Anybody trying to order a brand new Audi R8 should act quick because the supercar bows out after the 2023 mannequin 12 months, Audi has confirmed.
The automaker is celebrating the nameplate’s run, which dates again to the 2008 mannequin 12 months and spans two generations, by highlighting the R8 throughout 2023 Monterey Automotive Week presently underway in California.
A handful of 2023 R8 supercars are participating on this 12 months’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion hosted at Laguna Seca. The automobiles shall be used for exhibition laps on the racetrack on Aug. 19, led by nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen in an RS E-Tron GT, the automobile that can function the flagship providing at Audi Sport following the R8’s demise.
Every of the R8s in Monterey function a person wrap designed by Frank Lamberty, the designer answerable for the outside design of the unique R8. Lamberty can also be accessible to fulfill with followers and clients.
2023 Audi R8
Information of the R8’s demise is not an enormous shock. Audi final 12 months revealed the R8 V10 GT RWD particular version because the swan tune for the R8’s 5.2-liter V-10 engine.
Audi hasn’t mentioned what is going to come subsequent, however the automaker is dedicated to launching solely electrical automobiles from 2026, and that dedication extends to the Audi Sport division.
Maybe the most effective illustration of what an electrical R8 successor is likely to be like is Audi’s PB18 E-Tron idea rolled out in 2018. The idea featured solid-state batteries, that are lighter than present liquid-type batteries, and faster to cost. It is a expertise Audi’s Volkswagen Group mother or father is getting ready for the second half of the last decade.
The R8’s company cousin, the Lamborghini Huracán, can also be on its means out. A successor arrives in late 2024, and is tipped to make use of a model of the Revuelto’s carbon-fiber platform and a brand new V-8 plug-in hybrid powertrain.
