The new Audi Nuvolari is a limited-run 987 HP V8 hybrid supercar that serves as a new flagship more exclusive than the R8 – and, according to boss Gernot Döllner, serves as “a statement for the future” of the brand.
Powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter engine aided by three electric motors, the mid-engined Nuvolari is the fastest and most powerful production car the German firm has ever produced.
It features Formula 1-inspired technology including active aerodynamics, a carbon fiber body, and a torque vectoring four-wheel drive system.
View Price on AmazonDue to arrive early next year and limited to 499 units, the Nuvolari is the first car that will go into production showcasing Audi’s new design language, first previewed by last year’s Concept C.
Revealed in near-production form, Audi claims that the Nuvolari is the "next tangible evidence" of its renewal after the Concept C.
Döllner added that the supercar “brings together outstanding design and a new speed of innovation with a lot of technical content”.
Serving as the flagship of Audi’s new-era line-up, the Nuvolari is pitched above the R8 that it effectively succeeds in terms of both pricing and ethos.
The powertrain is based around the same 4.0-liter V8 used in the Temerario, which on its own offers 789 HP and 405 lb-ft of torque and can rev up to 10,000 rpm.
That is supplemented by three axial flux electric motors, each of which produces 148 HP.
Two of the motors are oil-cooled and mounted on the front axle, delivering up to 1,180 lb-ft. The third motor is mounted between the mid-mounted V8 and the transmission.
Total system output is 987 HP, which is notably 80 HP more than the Temerario, despite the individual maximum output of the engine and motors being the same.
It’s enough to power the Nuvolari from 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds – 0.1 seconds quicker than the Temerario – and onto 124 mph in 6.8 seconds. Its top speed is more than 217 mph.
Source: autocar.co.uk
