Audi’s Stillborn RS8 Prototype Reveals What An RS Tremendous Limo Might Look Like
This yr Audi Sport celebrates 25 years of RS high-performance fashions with a particular exhibition on the Audi Discussion board in Neckarsulm, Germany.
Up to now, the division previously often known as Quattro GmbH has launched a complete of 25 RS fashions, starting with the RS2 Avant in 1994. Moreover the acquainted manufacturing fashions, the exhibition that opened on July 12 additionally features a whole of 14 “real RS rarities.” These embrace a racing model of the Audi TT RS from 2011 developed for the Nürburgring 24 Hours, an RS5 DTM racer that received the 2013 season, and an Audi RS8 prototype that by no means reached manufacturing.
Clearly, the latter automotive caught our consideration and we managed to search out some pictures of it on Audi Discussion board Neckarsulm’s Fb web page. The caption doesn’t supply too many particulars about this one-off creation inbuilt 2013 that was supposed to sit down above the S8 as the final word Audi A8 variant cash may purchase.
Primarily based on the third-generation Audi S8, the RS8 featured a extra menacing look courtesy of wider wheel arches, a brand new entrance bumper with huge air intakes, a gloss black grille that includes a honeycomb mesh and adaptive cruise management sensors on the high, and distinctive headlights that appear like a mixture between these of the A8, A7, and A6.
Different RS-specific particulars embrace the carbon fiber mirror caps and entrance bumper blades, in addition to the large dual-tone RS wheels shod with Pirelli efficiency tires. Stopping energy was ensured by ceramic brakes that includes distinctive orange calipers. We’re positive that huge oval tailpipes and a diffuser are additionally a part of the bundle however we haven’t discovered a photograph of the rear finish but.
Inside, you possibly can see a model new flat-bottomed steering wheel wrapped in Alcantara utilizing orange stitching, carbon fiber trim on the sprint, heart console, door panels, and redesigned transmission lever, in addition to a Lamborghini-style begin/cease change. The rotary management for the MMI is nowhere to be seen, although — at the very least in the one inside photograph we now have.
There are not any particulars concerning the powertrain however the S8 that Audi Sport engineers used as a foundation for this prototype featured a four.Zero-liter twin-turbocharged V8 gasoline engine that made 520 PS (513 hp) and 650 Nm (479 lb-ft) of torque. Given the RS8 moniker, we determine Audi will need to have squeezed much more energy from the eight-cylinder engine.
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The Audi RS7 Sportback launched in 2013 featured 560 PS (553 hp) and 700 Nm (516 lb-ft) of torque from primarily the identical engine so the RS8 will need to have delivered related figures. Audi doesn’t say why the RS8 didn’t make it to manufacturing however that in all probability had one thing to do with the S8 being quick and highly effective sufficient and the RS7 Sportback too shut for consolation when it got here to pricing and efficiency.
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