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Ingolstadt/Nürnberg – Double début at the Norisring in Nuremberg: This weekend, the Audi R8 will be used as the official DTM safety car for the first time – and as a racing taxi as well.
quattro GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of AUDI AG handed over two of the 420-hp mid-engine sports cars to the German Motorsport Association (DMSB) on the occasion of the “Norisring Speed Weekend”.
Continue to read: Audi R8 is new safety car at the DTM
It is very hard for photographers to spot all the new models that are on the way. Usually they wear a very heavy camouflage and are tested somewhere in the middle of nowhere. This time the upcoming R8 V10 was spotted right in front of the Audi headquarters.
New super R8 has wider intakes, more aggressive body kit, s-style grill and larger oval exhaust pipes.
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Current R8 is powered by a 4.2 litre V8 that has 420 hp. Audi has been working on the V10 version and the test car was spotted on Nürburgring. Here we have spy pictures of the new V10 R8 that were uploaded by a user on rs6.com.
V10 version of R8 will produce over 500 hp from its 5.2 liter engine. Coupe version will be available in June 2009 and Spyder in March 2010.
Continue to read: Audi R8 V10 spied
The range of equipment available for the Audi R8 sports car now also includes the first full-LED headlamp. In addition to the daytime running light which now features 24 LEDs per headlamp, light-emitting diodes are also used for the turn signals, the low-beam and the high-beam headlights.
The €3,590 option rounds out the list of equipment available for the high-tech, mid-engine sports car.
Continue to read: First full-LED headlamp for the Audi R8
Future Lamborghinis will use no more than 20 per cent of Audi parts in an attempt to stave off criticism that the firm’s Gallardo shares too many key characteristics with the Audi R8.
In the future Lamborghini will have will use only Audi arts that are hidden in its models — parts that will not touch the DNA of Lamborghini.
Continue to read: Lamborghini wants less Audi in its products
The eagerly anticipated ‘Gran Turismo 5 Prologue™’ for PlayStation®3 was released by Sony Computer Entertainment UK at a recent launch event in London’s Marble Arch and was supported by Lotus Cars who has two versions of the iconic Elise in the game.
One of the capital’s largest underground car parks was transformed into the GT5 Pit Lane which boasted some of the stars of the game which is heralded as one of the most realistic to date. Alongside the legendary 1996 Lotus Elise and the now iconic 2004 Elise 111R, other heroes of the game turned out to support the event including Audi R8, Aston Martin DB9, Corvette Z06, Dodge Viper SRT10, Ford GT, TVR Tuscan Speed 6, Ford GT and a Ferrari 599.
Continue to read: Lotus Cars and Sony Entertainment celebrate release of Gran Tourismo 5 Prologue
Audi once again scooped a double win in the readers’ poll conducted by German trade journal “AUTO BILD ALLRAD.”
Two Audi models won the title “4×4 Car of the Year 2008”: the new Audi A4 quattro in the category “4×4 car from € 25,000 to 40,000” and the Audi R8 in the category “4×4 coupes and sports cars.”
Continue to read: Double win for Audi again in: 4×4 of the Year 2008
They told us it would never happen, but it now seems that, contrary to earlier reports from senior Audi bosses, next year’s even hotter R8, the RS8, will get the same twin-turbocharged, 572bhp V10 as the RS6 super-saloon.
With that kind of power, expect the car to crack 62mph in less than 4.0 seconds, 100mph in around 8.5 seconds, and a top speed over 200mph. Definetely a treat to in-house rivals such as Porsch e911 GT2 and Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4.
Continue to read: Audi RS8 will get twin-turbocharged, 572bhp V10
The Audi R8 has achieved a double victory at the 2008 World Car of the Year awards, winning both the World Performance Car and the World Car Design of the Year awards. The super sports car from Audi was chosen for these awards by 47 World Car jurors from 24 countries throughout the world.
When naming the Audi R8 as the 2008 World Performance Car, the jurors observed that it has “solid credentials on paper thanks to its mid-mounted 420 horsepower V8 engine and aluminum construction. But where it excels is in the exceptional balance, refinement and control that grant the driver the confidence to push to the limit. It has astonishing precision for a car of its size category”.
Continue to read: Audi R8 is named as 2008 World Performance Car and 2008 World Car Design of the Year
Audi presented the R8 V12 TDI in the Geneva Motor Show and there were speculations that Audi might start the real production of the car.
They even had few journalists thest drive the concept.
The car had 500 hp and 1,000 Newton-meters (737.56 lb-ft) of torque.
Continue to read: Audi R8 V12 TDI will not be produced
Audi is presenting a revolution in the top class – the first 12-cylinder diesel engine in a high-performance roadgoing sports car. The V12 TDI with a displacement of six liters powers a concept car based on the Audi R8. This unit generates a huge 500 hp and 1,000 Newton-meters (737.56 lb-ft) of torque. Audi is writing a new chapter in diesel technology with this power unit. Equipped with the expertise that Audi has built up through its motor sport activities, the R8 TDI Le Mans in Brilliant Red embodies superb road handling, pioneering technology and fascinating design.
Continue to read: VIDEO:Audi R8 TDI Le Mans
MTM that is a well known Audi tuner and famous for its 2 engine Audi TT is now modifying the new Audi supercar R8.
The test car is equipped with forged mtm bimoto rims which – due to their style of construction - are very light but yet rigid. The rim sizes for front and rear axle are specially customized for the R8 and positively influence the tendency to over-/understeer. Sport tyres – so-called semislicks – with MOT approval are optionally available . The rims will be in stock in June.
Continue to read: MTM R8 prototype
