The new R8 will occur in 2015 , will start be made by mid- 2014 , will use the " same general layout" with Lamborghini Huracan. It is however a larger wheelbase and larger tracks . Without any doubt it uses the same V8 and V10 engines that move and the current generation of R8 and also as the Huracan will be available only as a four-wheel drive and only with automatic transmission 7-speed dual clutch . Later you added turbo version.
It weighs about 50 to 60 pounds less than the current generation because of carbon and carbon central tunnel floor. While the new R8 ( codenamed AU724) will be made on the new MSS (Modular Sports Car System) platform of the VW Group, which at the same time and Lamborghini Huracan, the Ulrich Hackenberg, head of the research and development of Audi has confirmed that both cars will have their own driving behavior . It has a carbon- aluminum monocoque chassis , (23 % of carbon and 77 % of aluminum) which will weigh 198 pounds. The new R8 will have 13% more torsional rigidity than the current generation , with its weight not exceeding 1,500 kg . The body and the anti-roll bars are made from CFRP, while time carbon- ceramic brakes and exhaust titanium .
It weighs about 50 to 60 pounds less than the current generation because of carbon and carbon central tunnel floor. While the new R8 ( codenamed AU724) will be made on the new MSS (Modular Sports Car System) platform of the VW Group, which at the same time and Lamborghini Huracan, the Ulrich Hackenberg, head of the research and development of Audi has confirmed that both cars will have their own driving behavior . It has a carbon- aluminum monocoque chassis , (23 % of carbon and 77 % of aluminum) which will weigh 198 pounds. The new R8 will have 13% more torsional rigidity than the current generation , with its weight not exceeding 1,500 kg . The body and the anti-roll bars are made from CFRP, while time carbon- ceramic brakes and exhaust titanium .