Rumour Mill: Next Gen R8 To Drop V8 And Go With Turbo 5 Cylinder?

Possibly mated to an electric motor, Audi's five-cylinder turbo engine could end up in the R8 - in place of a V8 model

There will be no V8 version of the new Audi R8. What there will be - according to the Ingolstadt rumour mill - is a cheaper five-cylinder turbocharged model, powered by a highly re-engineered version of the Audi RS3’s five cylinder turbo.

This may or may not get some additional boosting from a hybrid system in the fullness of time, although there will be a fully electric production version of the new R8, too, called the e-Tron.

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TheSteve - 11/6/2015 5:08:29 PM

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A 5-cylinder engine in a super-car could be the kiss of death, just because "5" is half of (V)"10" and much smaller than (V)"8". Even V6 engines in super-cars are not as well received as a V8.

Dexter1 - 11/6/2015 6:15:20 PM

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OK. Let's dilute the styling and make it look like a run-of-the-mill TT. Let's make the front end look super awkward and the side blade look even sillier than the original. Now let's chop the V10 in half to a 5 cylinder (who cares what the output is, it's still a 5-cylinder.) Oh yeah—then let's charge super-car prices for this abomination. WTF are you thinking, Audi?

mpls - 11/6/2015 6:34:22 PM

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What did you expect from VW, then should just spin off Audi..

MDarringer - 11/6/2015 8:31:44 PM

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There will be another R8 given the Dieselgate fiasco?

I'd kill the R8 and keep Porsche and Lamborghini doing sports cars.

TomM - 11/9/2015 8:51:50 AM

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The problem is what cars are already engineered - and ready for production.You can cancel cars early in their development - but if they are really close to production - They have already spent the development money - so they may as well produce the cars.

skytop - 11/7/2015 6:15:14 AM

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Why not 5 and a half cylinders and also raise the price to over $200,000.

jameswisrik - 11/7/2015 11:25:59 AM

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the Nazi killed the jews with gas..now they are doing it again w/ diesel vehicles..but now killing the world. I guess germans are still upset they lost..so now they will poison the whole planet.