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 accessible 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 technique to an electronically prime velocity of 250 km/h.
If all of it nonetheless sounds a little bit 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 turn into Audi’s strongest SUV providing. The flagship providing can also be the quickest SUV to lap the Nürburgring, finishing the 20.832-km observe in simply 7:36.698 minutes, two seconds quicker than the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT and 6 seconds quicker 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 accessible for the bottom variant). The German carmaker goes so far as to say the V8 within the efficiency variant is “essentially 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 by way of a redesigned exhaust system that can also be lighter and produces a extra “evocative” sound. Clients may possibility the RS sport exhaust system for an much more rowdy soundtrack.
As customary, the RS Q8 fashions include adaptive air suspension sport and managed damping that permits the trip top to fluctuate by as much as 90 mm. Each will also be optioned with electromechanical energetic roll stabilisation (eAWS) the place each axles are related by a compact electrical motor between the 2 halves of the stabiliser.
When driving straight, the 2 halves are disconnected to cut back physique actions on uneven roads. Nevertheless, when coping with corners, the electrical motors flip the stabilisers in the other way of one another to cut 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 (customary on the RS Q8 efficiency). All-wheel steering is customary 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 adjustments made to the common Q8 and SQ8, however it will get some model-specific touches to mark it out as the highest mannequin. These embody a extra placing entrance apron with massive 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 factor between two oval tailpipes.
Different revisions are as per the non-RS variants, together with matrix LED headlamps with non-obligatory laser gentle and a further excessive beam, OLED taillights. The inside stays largely acquainted and might be specified with quite a lot of trims, upholsteries and different choices.
On that point out, 23-inch wheels are provided as an improve over the 22-inch items, whereas the RS ceramic brakes might be had in purple or blue as a substitute 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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