Audi has revealed the all new Audi Nuvolari, the most powerful production vehicle in the company’s history, and its first supercar with a high-performance hybrid powertrain.
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The Nuvolari uses a mid-engine hybrid layout built around a 4 liter V8 biturbo petrol engine, and three axial-flux electric motors. The total system output is 1001 hp.
The V8 engine alone produces 800 hp and 730 Nm of torque, while revving up to 10,000 rpm.
A 7.3 kWh lithium-ion battery supplies the electric drive system.
Two oil-cooled axial-flux motors are mounted on the front axle, where they generate up to 2,150 Nm of torque and provide variable torque vectoring as part of the quattro all-wheel-drive system.
A third electric motor sits between the V8 and the transmission, completing the four-drive-unit hybrid architecture.
Performance figures place the Nuvolari firmly in hypercar territory. The car accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds and from 0 to 200 km/h in 6.8 seconds, with a top speed above 350 km/h.
The chassis introduces quattro predictive ride, a next-generation all-wheel-drive control system that uses sensor data including steering angle, acceleration, yaw rate, and grip level to anticipate traction loss. The system coordinates torque distribution, brake interventions, and active aerodynamics to stabilize the car during cornering, hard acceleration, and changing road conditions.
Aerodynamic hardware includes a front splitter, rear diffuser, concealed S-duct, and a deployable adaptive rear wing.
The Nuvolari also introduces an Audi Space Frame structure paired with a carbon-fiber exterior, a first for the brand. Almost all exterior components are made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer, using prepreg autoclave processes derived from motorsport.
Production will be limited to 499 units, with deliveries scheduled to begin in the first half of 2027.
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New Audi R8? The Audi Nuvolari is the hybrid supercar seen as the Audi R8 replacement and successor - 1,001 PS, 350+ km/h, limited to 499 units. This is the new Audi R8 everyone is talking about. The Audi Nuvolari supercar is the most powerful and fastest production Audi ever built - and the first model of Audi's new design era.
Powertrain & Performance Audi's first supercar with a high-performance hybrid powertrain. Drawing on Formula 1 technology, it delivers 1,001 PS (around 987 hp) and a top speed beyond 350 km/h (about 217 mph), making it the fastest production Audi in history.
Strictly Limited Production is capped at just 499 units worldwide, sealing the Nuvolari's status as an instant collector's car.
A New Design Era The first production model to introduce Audi's new design philosophy, the styling direction that will define the brand's future cars.
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- I think the Ferrari looks better. This honestly looks like a Cybertruck ate a Murcielago- What is going on first Ferrari Luce looks like the ugliest vacuum cleaner ever built now this air conditioner, garbage on wheels. Please stop.
- car brands try not to make your car look like a lifeless shitbox challange 2026: impossible , truly the car designs only deserving of an FPV drone to the windshield.
- Audi's previous aesthetic—so technical, genuine, and in some ways organic—always struck me as the most futuristic in the entire automotive industry. The R8 and PB18 e-tron truly felt like a glimpse into the future. The new aesthetic is (bad) retrofuturism; it looks like a fake car assembled by the special effects department of some movie where Germany never goes to war and its industrial complex defines the second half of the 20th century. The Pagani Utopia would be (good) retrofuturism; it really looks like someone went back to the 1950s in a time machine, described what a hypercar is to a designer from that era, and the designer then created the car.
- Uuuu I like it! If it was full EV i'd like it even more. Buut the drive looks like the suspension is really stiff 😅 but I guess that would be a completely different sight if it drove at 100kph on that surface - I mean it would work better in that moment 🙌
- This is the wrong way around. The R8 was created as a development of the TT, where many elements were transferred and a premium car was created. Presenting something like this and then releasing (if we're lucky) some kind of eTSI TT is very brave. Who wants to buy a hyper car of the first generation that surely has many of problems, be it software or something else?
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