Audi R8 will get a diesel, and wireless charging technology?

Posted on 10-07-2014 at 10:17 by CasperH – 22 Comments”

It’s buzzing a lot on the net regarding the new Audi R8, we have the latest rumors for you collected.

The Audi R8 is due for replacement, and prototypes to drive for a while, and their laps for example the Nurburgring. It does not seem likely that the appearance of the car a huge surprise but there is a lot of speculation about the technical details of the new R8.

Wireless charging
The Audi R8 e-tron is not yet final, the job and now there is a rumor that this technique could debut in the new Audi R8. The principle of wireless charging means that you get the car on a kind of induction plate should park for charging. Pretty cool idea, because you’ll never have to kloten with cords and plugs. The R8 e-tron would have a range of 300 kilometers.

Piëch gets his R8 TDI
Ferdinand Piëch wants for a very long time the Audi R8 TDI and it is rumored that in 2017 the light of day. There are two options in that regard: the 4.0 litre V8 diesel that we know of the Cayenne S Diesel is option one. Option two is a 5.0 liter V10 TDI, which Audi is being developed for Bentley.

V8 from 460 horsepower and V10 up to 600 hp
The petrol engines. The 4.0 V8 twin turbo the 4.2-litre V8 to replace and will make 460 hp and deliver 500 Nm of torque. The 5.2 liter naturally-aspirated V10 will reportedly 540 hp and 540 Nm of torque, while the V10 Plus is a power of 600 hp and 560 Nm of torque, which is 50 hp more than the current R8 V10 Plus. The V10 Plus will not be a Spyder be available, so go the rumors.