Hot on the heels of its (unexpected) unveiling, the Audi Nuvolari supercar prototype has already been spotted testing at the Nurburgring. The company’s surprise introduction looks an awful lot like the old R8, but we’re being told it’s something else entirely—an even more aspirational machine that will boast a twin-turbocharged V8 with “around” 1,000 horsepower.
Just how was Audi able to pull something so sensational out of what appears to be thin air? Well, we don’t need to go that far back in the company’s model history for the answer. Like the R8, the Nuvolari will share its fundamentals with a Lamborghini. In this case, that’s going to be the Temerario. The raucous Lamborghini will also be the donor for the Nuvolari’s powertrain (electric motors and all), but it will make more power in the R8.
Audi says that between the V8 and its three axial-flux motors, the Nuvolari should hit 60 mph in just …
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Author: Byron Hurd
