Berlin - Audi R4 is a 2-seater sports car that will be placed between the Audi TT and Audi R8 and it will be the opponent for the Jaguar C-X16.
Audi promises production cars, Audi R8, will become a popular car with a predicted price of around 50,000 pounds and is expected to equal the sales of each year Porsche 911 sold 10,000 units.
The sports car lovers will surely delight. Therefore, the current Audi is preparing a birth was the younger brother of theirs ferocious sports car, Audi R8. The name of the new car is probably the Audi R4.
"If given the green light today, then chances are about 3 years of production will be able to enter the kitchen," said a source such as the Audi quoted from Auto Express, on Thursday (27/10/2011).
His name is also the younger brother of the Audi R8, so do not be surprised if this car will likely be inspired by her sister design lines such as e-tron Spyder and will be made with a convertible model.
"If you start with an open roof model, it will be easier to learn later that makes coupe," said the source to give an illustration.
As for the kitchen pacunya, Audi is likely to provide 2.5-liter engine with five cylinders which are equipped with a turbo. With this machine is able to bring power to 400 bhp.
However, the increase trend of environmentally friendly cars will also likely make the Audi R4 Audi to make hybrid versions. "Even for the sports car class, the number of consumers who want to increase efficiency," he said.
Power from the kitchen runway that will be channeled through the transmission of quattro four-wheel drive. While the Audi R4 will combine hybrid engines with electric motors, a combination that would give birth to a high level of fuel efficiency.
Because by using power from electric motors that turn the wheels of the front of it, this car is capable of running up to 60 km / hour to walk as far as 48.2 km.