New Audi R8 & R8 e-tron in march presented

Posted on 19-01-2015 at 18:59 by Ricardo – 51 Comments”

After more than eight years, the R8 with a pension.

In a conversation with CarAdvice told Audi ceo Ulrich Hackenberg that the next generation of the Audi R8 (spyshot) is presented at the Geneva motor Show in early march will kick off. Not big news, but a confirmation is always nice. More interesting is what he let loose over the R8 e-tron. The electric supercar is apparently still not will be dead – although he local board has located and Ulrich admits that the range of 200 km a joke. In the new version, which it is not certain whether the status ‘draft request’ will transcend, would be the range at least 400 km, which should amount to. Tesla territory.

Meanwhile, he himself also so that the R8 with a manual gearbox will be delivered. The next R8 has only had the disposal of an automatic gearbox with double clutch. Or the by Ferdinand Piëch cherished R8 TDI is actually in the line-up of Audi’s supercar will appear from the interview was unfortunately not clear.