Audi has revealed video of the complete Nurburgring lap by the Audi R8 e-tron in 8:09, a new lap record for an EV. The Nurburgring is not the first place you’d associate with an electric car. After all, it’s fuelled on adrenalin, testosterone and the sound of V8s, V10s and V12s – not batteries and [...]
Audi has revealed pricing for the 2013 R8, which starts at £91,575 for the V8 Coupe. The new Audi R8 V10 plus costs from £124,675. The 2013 Audi R8 was revealed last week complete with the only thing that was really missing from the original R8 – a decent auto ‘box. The woeful R tronic [...]
Audi has given the R8 a facelift for 2013 with cosmetic tweaks, a new 7-speed S tronic dual clutch and the Audi R8 V10 Plus. Audi’s answer to the Porsche 911 has been with us for six years and has grown to a complete range of supercars with four rings, including V8 and V10 versions as Spyder or Coupe and an R8 [...]
It’s reported that the new Audi R8 – due in 2104 after a facelift in 2012 – will lose the manual gearbox option. It’s at least two years before the next generation Audi R8 arrives in 2014, but if reports from CAR are right then Audi’s next sporting flagship will do without a manual gearbox altogether. With [...]
The Audi R8 is to get a facelift for 2012 with cosmetic tweaks, extra power for the V8 and V10 and a seven-speed S-Tronic gearbox. The supercar with a mainstream car maker’s badge attached that is the Audi R8 has been something of a success as a halo car for the Audi range since it arrived in V8 form in 2007 (well, probably [...]
Audi UK has revealed the Audi R8 V8 Limited Edition, a cosmetically tweaked and specced R8 Coupe to celebrate Audi’s 10th Le Mans win. Audi has had an incredible run at Le Mans, and is celebrating in style by launching the Audi R8 V8 Limited Edition in to the UK market. Despite the R8 Limited Edition being built [...]
We have new photos and a video of Audi’s new £200k supercar – the Audi R8 GT Spyder. Can any Audi be worth that much? Just a couple of weeks ago Audi launched the Audi R8 GT Spyder, a topless version of the hardcore R8 GT. And it looks good. But then it should. Audi [...]
Audi has taken the top off the R8 GT to give us the Audi R8 GT Spyder, a £200k soft-top R8 that’ll do 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds and 200mph. Just 333 to be built – all LHD. You didn’t think that Audi – Kings of the niche-fill – would settle for producing just 333 [...]
STaSIS Engineering launches their Audi R8 V10 Challenge Extreme Edition upgrade through APS in Brackley offering supercharger and 710bhp. There’s not a lot wrong with the Audi R8 V10. In fact, if you want a supercar you can use everyday you pretty much have a choice between the Audi R8 and the Porsche 911. There’s [...]
Audi has revealed that the semi-skimmed R8 Spyder – the Audi R8 Spyder V8 – will cost £95,545 for the manual ’box version when deliveries start in January 2011. Audi know how to roll out a model range. You start with what you think will be the biggest seller and then you add in the budget option [...]
