Audi final week revealed the RS E-Tron GT Ice Race Version, a particular model of the automaker’s high-performance electrical sedan constructed to rejoice this 12 months’s fortieth anniversary of the Audi Sport division.

Because the identify suggests, the automotive additionally highlights Audi’s help of the GP Ice Race, an annual motoring pageant that takes place within the winter on frozen Lake Zell in Austria. The colours are supposed to signify the occasion; the silver and white symbolize snow and the purple is seemingly meant to symbolize ski goggles.

Finishing the outside design are 21-inch wheels in black, and a roof in carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic.

The inside hasn’t been proven, however Audi mentioned the division of colours makes the cabin seem like it has 4 seats, although it truly has 5. The colours used embrace silver and black, plus purple for accents together with distinction stitching.

2024 Audi RS E-Tron GT Ice Race Version

The steering wheel options a mixture of leather-based and Alcantara and has a silver stripe on the 12 o’clock place. The infotainment options some distinctive graphics, one in every of which is a serial quantity, one thing that historically has been a bodily plaque.

No change was made to the automotive’s mechanicals. Like all RS E-Tron GT sedans, the particular version is powered by a dual-motor powertrain producing a peak 637 hp, or sufficient for 0-60 mph acceleration in 3.1 seconds.

Solely 99 examples are destined to be constructed, all for the European market.

Audi Sport was established in 1983, initially as Audi Quattro. Since then it’s been expanded to deal with different tasks together with buyer racing and personalization work by way of Audi Unique. A identify change to Audi Sport in 2016 helped solidify the division because it expanded into new markets the place the unique identify could possibly be confused with Audi’s Quattro branding for all-wheel-drive techniques.