At this point, it's unsurprising to hear that some of our favorite cars—with some of our favorite engines—are being replaced by near-silent electric vehicles. Given the sheer speed and acceleration that batteries and electric motors can provide, that's not even a bad thing for performance, but it's easy to get sentimental. As such, let's treasure the current V10-powered Audi R8 while we've got it because Roadshow reports it'll be succeeded by a high-powered EV.The outlet talked with Linda Kurz, Audi Sport's head of product marketing, who explained the brand's next R-labeled halo car will be electric only. Following up on the admittedly super RS E-Tron GT, Kurz said Audi's "next challenge" will be to "transform the R segment, and the R segment is going to be fully electric. This is our job for the next decade."
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