NEW RECORD – After the presentation of theAudi Q8 restyled (here to find out more) the time has come for the sportier version, the RS Q8. Which for 2024 is renewed and sees the arrival of an even more extreme variant, the RS Q8 Performance. To demonstrate what the latter is capable of, Audi entrusted it to driver Frank Stippler, who managed to set a time of 7’36”698 on the old Nürburgring circuit, improving the record for the SUV category. The Audi RS Q8 and RS Q8 performance will arrive in dealerships in the fourth quarter of 2024, with prices respectively of 157,000 And 177,500 euros.
> In the two photos above the RS Q8 Performance.
640 HP FOR PERFORMANCE – The new Audi RS Q8 it uses the well-known V8 4.0 TFSI biturbo from 600 HP and 800 Nm of torque, available from 2,200 to 4,500 rpm. The sprint from 0 to 100 km/h takes place in 3.8 seconds and from 0 to 200 km/h in 13.7 seconds, while the maximum speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h (up to 280 km can be unlocked on request /h). While the RS Q8 Performance can count on a power of 640 HP and 850 Nm, with a 0-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 280 km/h, which can be raised up to 305 km/h. Both share the 8-speed tiptronic gearbox with torque converter, which has been made quicker to engage than the previous generation.
REFINED SUSPENSION – To the performance of theAudi RS Q8 Performance along the legendary Nordschleife specific technical equipment such as the adaptive air suspension RS which can vary the height of the car by 9 cm based on driving conditions, active anti-roll stabilization, the sports rear differential, all-wheel steering, carbon-ceramic brakes, the tiptronic gearbox with quicker shifts and the advanced self-locking central differential , in addition to quattro all-wheel drive.
AESTHETIC MODIFICATIONS – L’Audi RS Q8 it also receives a series of aesthetic changes, such as the new bumper fascia in which a new grille is inserted, flanked by headlights with a different light design. At the rear, the two oval exhaust pipes and the racing-inspired extractor stand out. The standard variants and Performance they are distinguishable thanks to the finish of the external mirror caps, the front spoiler and the extractor: in black for the Audi RS Q8, in matt gray or (on request) in carbon or in the total black look for the Audi RS Q8 performance.
