Not the next R8? Audi reveals mid-engined plug-in hybrid V8 Nuvolari

Key points

• A couple of weeks ago, we learned from Audi CEO Gernot Döllner that the automaker was likely working on a replacement for its R8 supercar.
• We now know what it will probably look like, as the brand unveiled the Nuvolari concept in Southern France yesterday on the eve of the Monaco Grand Prix.
• The Nuvolari's styling is a departure from Audi's current design language, though it remains consistent with the Concept C, a more compact coupe that will use the same underpinnings as Porsche's electric Boxster.
• Similarly, the Nuvolari leverages another of Audi's stablemates within the Volkswagen Group empire: Lamborghini.
• As with both generations of R8, the Nuvolari uses Lamborghini's smaller mid-engined platform.