Audi R8 is no more - replacement will be electric with different name and more power
Audi will use the R8 reincarnation to assert its position as a leading electric car manufacturer and plans to launch the all-electric supercar in 2025. The design has not been signed off yet but the car is under development already and apparently it will be completely different from the current R8 - no similarities at all.
The current Audi R8 is slowly coming to the end of its life with the run-out model already planned to be the GT RWD version. Production is scheduled to finish by the end of 2023. The electric replacement will be the most powerful production Audi ever built and will follow the supercar recipe with 2 door body.
Sebastian Grams, the managing director of Audi Sport, confirmed the company is trying to create a car that offers the ultimate feeling of racing. Apparently 60 percent of parts for the new electric supercar are similar in specification to those found in GT3 cars.
At the moment, Audi R8 is built in the same factory as
Audi E-tron GT and its RS version. It’s not an ordinary factory though, it is the Audi Sport factory formerly known as Quattro Gmbh and responsible for some of the most famous Audis ever created.
Once the production of Audi R8 stops, the small team of specialists building it will be involved in ramping up the E-tron GT production. Within a couple of years the team will be re-trained and will begin building the new, all-electric supercar. Audi wants to make sure it retains the talent to be able to deliver highest quality to justify the high price of the upcoming car.
The next supercar from Audi will be based on the Porsche platform and will be the most powerful Audi ever.
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