The Audi R8 successor will be electric, although this model may still feature a combustion engine

In 2006 the Audi R8 was introduced, and over the following years it has gone through two generations that have confirmed this model as the flagship of the company. A third generation will arrive, which will undergo several important changes, and afterwards it will be replaced by another model, which will cause this one to be discontinued and no longer manufactured.

The third generation of the Audi R8 was initially going to replace the V10 engine it uses up to now with a 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbo block. This block has much in common with the one used in the Lamborghini Urus and other vehicles of the Volkswagen Group. This new generation of the Audi R8 could feature some type of hybridisation, an advance along the RS line. But what has caught attention is the possibility that this new Audi R8 will have an electric version.

The marketing director for Audi Sport products, Linda Kurz, has given an interview to the Roadshow media outlet stating that Audi is pursuing the complete electrification of the RS range, so this decision is not surprising. The company’s work on the range is focused on achieving this technological change in a short time.

The new generation of the Audi R8 could follow the announced changes, replacing the engine and including some type of hybridisation, and offer an electric version or be replaced entirely by the electric model the company with the four rings is developing. The executive’s statements have not clarified this aspect.

What does seem certain is that we will say goodbye to the Audi R8 as we know it in a few years, and it will give way either to a model with a more modest engine or disappear completely to make way for a model with similar characteristics powered by an electric motor.

Audi’s plans aim to achieve that by 2026, 80% of Audi RS models will have some form of electrification, and the next step is to offer models with electric traction. For now we will have to wait to see which option Audi chooses: whether to stick with the plans set out so far or make a complete turn towards electric mobility.