More than two tons, eight cylinders in V, two turbos, 600 hp, eight speeds, four-wheel drive and a record of 7min 42.253s on the Nürburgring circuit — the new Audi RS Q8 , the fastest SUV in “green hell”.
We can discuss “ad nauseam” the importance or relevance of having a high-performance SUV trying to be as fast as possible around the German circuit, but the time achieved is impressive considering the type of vehicle it is — at the level of a Honda Civic Type R…
With this value, Audi dethrones Mercedes-AMG, which held the record achieved a year ago with the GLC 63 S, and a time of 7min49.37s.
There are more pretenders to the throne, no doubt, above all the “brothers” Lamborghini Urus and Porsche Cayenne, who use the same hardware — will we see a fratricidal struggle?
The machine
The Audi RS Q8 has yet to be officially revealed, but we already know that it will share its mechanics and transmission with the Audi RS 6 Avant, that is, as we indicated at the beginning of this text, it is a V8 with 4.0 l capacity, twin turbo, capable of delivering 600 hp. The transmission is carried out to all four wheels through an automatic eight-speed transmission.
The future “racing” SUV derives from the already-presented SQ8 — equipped with a V8 Diesel — from which it inherits air suspension and active stabilizer bars, courtesy of the 48V mild-hybrid system. performance potential, everything gained strength.
Four-wheel steering will also be present as well as a rear limited differential with torque vectoring. With bigger dimensions are also the wheels, which in the biggest available size, are of 23″ surrounded by Pirelli P Zero tires (295/35 ZR 23) developed specifically for the RS Q8.
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The new Audi RS Q8, to be unveiled soon, is the culmination of a very busy year for Audi Sport, which develops the RS models. In addition to this XL sized SUV, the smaller RS Q3 and RS Q3 Sportback, the intimidating RS 6 Avant and the corresponding RS 7 Sportback were unveiled, and we also saw the recently updated RS 4 Avant return.
Source: Autocar.