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Roadster Audi R4 will recruit ranks exotic sportcars

Roadster Audi R4

According to foreign editions, Audi is going to make compact roadster R4 which will be executed on motives of the conceptual car eTron, presented in last month on the international motor show in Frankfurt. It is supposed, that serial version Audi R4 will divide a platform with Porsche Cayman and will take a place in a modelling number of the company between sportcars Audi TT and Audi R8.

The electro-version of roadster Audi R4

Novelty will offer both with an electric power-plant, and with a standard internal combustion engine. The electro-version of updated roadster Audi R4 will receive two motors on each axis the general power about 300HP and the twisting moment of 4500Nm.
To 100 km/h dispersal for nearby 5 seconds, and the maximum speed will make an order of 225 km/h.

Audi concept car

To a full discharge li-ionic of batteries electric version Audi R4 can pass of 250 km without a stop. The weight of accumulators will make 470 kg, and roadster gross weight — 1,5 tons.

As to petrol updating of a roadster for this version, apparently, will prepare precisely same power ruler what car TT has, including the 2,5-l motor power of 335HP.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009