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 […]
2013 Audi R8 Facelift arrives (+video)
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 […]
New Audi R8 (2013) teased on video
Audi has managed to tease a new Audi R8 at the end of a video they’ve produced to celebrate five years of the R8. It’s actually quite hard to believe that the Audi R8 has been with us for five years. But it has. To celebrate all things R8 Audi have been busy reminding us […]
Audi delivers R8 V10 to originator of #wantanR8 hashtag
If anyone doubts the power of social media in marketing, they should take a lesson from Audi who have just given the originator of the Twitter hastag #wantanR8 an R8 for the day. The Marketing world is changing fast, with online reporting and social media fast relegating traditional print media to the dustbin of history. And if you […]
2012 Audi R8 facelift, more power & S-tronic ‘box
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 R8 V10: R8 V10 Challenge Extreme Edition by STaSIS launched
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 R8 Spyder V8 – Price & specs
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 […]
Audi R8 Spyder – now available as semi-skimmed 4.2 V8
As expected, Audi are to make a V8 version of the R8 Spyder. No price confirmed but on sale late Summer 2010. It never takes a genius to work out what Audi plans to do with every model in its range – expand it. And if they haven’t got a model in their range that […]
Audi R8 GT Press Release
The Audi R8 GT: Extreme lightweight construction and tremendous performance Exclusive new version of celebrated V10 sports car packs even more power to propel even less weight for breathtaking performance Limited to 33 UK-bound examples, the R8 GT opens for order in summer priced at £142,585 OTR– first deliveries in spring 2011 Kerb weight reduced […]
Audi R8 GT – it’s here
Audi has announced a limited run of lightweight R8 V10s – The Audi R8 GT. Just 333 will be made at around £140,000 each. We knew Audi were working on a hardcore version of the R8. Rumours have persisted almost since the V10 version of the R8 bowed in at Detroit last year that Audi wanted to produce a […]