Helping achieve those numbers is a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.Īs Hagerty writes, the origins of Audi’s V10 date back to 2003. Audi says that this is good for a sprint to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds, to 124 mph in 10.1 seconds, and a top speed of about 199 mph. It came out of the other side laying down 612 horses to the rear wheels. That’s already a healthy amount of power, but Audi Sport GmbH then did some tinkering on the engine. It starts with the R8 V10 Performance RWD, an R8 with that 5.2-liter V10 pumping out 562 horsepower. One thing is for sure, and it’s that the R8 V10 isn’t going out quietly.Īudi is sending out the V10 in the best way possible with a new Audi R8 Coupé V10 GT RWD. Audi says that the R8 will be replaced with an electric supercar that will arrive in the middle of this decade or the end of it, depending on which report you read. But as Audi has confirmed, 2023 will mark the end of the V10-powered R8 and the current generation of the R8 is the last of the supercar as we know it. The R8 has enjoyed a long 15 model-year run of being the sensible supercar. The Audi R8 V10 was born, and its 5.2-liter V10 sang a 525 HP symphony. The R8 launched with a 4.2-liter V8 making 414 horsepower, but in 2008, the automaker announced that the R8 would fire on ten cylinders. It’s a car that looks like it could have been built in 2002 or 2022, especially the first-generation. First gracing the world in 2006 for the 2007 model year, the German supercar is a mix of futuristic touches while also managing to stay pretty conservative. With 612 horses on tap and rear-wheel-drive, this engine and the car it’s bolted to are going out with a bang.īack in 2021–I know, it feels like a decade ago–Audi announced the end of the Audi R8 as we know it. Audi’s naturally-aspirated V10 is nearing the end of its life in production cars, and is getting sent out in a limited run of just 333 Audi R8 Coupé V10 GT RWDs. The time has come for another famous Volkswagen Group engine to bow out of the public eye.

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