Audi has presented the Nuvolari in Antibes, introducing a new flagship for the brand and its first supercar with a high-performance hybrid powertrain. The near-production prototype follows the Audi Concept C, shown less than a year ago, and marks the next step in the company’s renewed performance strategy.
The numbers place the Nuvolari at the top of Audi’s road-car history. Its hybrid system delivers 1,001 PS, while top speed exceeds 350 km/h. That makes it the fastest and most powerful production vehicle ever created by the four rings.
Audi will limit production to 499 units, positioning the Nuvolari as both a technological statement and a collector’s car. The company describes it as a machine shaped by racetrack thinking but developed for road use, combining extreme performance with Audi’s design language and engineering focus.
For CEO Gernot Döllner, the car is intended to show more than raw speed. “With the Audi Nuvolari, we are accelerating technological progress and demonstrated that the company was picking up the pace — in development, decision-making, and innovation,” he said.
The Nuvolari also signals a broader shift inside Audi. After the Concept C previewed a new direction for the brand, the Antibes reveal turns that intent into a production-bound performance car. Audi is presenting the Nuvolari as evidence of faster decision-making, stronger technical ambition and a more assertive approach to innovation.
Preliminary figures list weighted combined fuel consumption at 11.3 l/100 km, weighted combined power consumption at 7.8 kWh/100 km and weighted combined CO₂ emissions at 270 g/km. With the battery discharged, preliminary fuel consumption rises to 14.7 l/100 km. The combined CO₂ class is listed as G.
The Audi Nuvolari is not being framed simply as a supercar. For Audi, it is a new performance marker and a sign of where the brand wants to go next.