Intro: Audi turbine engine will be introduced in the next generation of R8 models will be. Said an official statement Audi in turbo engine, the next generation of R8 supercar will use an exhaust quantity and number of cylinders are less.
Not long ago, it was rumored that a new generation of Audi R8 is likely to continue to V8 and V10 naturally aspirated engine performance upgrade,but now Audi vehicle technical director Ulrich Hackenberg has confirmed to the media, because the V10 engine still has relevance and engine using the Lamborghini Huracan, it is expected the two naturally aspirated power unit will have the opportunity to continue to use in R8.
The new Audi R8 will maintain the four-wheel drive and seven speed dual clutch configuration, but some concern is Hackenberg further explanation,turbine engine will have a smaller joined them, and indirectly suggests that it will be a six cylinder turbocharged engine.
Although the end part of the second generation of Audi R8 have entered the development, but because there are still some engineering technical changes, so the foreign media predicted release date will be postponed to 2015. We can see the new power unit R8 whether in performance can maintain the brilliant performance.