Audi R8 V10 performance RWD

03-02-2022 19:04 -

The Audi R8 V10 performance RWD (Rear Wheel Drive) is the new, sporty spearhead of Audi's production sports cars with rear-wheel drive. “With its rear-wheel drive derived from the LMS GT4 racing car and its unfiltered dynamics, the Audi R8 V10 RWD impressed our customers right away. It's now coming onto the market with 30 hp and 10 Newton meters more, taking driving pleasure to a new level," says Sebastian Grams, Managing Director of Audi Sport GmbH. The basic versions of both models, i.e. the R8 V10 quattro and the R8 V10 RWD as Coupé and Spyder, will be replaced by the new performance models. This positions the R8 model family even more prominently.

The mid-engine athlete catapults itself and the driver from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds (3.8 seconds for the Spyder) and reaches a top speed of 329 km/h (327 km/h for the Spyder). The heart of the new R8 is the well-known free-breathing 5.2-liter V10 FSI engine with an incomparable sound, lightning-fast response and immense revving power. In the R8 V10 performance RWD, the unit delivers 419 kW (570 hp) and delivers a maximum of 550 Newton meters of torque, which is sent to the rear wheels via a 7-speed S tronic. That's 10 Newton meters more torque than the Audi R8 V10 RWD. A mechanical locking differential distributes the drive torque to suit the driving situation, so that there is optimum traction even on wet roads. As with all R8, the body is made of aluminum and, to a large extent, carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) in the Audi Space Frame (ASF) design. The coupe version of the R8 V10 performance RWD weighs only 1,590 kilograms, the Spyder version 1,695 kilograms.