Audi has revealed its strongest SUV within the type of the brand new RS Q8, which is making its debut a number of months after the Q8 and SQ8 received their facelifts final September. Supplied in two variants, the refreshed RS Q8 will go on sale in Germany this month and begins from both 141,900 euros (about RM717k) or 155,700 euros (RM787k).
The lower cost tag nets you the bottom RS Q8, which is powered by a 4.0 litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine mated to an eight-speed Tiptronic computerized gearbox and quattro everlasting all-wheel drive system with a self-locking centre differential that splits engine energy entrance and rear at a ratio of 40:60.
The V8 is rated at 600 PS (591 hp or 441 kW) and 800 Nm of peak torque, the latter obtainable between 2,200 and 4,500 rpm. With these figures, the RS Q8 will get from 0-100 km/h in simply 3.8 seconds on its method to an electronically high velocity of 250 km/h.
If all of it nonetheless sounds just a little too tame in your liking, there’s the dearer RS Q8 efficiency that packs a extra substantial 640 PS (632 hp or 471 kW) and 850 Nm to develop into Audi’s strongest SUV providing. The flagship providing can be the quickest SUV to lap the Nürburgring, finishing the 20.832-km observe in simply 7:36.698 minutes, two seconds sooner than the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT and 6 seconds sooner than the pre-facelift RS Q8.
The added grunt reduces the century dash time to three.6 seconds and the highest velocity is 280 km/h by default, or 305 km/h when optioned with the dynamic bundle plus (additionally obtainable for the bottom variant). The German carmaker goes so far as to say the V8 within the efficiency variant is “probably the most highly effective series-produced combustion engine in Audi Sport GmbH’s historical past.”
It provides that the upper outputs are achieved by decreasing again stress through a redesigned exhaust system that can be lighter and produces a extra “evocative” sound. Clients also can choice the RS sport exhaust system for an much more rowdy soundtrack.
As commonplace, the RS Q8 fashions include adaptive air suspension sport and managed damping that permits the experience peak to fluctuate by as much as 90 mm. Each will also be optioned with electromechanical lively roll stabilisation (eAWS) the place each axles are linked by a compact electrical motor between the 2 halves of the stabiliser.
When driving straight, the 2 halves are disconnected to scale back physique actions on uneven roads. Nevertheless, when coping with corners, the electrical motors flip the stabilisers in the wrong way of one another to scale back physique roll, with a 48V lithium-ion battery supplying as much as 1.5 kW to every of the eAWS electrical motors.
The eAWS is bundled into the aforementioned dynamic bundle plus together with the quattro sport differential and RS ceramic braking system (commonplace on the RS Q8 efficiency). All-wheel steering is commonplace for the SUV, permitting the rear wheels to show as much as 1.5 levels.
When it comes to styling, the brand new RS Q8 will get most of the modifications made to the common Q8 and SQ8, but it surely will get some model-specific touches to mark it out as the highest mannequin. These embody a extra putting entrance apron with giant air intakes and honeycomb-style inserts and an off-coloured blade on the base of the bumper (high-gloss black for the RS Q8 and matte gray for the efficiency). On the rear, you’ll discover a diffuser component between two oval tailpipes.
Different revisions are as per the non-RS variants, together with matrix LED headlamps with optionally available laser mild and an extra excessive beam, OLED taillights. The inside stays largely acquainted and could be specified with a wide range of trims, upholsteries and different choices.
On that point out, 23-inch wheels are supplied as an improve over the 22-inch items, whereas the RS ceramic brakes could be had in crimson or blue as an alternative of the usual gray. The latter provides brake discs measuring 440 mm on the entrance (with 10-piston calipers) and 370 mm on the rear and supply extra stopping energy than the ventilated composite braking system (420 mm discs entrance and 370 mm rear).
2024 Audi RS Q8 efficiency facelift
2024 Audi RS Q8 facelift
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