You know, this story does make a couple of good points. Yes, Audi sport cars have primarily dominated the 2010 auto show circuit. Hell, it's been so long an Audi product has held the spotlight that I can't remember a major auto show that Audi didn't have a good showing.
Considering we have heard of rumored R4s, we've seen the Quattro Coupe Concept and the pair of eTrons, there seems to be a lot of things going on with Audi and its next-generation mid-engined sports car.
While the Spies aren't going to be placing bets anytime soon, we'll be sure to tune you into Fourtitude and its "inside knowledge." Not only does the information pertain to Audi, it details some possibilities with some happenings with Volkswagen and Lamborghini too.
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Audi’s sports car concepts have dominated auto show news for most of 2010, and now projections of a mid-engine Audi slotted below the R8 are fueling the gossipsphere like a splash of petrol doused on a hot exhaust. With all the conjecture in the media, we figured we could offer some analysis based on our own inside knowledge. What follows is a comprehensive breakdown of what we know as well as some educated guesses for the future of mid-engine cars at the Volkswagen Group and specifically Audi.
With Porsche now firmly under the Volkswagen Group umbrella, there’s finally a potential business case for a mid or rear-engine sports car platform to be shared across the group. Top management at VAG wants to see Porsche grow its aims to achieve this in part through shared platforms with other group brands. As far as we know there are at least two main platforms or component sets at play here and they may possibly underpin nearly every sports car the company builds once the next generation 911, Cayman and Boxster run their course...
[Source: Fourtitude]
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