It was in 2012 that Audi's R&D chief at the time, Wolfgang Dürheimer, made it public knowledge that the company was consideringIt turns out Audi was serious about the project as a concept was built. Known as the Skorpion, the concept was never publicly announced, though it's now in public view, with its current location being the
According to the museum, the concept was developed to explore the exterior design and aerodynamic properties for the vehicle. The design is clearly inspired by early versions of Audi's hugely successful R18 Le Mans sports prototypes, though the chassis is based on the chassis used for Audi's DTM entry at the time.
Were the project to be given the green light, the car was to borrow technology from the R18 race cars as well, particularly theSome performance figures mentioned in 2012 included a combined output of 700 hp, 0-60 mph times of less than three seconds, and a top speed of more than 200 mph. A year after Dürheimer first mentioned the project, he was reassigned to the CEO role of fellow Volkswagen Group brands Bentley and Bugatti. It appears with him went any chance of a hybrid supercar from Audi. The company is now completely without a supercar asended in March.
Interestingly, Porsche last decade also explored the idea of launching a supercar inspired by its own 919 Hybrid Le Mans sports prototype. Porsche got around toin 2017, but the automaker, just like its VW Group sibling a few years early, ultimately pulled the plug on the project.
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