Audi Is Not Planning Any Future R8s Beyond This Generation

Reports emerging after the Geneva Motor Show suggest that Audi isn't planning to build a direct replacement for the current R8
Audi Is Not Planning Any Future R8s Beyond This Generation

The Audi R8 could suddenly find itself running on borrowed time, with reports suggesting there’s no planned replacement.

In a round-table interview at the Geneva Motor Show, Audi’s R&D chief Peter Mertens is said to have told journalists that there are no plans to replace the R8 with a like-for-like new model, meaning the R8 as we know it could be doomed.

We'll keep fond memories, at least
We'll keep fond memories, at least

While there is a twin-turbo V6 in development to fit the R8 chassis, which will be a hell of a change from the glorious naturally-aspirated V10 we know and love deeply, the car’s eventual replacement will almost certainly be electrified.

Talking about the R8’s future, Mertens said the R8 has a “long life” left in it and that a direct replacement wasn’t impossible yet, but that there were no plans to do so, apparently because the development budget has been reallocated to batteries, motors and associated EV technologies.

Audi Is Not Planning Any Future R8s Beyond This Generation

There will at least be faster versions of whatever electrified cars come out of the Audi stable in the future. Mertens was quoted as saying that performance cars are “very good for Audi.”

Fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars are likely, alongside pure combustion-powered cars in whatever form they take before being banned in various countries.

Source: Car & Driver

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Comments

Anonymous

damn… the R8’s dying now?
they’ve gotta at least do one more…

03/16/2018 - 11:08 |
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Anonymous

im still shocked at how much better the original R8 looked compared to the new one

03/16/2018 - 12:14 |
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Peach

First the Viper and now the R8? Where are the V10s going!!???

03/16/2018 - 23:29 |
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Anonymous

I hate Audi for this…

03/17/2018 - 17:47 |
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Anonymous

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Actually I would just buy the huracan instead..

03/19/2018 - 14:08 |
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overdose of torque (Mclaren squad)

Oh audi audi audi, how much do we have to pay for you to release another one 😭😭

03/22/2018 - 10:59 |
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SPIN App

Because the next one will be called R10, just like the racecar! 😉

03/29/2018 - 19:06 |
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Exxotic

(No)+(o⋅(9⋅10^9999999999))

04/27/2018 - 16:36 |
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If you don’t know, that’s “No” with 9⋅10^999999999 o’s after it

04/27/2018 - 16:42 |
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Exxotic

9⋅10^999999999 is 10 with 999999999 zeros after it, multiplied by 9

04/27/2018 - 16:43 |
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Anonymous

Replace afford with in the market for *

11/15/2018 - 20:41 |
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