The Dakar Audi RS Q e-tron E2 is revealed

The brand with the rings presented the new iteration of its hybrid 4x4 which will aim to win in Saudi Arabia in January 2023. A second, lighter version whose objective is also to make life easier for its drivers.

Published on 08/09/2022 à 15:00

Valentin GLO

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The Dakar Audi RS Q e-tron E2 is revealed

Audi RS Q e-tron E2

No, this is not the new episode of a Netflix series with an extended name, but the new weapon from the German manufacturer Audi for the next edition of the Dakar. By E2, we must understand “Evolution 2”. An addition to the surname in the form of a nod to the history of the manufacturer since it is a reference to Group B of the rallies of the 1980s with the extreme version of the four-wheel drive quattro. Arriving at the wheel of the machine in Neubourg-sur-le-Danube (Germany), where it was presented by the entire Dakar team of the brand with the rings, Stéphane Peterhansel explains to us: “There are no big changes to the car, it must represent 15%. From the end of the previous Dakar (janvier 2022. Nd

Valentin GLO

Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.

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