Audi R6 rumoured in the Works as a Baby R8

Audi is purportedly chipping away at a baby R8 model that will sport the R6 nameplate.

Bits of gossip about an Audi R6 have been flying around since the time that the German automaker filed a trademark for the R6 nameplate in 2012 and now Germany’s AutoBild reports Audi will utilize the Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman body for the new mid-motor sports cars

Expected that would slot between the TT and lead R8, the R6 will probably acquire outline components from the Audi Sport Quattro (seen above) that bowed at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. Despite the fact that the idea included a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 in the engine, the R6 name implies that Audi will utilize a six-cylinder engine.

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In the event that the model does at last happen as expected, expect that it will highlight Audi’s signature quattro all-wheel-drive system and serve as a Porsche Cayman opponent of sorts.