Audi plans for 2014 indicate another generation of its R8 super car, its open version will follow a year later. Later this year, but we wait for the modernization of the current generation.

The car with the internal designation AU724 uses the latest technology to successfully compete with the Porsche or Ferrari. Engineers want to make the next R8 weigh less than 1,500 kg.

The next R8 will share some elements with the successor to the Lamborghini Gallardo, which according to recent reports also appear on the market in 2014. Elements will be shared between some components which is made from a combination of carbon fiber and aluminum. Those parts are glued together with special epoxy resins.

The wheelbase successor of Lamborghini Gallardo is to 30 mm shorter than the future R8. Audi is due to a more spacious interior, Lamborghini will turn lighter and thus also more skilled.

The drive current as of R8 care center saved atmospheric eight-cylinder V-4.2 FSI and 5.2 FSI V engines, in both cases, the units will be compared to current ones upgraded. According to sources from the car, inter alia, more effective use of direct injection. The basic equipment remains the all-wheel drive.

Very likely, the use of rolls off, stop-start system, brake energy recuperation, but also the partial disconnect couplings when the driver releases the longer the gas pedal. Such a system uses as Porsche 911.

These changes decrease the fuel consumption and CO , the performance compared to the R8 will increase by about 20 horses. The revised 4.2 FSI V8 has to dispose of approximately 331 kW (450 hp), 5.2 FSI V10 then 405 kW (550 hp). It will be combined with the seven-speed dual-clutch the gearbox, which has achieved a combined fuel economy value of around 9.1 l/100 km. The current R8 is available with manual or robotized transmission.

Audi wants to keep the car on high gas response and linearity performance increase and sound, so the R8 will be driven by atmospheric rather than turbocharged engines. According to the current car R8 also successful due to the characteristics of its engines.

The appearance of the electric car will be followed by e-tronic model, which will in future share many features of the R8. Of the current R8 will reportedly retain only the basic shapes, details of the body to be completely new.

The plans, of course, also a generation of lightweight R8 GT variants, which have targeted for future lightweight Ferrari 458 Italia and the Porsche 911 GT3. The R8 GT, powered by a power approximately 434 kW (590 hp), but the market does not arrive earlier than in 2016.

The current generation of the Audi R8 is sold since 2007, two years later appeared on the menu and a 5.2 FSI engine. R8 Spyder was unveiled in September 2009, eight-cylinder engine was available for the convertible until 2010. Lightweight R8 GT premiered in 2010, the R8 Spyder GT last year.