RUMOR: Audi's All-New Q8 Is Going To ONLY Get BETTER — Learn What Quattro GmbH Has In Store For Geneva

Audi Sport is set to preview its plans for a luxurious new 600bhp-plus BMW X6 M and Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 Coupe-rivalling SUV at the Geneva motor show in early March with the unveiling of a lightly-veiled concept version of its upcoming Audi RS Q8...

...While the original Q8 concept shown in Detroit received a newly developed petrol-electric hybrid drivetrain, its Audi Sport performance sibling appears set to go a more conventional route with a direct injection petrol engine. Details remain scarce just over a month prior to its planned unveiling, though sources at Audi Sport’s headquarters in Neckarsulm in Germany hint the RS Q8 will receive a heavily-fettled version of the German car maker’s twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8.

Already used in a number of performance orientated Audi models, the 90-degree unit destined for the RS Q8 is claimed to boast a similar output to that already used by the Audi S8 Plus, which packs 605bhp and 516lb ft of torque...

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Dexter1 - 2/13/2017 1:04:51 AM

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This absurd front end is verging on Lexus ugliness.

MDarringer - 2/13/2017 9:15:18 AM

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Well at least it's better than the generic, stand-still boredom of the new A4/A5.

GermanNut - 2/13/2017 9:37:44 AM

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At least the Audi Q8 looks aggressive and different than existing Audi models. Most importantly it gets people talking, unlike every new BMW model which looks exactly like its current version.

cidflekken - 2/13/2017 4:49:25 PM

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Again, with your constant singling out of BMW. Did a 5 Series run your mother over before or something?

hangtime010 - 2/13/2017 10:21:58 AM

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So many have had their say on the Audi grille, but the sales surely doesn't show that it's a design problem.
I'm of the belief that it could be better (it does grow on me after awhile) and no doubt that it could also be a lot worse (consider the Acura beak).

carsnyc - 2/13/2017 11:27:30 AM

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Me like. And kudos to Audi for leaving its comfort zone.