Audi is starting the 2015 season with a thoroughly revised R18 e-tron quattro. In the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and in the Le Mans 24 Hours as the season’s pinnacle event, Audi is going to compete with a hybrid sports car in the 4-megajoule class. A twofold quantity of hybrid energy, fundamentally revised aerodynamics, […]
What would Tony Stark do? Looks like we have the answer here: Put all that engineering vision and expertise into an Audi R8 instead of making a modern-day suit of armor to become Iron Man—and the result would probably look like Nathan Cicio’s passion project. Passion is the right word here, because Cicio says, “I’ve […]
Even the timeline shows the close link between the race car’s aerodynamic development and its basic concept. The aerodynamicists of Audi Sport were involved in the determination of the concept for the current race car from the summer of 2012. “We typically begin with a rough initial layout,” explained Jan Monchaux, Head of Aerodynamics at […]
The upcoming Audi RS4 will have an all-new V6 twin-turbo, instead of a powerful naturally aspirated 4.2 liter V8 engine. For now, there is no specific information for the amount of power of the new engine, it is expected to have more than 431HP (317 kW) and 550Nm (406 lb-ft) from the BMW M3/M4’s engine. […]