Audi Nuvolari Gets 182 US Cars, a $700,000 Price, and a 2028 Delivery Date
Audi's 987-hp hybrid supercar starts at $700,000 in the US, where 182 of 499 cars will go, about a year after European deliveries begin.
Audi will send 182 examples of its Nuvolari supercar to the United States, or a little more than a third of the 499 cars it plans to build. Audi of America says orders are open now through its dealers, with a starting MSRP of $700,000 before destination, and that the first US customers should get their cars in the first half of 2028.
That timing puts American buyers roughly a year behind Europe. When the car made its North American debut at Monterey Car Week in August, Audi said European presales would open in the fourth quarter of 2026 and first deliveries were planned for the first half of 2027. The Nuvolari is also the most visible road-car link to the brand's first season as a Formula 1 works team.
What $700,000 buys
The 2028 Nuvolari pairs a high-revving twin-turbo V8 with three axial-flux electric motors, two on the front axle and one at the rear. Audi rates the V8 alone at 789 hp, delivered between 9,000 and 9,750 rpm, and the motors at 198 hp. The company's estimated peak system output is 987 hp (1,001 PS), a manufacturer figure rather than an SAE net rating, and Audi warns the final numbers could change.
Audi estimates 0–60 mph in 2.5 seconds and a top speed above 217 mph, which makes the Nuvolari the most powerful and fastest production car the brand has built. For comparison, the final R8 V10 GT RWD made 620 PS (611 hp). The R8 left production in March 2024 after 45,949 units, and Audi has had no mid-engine flagship since.
The body sits on a new version of the Audi Space Frame, with nearly every exterior panel made from carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer. Active aero includes a three-stage deployable rear wing and a Formula 1-style drag reduction system. Audi says the car can generate more than 880 pounds (400 kg) of downforce. The car also debuts quattro predictive ride, a system that adjusts torque split, brake intervention, and aero balance ahead of a loss of grip. Audi's long-fiber ceramic brake discs shed 21% more heat than standard carbon-ceramics, according to the company.
Buyers get more than 50 gloss and over 10 matte paint colors, 13 caliper colors, an exposed carbon-fiber body option, and a long list of Dinamica and leather choices, plus Audi Exclusive for one-off specs.
Where it lands among hybrid supercars
The Nuvolari's claimed 0–62 mph time and top speed match Lamborghini's 1,001-hp Revuelto, a V12 hybrid that also uses three electric motors. The 2026 Revuelto stickers at $668,794, according to Kelley Blue Book, while the 1,050-hp Revuelto SV starts at $741,172, according to a US order sheet reported by Motor1. Ferrari's 1,036-hp 849 Testarossa launched at €460,000 in Europe. At $700,000, Audi has priced its first true halo car squarely inside that group rather than below it.
The Nuvolari also arrives as several brands double down on hybrid V8s. McLaren has confirmed the 809-hp McL 820 for 2027, and Horse Powertrain's new V8 will power Lotus's first supercar.
Audi says orders will be taken for a limited time but hasn't said when the US order books close, how many of the 182 cars are already spoken for, or what the destination charge will be. Final EPA ratings and certified output figures are also still to come.
