the car arrives painted in Audi’s new signature Titanium paint, as previously seen on the smaller Concept C and also used by the company’s Formula One cars. It’s a technical but not unemotional hue, and certainly looks good on the F1 machinery. Audi was clearly going to leverage its presence in the sport – tech transfer and marketing are two of the biggest reasons for doing it – but did anyone expect it to happen this fast?
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Carwow first look at the Nuvolari
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Imho if this is the low volume, high profit successor to the R8 it would be a little sad considering they sold close to 50,000 R8 cars worldwide. Hopefully there's an R8 successor that competes with the 911 in terms of pricing and performance...
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Audi Nuvolari revealed as 736 kW R8 successor
Audi has whipped the wraps off the Nuvolari high-performance hybrid supercar. We highlight the most powerful production Audi to date…
Named for legendary Italian racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, Audi has unveiled the Nuvolari, the German marque’s first high-performance hybrid supercar and the most powerful production Audi to date. Production will be limited to just 499 examples, with deliveries set to begin in the first half of 2027.
The Nuvolari’s powertrain combines a high-revving 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 internal combustion engine (ICE), which delivers 588 kW and 730 N.m, with three axial flux electric motors, fed by a 7.3 kWh (gross) lithium-ion battery, producing 110 kW each. The petrol-electric setup develops a combined power output of 736 kW. Producing up to 2 150 N.m of torque, two of the axial flux electric motors are positioned on the front axle, while the third is located between the mid-mounted V8 and the transmission. Drive is sent to all four wheels via Audi’s latest quattro system. The Ingolstadt brand claims the Nuvolari completes the 0-100 km/h sprint in a whip-crack 2.6 seconds, before topping out at 350 km/h.
www.carmag.co.za
Audi has whipped the wraps off the Nuvolari high-performance hybrid supercar. We highlight the most powerful production Audi to date…
Named for legendary Italian racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, Audi has unveiled the Nuvolari, the German marque’s first high-performance hybrid supercar and the most powerful production Audi to date. Production will be limited to just 499 examples, with deliveries set to begin in the first half of 2027.
The Nuvolari’s powertrain combines a high-revving 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 internal combustion engine (ICE), which delivers 588 kW and 730 N.m, with three axial flux electric motors, fed by a 7.3 kWh (gross) lithium-ion battery, producing 110 kW each. The petrol-electric setup develops a combined power output of 736 kW. Producing up to 2 150 N.m of torque, two of the axial flux electric motors are positioned on the front axle, while the third is located between the mid-mounted V8 and the transmission. Drive is sent to all four wheels via Audi’s latest quattro system. The Ingolstadt brand claims the Nuvolari completes the 0-100 km/h sprint in a whip-crack 2.6 seconds, before topping out at 350 km/h.
Audi Nuvolari revealed as 736 kW R8 successor
Audi has whipped the wraps off the Nuvolari high-performance hybrid supercar. We highlight the most powerful production Audi to date...
www.carmag.co.za
warrenpridgeon
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it at least still looks like an Audi. It's a weird "box" though (for me). It's like they didn't go for full on jet fighter, but also didn't commit to curves and other angular design so ended up with a box with a slight chamfer on it.
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Opinion: here’s why you’re so mad at the Audi Nuvolari
You’re not angry at the car, you’re angry at yourself
For a grey, featureless slab – and I mean that with great affection – the reveal of the Audi Nuvolari didn’t half generate some strong opinions.
Some of these opinions concerned the Nuvolari’s vital statistics and price positioning, particularly regarding Audi’s decision to charge £500k for what could uncharitably be described as ‘a Lamborghini Temerario with all the styling airbrushed out’.
But far more opinions concerned the way it looked. This in itself is not unusual. The design of fast, expensive cars does seem to provoke a specific flavour of outrage.
Take, for example, the Ferrari Luce (no, please, take it), whose design engendered many, many hot takes, a very small number of which could be safely printed on a family website.
You’re not angry at the car, you’re angry at yourself
For a grey, featureless slab – and I mean that with great affection – the reveal of the Audi Nuvolari didn’t half generate some strong opinions.
Some of these opinions concerned the Nuvolari’s vital statistics and price positioning, particularly regarding Audi’s decision to charge £500k for what could uncharitably be described as ‘a Lamborghini Temerario with all the styling airbrushed out’.
But far more opinions concerned the way it looked. This in itself is not unusual. The design of fast, expensive cars does seem to provoke a specific flavour of outrage.
Take, for example, the Ferrari Luce (no, please, take it), whose design engendered many, many hot takes, a very small number of which could be safely printed on a family website.
warrenpridgeon
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Lol... imagine trying to blow smoke up an unimaginative design by calling it a "blank slate" and trying to make that out to be a good thing?!
"I'm the paper you're the glue whatever you say sticks to you"... wtf even is this?! What is going on in the car world?! lol
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