Audi’s 1,000-horsepower Nuvolari supercar sure looks like the old R8. Heck, it even shares its underpinnings with a Lamborghini, just like its iconic “everyday supercar” did. Audi would love to build a third-generation R8, but the company has stubbornly refused to nudge the Nuvolari in that direction. Instead, Audi has pitched the Nuvolari as a more exclusive halo model. For such a thing, the Nuvolari seems to have come out of nowhere, which seems antithetical to the meticulous planning that brought us the R8. Is that why the Nuvolari is destined to be a limited-run footnote rather than a series-production supercar? The Drive Editor-in-Chief Kyle Cheromcha sat down with Rouven…
Why Audi Can’t Build the Nuvolari in R8 Numbers at an R8 Price

