Excessive-Efficiency Audi E-Tron Spied, May Be The S Or RS Variant (New Photographs)
We’ve noticed extra prototypes of Audi‘s sportier E-Tron testing on public roads in addition to on the Nurburgring monitor. We’ve additionally realized that there’s a robust chance we may see both the manufacturing or a thinly disguised idea of the automotive making its debut this fall. (Up to date 6/5/2019)
Audi launched the E-Tron final fall and it seems the corporate is placing the ending touches on a brand new efficiency variant.
Spied present process testing on the Nürburgring, the high-performance mannequin has a well-recognized design with just a few refined modifications.
On the entrance, the prototypes have been outfitted with a modified bumper which options angular accents which channel air into bigger intakes. They’re presumably there to enhance cooling of the beefier braking system.
Further styling modifications are restricted, however the prototypes have massive light-weight alloy wheels which can be reportedly wrapped in wider tires. Final however not least, there’s a revised rear bumper and a brand new diffuser with two fins that protrude from the underside.
Whereas nothing is official, Audi may have hinted on the automotive’s powertrain when it unveiled the E-Tron Sportback idea in 2017. The idea had a tri-motor setup with a single electrical motor up entrance and two electrical motors out again. On the time, the automaker mentioned the idea “makes use of a configuration that may even be adopted in future manufacturing Audi fashions with all-electric drive.”
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If the powertrain does carryover, we will anticipate the high-performance E-Tron to have a mixed output of 429 hp (320 kW / 435 PS) and 496 hp (370 kW / 503 PS) in Increase Mode.
That will be a major enchancment over the usual E-Tron which has two electrical motors that produce 355 hp (265 kW / 360 PS) and 402 hp (300 kW / 408 PS) in Increase Mode. Because of this, we will anticipate the efficiency mannequin to be considerably quicker than the usual crossover which runs from Zero-60 mph (Zero-96 km/h) in 5.5 seconds.
The manufacturing mannequin is slated to be unveiled subsequent yr and it may put on both the S or RS moniker.
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