successor. The former is finally fact: When the Audi R8 exits stage left into the underworld at the end of this model year, it will be the first time since 2006 that the Ingolstadt automaker has lacked a two-doorlast year cited an automaker exec as saying that"work is well under way on an electric successor to the R8." This year, at the Munich Motor Show,technical chief Oliver Hoffman, who provided the detail that future"iconic cars – sports cars and so on ...
2027 is a long time away in our hectic world, though, with global regulations and product plans changing on a yearly basis if not quicker. Next year's Q6 E-tron commences Audi's next-gen onslaught, the sedan the first Audi designed on the Premium Platform Electric architecture. The first Audi on the SSP isn't expected until 2027, but Hoffmann plans to see a portfolio of SSP-based models on the market by the end of the decade, which could include the R8 successor.