So it would seem that, after much debate as to whether it would be a good idea to put the Sport Quattro concept into production and how, Audi has a much clearer plan in store: they might make it, give it a V8 in top-spec form, but also offer smaller engines and cheaper variants.
That’s because a sole high-powered variant would not ensure a decent enough return on investment, and they need to claw back some of that by making it have a wider appeal.
Top Gear recently sat down with the brand’s chief engineer, Ulrich Hackenberg, who explained: “We used a powerful powertrain to position it. But the potential is to have more volume. It needs a high investment so it makes sense to use other engines.”
The publication speculates that this would put it right in between the upcoming TT and the R8 in the range – it would naturally also be priced to reflect this.
However, we don’t exactly know where that will put it, since the new TT promises to be lighter and faster than before – they may even make a superlight sub-1,000 kg version out of it, since its new platform allows for more extensive use of new lightweight materials. The all-electric R8 is still green-lit, though it may possibly emerge as the next-gen car, using the current model’s architecture for testing purposes.
By Andrei Nedelea
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