Renders Audi R10 diesel hypercar plotted

[SKY]

Ooooooh so sad.

A 700 hp Audi would have been so sweet.

 

[JHF]

Again?

Audi R10 reportedly approved for production, could feature up to 1000 PS

Car is rumored to feature a Le Mans-inspired design
We haven't heard much about Audi's Le Mans-inspired supercar lately but a new report is indicating it has been approved for production.

According to Auto Motor & Sport, the high-performance model will be called the R10 and feature a lightweight carbon fiber monocoque chassis. The car will reportedly be slightly larger than the R8 and have a Le Mans-inspired design that looks more at home on the track than the road.

While the model was originally envisioned to use a diesel engine like the Le Mans winning R18 e-tron quattro, rumors suggest the car will have a twin-turbo 6.0-liter V10 that develops 850 PS (625 kW). The engine will reportedly feature cylinder deactivation technology which will allow it to run on six-cylinders when maximum performance isn't required. There are also rumors of a hybridized variant which would use the aforementioned V10 engine as well as an electric motor to produce a combined maximum output of up to 1000 PS (735 kW).

The R10 will reportedly go into production in 2016 and be built in limited quantities. Nothing is official but speculation suggests the model could cost as much as the Porsche 918 Spyder.

Source: Auto Motor Sport Sweden



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http://www.automotorsport.se/artiklar/nyheter/20140929/audi-ger-gront-ljus-for-nya-r10-med-v10-motor-och-850-hk

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

diesel or gasoline V10?

 

[KiwiRob]

Intel: Audi R10, R18, R20 or Whatever You Want To Call It. It’s Still In Play.

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I'd love to see this on the road, reminds me of the CLK GT1 and 911 GT1 cars.

 

[kingjr9000]

diesel or gasoline V10?

I'm pretty sure it's going to be gas -- I doubt they would make it a v10 diesel.

 

[DeDe]

Ooooooh so sad.

A 700 hp Audi would have been so sweet.

Not so sad.
A 1000 HP Audi is even sweeter
BTW. Admin it's OK, I'm away of home

 

[DeDe]

Not so sad.
A 1000 HP Audi is even sweeter
BTW. Admin it's OK, I'm away of home

No, mofo, it's not okay. Stop using my profile and deleting my conversations. Lifeless idiot.

 

[kingjr9000]

Audi Sport contemplates hypercar programIngolstadt marque considering Mercedes-AMG Project One rival

by Mike Costello
Senior Editor1 days ago

Audi Sport has not ruled out developing a small-volume quattro ‘hypercar’ to sit above the mid-engined R8 V10 and rival the imminent, Formula One-derived Mercedes-AMG Project One.

Speaking with CarAdvice at the Bathurst 12 Hours GT3 enduro race, Audi Sport boss Stephan Winkelmann said there was potential for a flagship model that tests the value of the brand, a la the in-development, Formula One-engined AMG Project One.

Audi Sport — formerly known as quattro GmbH — is the division responsible for Audi’s R8 and RS-badged road cars, and various racing programs. Before taking the reins a year ago, Winkelmann was head of fellow Volkswagen AG subsidiary Lamborghini.


“Coming from a brand where we did this in the past and we put it to a new level… if it’s about a very limited car with a high price to test the value of the brand it might be a good idea,” he told us.

We asked him if it would need some connection to elite motorsport, and if so, whether Audi’s withdrawal from the World Endurance Championships (WEC), partially due to cutbacks following VW AG’s diesel emissions cheat saga, would hurt any hypothetical development of such a project.

“It should always have a story to tell, there should be some heritage and something that is consistent and clear with the history or the future of Audi,” Winkelmann said.

“We’re just speaking hypothetically. But I think everything can be judged in one way or another. I see that there is a potential for those type of cars in Audi Sport, and given the history we have in racing, with Silver Arrows, WEC and GT3 cars as you see here, there are many ideas.”

Could such a project be shared with Lamborghini to spread costs?

“No no no,” was the response.

Is the idea of an Audi Sport hyper-car still pie-in-the-sky thinking, in all probability?

“Exactly,” Winkelmann said.

Still, it’s food for thought…

As you can read in detail, the much-hyped Mercedes-AMG Project One is going to offer up an enormous amount of power – more than 1000 horses worth, according to Mercedes-AMG head Tobias Moers.

Speaking at the 2017 Detroit motor show, Moers said the Project One car – a working title for the new hypercar that has previously been referred to as the R50 – would use a formula one-derived powertrain adapted for the road, with 750kW.

The F1-powered model will have an altered drivetrain with “more than 25 kilometres” of electric range from variable electric motors on the front axle (we presume the 1.6-litre V6 engine from the F1 team garage will power the rears).

 

[Gor134]

The design study for the roadgoing Audi "Skorpion" R18 Hypercar has finally been revealed quietly at the Audi Horch museum, 10 years after it was rumoured to be in development and cancelled.

I wonder how many other cool design studies and projects are hidden in a basement somewhere lost in time due to Dieselgate.

 

[KiwiRob]

Thats a lot cooler than the Porsche Mission X

 

[Gor134]

Much cooler. Shame it was cancelled.

 

[Revvd]

It reminds me a little bit of the SCG 003S. But that one felt somewhat better thought out and less motorsport-y

 

[emet]

To me rear reminds McLaren Senna.