Audi and Porsche together develop new engines

New turbo V6 and V8 engines will also appear on the machines of other brands within the Volkswagen Group.

Audi and Porsche, companies belonging to the group Volkswagen, will be engaged in joint development of the new turbo engine V6 and V8. This is with reference to its sources reported by Autocar.

As we found out the insiders, the new engines will have a similar architecture to the angle of the cylinders of 90 degrees and the volume of each cylinder 500 cubic centimeters. Thus, the volume of new engines V6 will be 3.0 liters and motors V8 - 4,0 liters.
It is expected that the new engines will replace the current V6 and V8, used Audi and Porsche, and the first time will be equipped with a gas turbine. In the future they will be replaced elektronagnetateli.
In the future, the new V6 and V8 engines can appear not only on the models of Audi and Porsche, but also on cars Bentley, Volkswagen, and possibly, Lamborghini. However, the exact timing of the appearance of the new engines are not called.