An Electrifying Performance by Audi at Frankfurt!

A few weeks ago I blogged about how electric motors cannot possibly compete with the classic purr of the internal combustion engine - even if just for nostalgia. However on the 15th September 2009 I took it all back!

At first I though there must be a typo when the reports saying that the car has 4,500Nm of torque! It turns out that it does genuinely have 10 times the torque of the R8! And this torque rockets the E-Tron to 60mph in 4.8 seconds and 100mph in 8.9! How can it handle all this torque? Well I am sure that Audi have that all under control and the fact that each wheel is driven by its own independent motor is sure to help.

The motoring press is going crazy over the cars performance figures, and the impressive range of 154 miles on one charge, but I am more interested in the cars design. At first sight, it would appear that Audi have unveiled an electric R8. However on closer inspection, the E-Tron - Audi’s new concept car, is actually a new slightly smaller super-car. Sitting somewhere between the TT and R8, we feel that it hints at something new to come…

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Well it may never happen but even if it doesn’t, you can be sure that the shape and size of the concept is a hint of things to come!