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The boss of Audi Sport (formerly quattro GmbH) Stephan Winkelmann, has revealed that he and his "people" are investigating building a hypercar to rival the Mercedes-AMG Project One and Aston Martin Valkyrie. The former Lamborghini CEO was speaking to TopGear.com at this week"s Frankfurt Motor Show.When asked if Audi was interested in launching a hypercar, he replied: "In my opinion yes, it"s clear that we have developed the R8 completely but it"s a very young car with a long life cycle, we will have derivatives. And then we have to enlarge our product portfolio."We will go from 11 to 16 cars in the next three years, this is a major effort but the halo car, the repositioning car, is something my people are thinking about. I have my ideas, they have theirs, we have to see when there is enough space to do something like this. But to be sure this brand deserves something like this."Early days then, and no concrete details on the tech direction as yet. However, given the VW Group"s punchy Roadmap E strategy announced in Frankfurt a promise to offer its entire 300 model range with at least one electric or hybrid variant by 2030 you"d be a fool to bet against it being anything other than a showcase for future electrification possibilities. In fact, Winkelmann recently told TopGear.com that he wasn"t working on a hybrid hypercar, suggesting all-electric is his preferred route, one that could draw a link between road cars and Audi"s participation in Formula E.
Date written: 13 Sep 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9179
The boss of Audi Sport (formerly quattro GmbH) Stephan Winkelmann, has revealed that he and his "people" are investigating building a hypercar to rival the Mercedes-AMG Project One and Aston Martin Valkyrie. The former Lamborghini CEO was speaking to TopGear.com at this week"s Frankfurt Motor Show.When asked if Audi was interested in launching a hypercar, he replied: "In my opinion yes, it"s clear that we have developed the R8 completely but it"s a very young car with a long life cycle, we will have derivatives. And then we have to enlarge our product portfolio."We will go from 11 to 16 cars in the next three years, this is a major effort but the halo car, the repositioning car, is something my people are thinking about. I have my ideas, they have theirs, we have to see when there is enough space to do something like this. But to be sure this brand deserves something like this."Early days then, and no concrete details on the tech direction as yet. However, given the VW Group"s punchy Roadmap E strategy announced in Frankfurt a promise to offer its entire 300 model range with at least one electric or hybrid variant by 2030 you"d be a fool to bet against it being anything other than a showcase for future electrification possibilities. In fact, Winkelmann recently told TopGear.com that he wasn"t working on a hybrid hypercar, suggesting all-electric is his preferred route, one that could draw a link between road cars and Audi"s participation in Formula E.
Date written: 13 Sep 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9179