What's the news?
Audi has revealed its most aggressively sporting SUV yet, with the concept version of the forthcoming Q8. Still officially a concept car, expect this SUV muscle car to be all but identical in production form.
While there will be an all-electric Q8 e-tron, this is the, ahem, less eco-friendly one, the RS and it's packing a 3.0-litre TFSI 'mild hybrid' V6 petrol engine, which combines a small battery and electric motor assist with an electrically-driven turbo for big power with zero lag. Audi quotes 476hp and 700Nm of torque, with a 4.7-second 0-100km/h run and a top speed of 275km/h. There are no figures yet for emissions or fuel consumption, but they must be pretty decent as Audi claims that the RS Q8 can go for 1,200km on a single tank. Maybe it's just a huge tank.
Compared to the Q8 concept car shown in Detroit in January, the RS Q8 concept has had its wheelarches stretched by 12mm, there's a bigger roof spoiler, a diffuser picked out in aluminium and massive oval exhaust pipes.
Anything else?
Inside, there's an all-touchscreen setup, with an updated 'Virtual Cockpit' instrument panel and a massive central screen. There's also a clever head-up display that Audi says "uses intelligent augmented reality technology that merges the real and virtual worlds."