US EditionAudi's GT50 Concept Was Built by Apprentices and Looks Like an '80s IMSA Racer for the Future
A team of 14 apprentices built the GT50 over six months to honor 50 years of Audi's five-cylinder engines with a 395 hp turbocharged RS3-based concept.
- Recently, Audi apprentices unveiled the GT50 concept at Neckersulm after a 14-person team transformed an RS3 by stripping key parts and revealing it to some 3,200 Audi employees.
- To mark the inline-five's fiftieth anniversary, Audi backed the GT50 project, which continues the apprentice concept program now in its fifth year and celebrates the 1976 Audi 100.
- Under the skin, the GT50 retains RS3 2.5-litre turbo five-cylinder and features a fibreglass-reinforced plastic body inspired by Audi 90 IMSA GTO and Audi 200 quattro Trans‑Am, with an Audi 80 roof.
- Audi frames apprentice builds as directional concepts that can lead to production models; the RS6 GTO later formed the basis for the RS6 Avant GT, while the GT50 may inspire a retro-themed RS3 variant.
- Reports disagree on how long the GT50 took to build, citing six months and six weeks, while Stimme and Instagram shared images highlighting its video-game-like styling and X-shaped headlights, underscoring Audi's apprentice training program.
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