Audi’s signing off its V10 engine with the hardcore rear-wheel drive R8 V10 GT -
supercar is being sent off in style with the release of a new, lighter and more focused special edition called the V10 GT RWD. It’ll be the last Audi model to utilise the iconic V10 FSi engine, a unit that’s been at the leading edge of Audi’s high performance range since it was first installed in the D3-generation
in 2006. The V10 GT RWD will be limited to just 333 units globally, with only 15 units coming to the UK starting at around £200,000 when deliveries commence in early 2023.range is that for the first time Audi has combined its most powerful iteration of the 5.2-litre V10 engine with rear-wheel drive. Here, it matches the quattro’s peak power figure of 611bhp at 8000rpm, but comes with a slight torque reduction producing 417lb ft between 6400 and 7000rpm.
This engine tune is matched to a revised seven-speed dual-clutch transmission with shorter gear ratios. As it has only two driven wheels, initial off-the-line performance is slightly down on the quattro, reaching 62mph 0.3sec slower at 3.4sec, but this is reversed by 124mph where the new GT will sail past in just 10.1sec, 0.2sec ahead of the all-wheel drive car. Top speed is down by 6mph – that’ll be the shorter gear ratios.
So this is the end of the R8 V10, but it’s interesting to note that Audi will not mention that it’s the end of the R8. That’s because Audi’s not yet done with its mid-engined supercar, and with a new F1 program utilising hybrid powertrains coming up in 2026, the reality of a future plug-in R8 model could well be in the product plan. For now, though, we can mourn the V10 engine, an instrumental element of Audi’s growth in the 21st century.
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