First pictures of the Audi R8 e-Tron – the electric R8 – have surfaced ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. We first heard rumours that Audi were building an electric R8 back in May. More recently that rumour got real substance when Audi launched their Electricity Untamed website teasing an electric concept for Frankfurt. But […]
Audi R8 Spyder leaks out
First pictures of the V10 powered Audi R8 Spyder have surfaced ahead of the Frankfurt launch. Update 14/9/09: Audi has now confirmed the details and issued a press release for the Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro Yet another car maker with a leaky PR computer, this time Audi with the R8 Spyder. We’ve known […]
Electric Audi R8 – Electricity Untamed +Video
The rumour of an electric Audi R8 has been floating around the rumour-mill for months. We first reported the possibility back in May, and the rumour surfaced again in July, this time with the Audi R8 ePerfomance moniker attached to it. Wishful thinking? Well, we thought there was certainly an element of that. But now […]
Audi R8 Spyder outed by Audi dealer
The next version of the extremely successful Audi R8 is the R8 Spyder, the convertible version of the 911 bashing Audi. We’ve seen spy shots floating around and rumour has it that Audi will be bringing the Audi R8 Spyder to Frankfurt in September. And now an over-eager Audi dealer in the UK has stuck […]
Audi R8 ePerformance – Electric R8 again
Back in May we reported an industry rumour that Audi were planning to bring an electric R8 Concept to the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. We already know that the Audi R8 Spider will be showing up at the show, but to be honest we weren’t convinced by the tittla-tattle. But the rumours are back, […]
Audi R8 V10 – video road test
Introduced officially at the Detroit Motor Show this year, Audi’s stunning V10 R8 has had plenty of coverage in the press, on the web and on TV. From letting you know that the car was about to launch, to galleries full of pictures of the R8 V10, and even a track video of the car, […]
Audi R8 Spyder will arrive at Frankfurt
The Audi R8 Spyder has been hovering in the background for quite some time. Ever since the R8 was first launched the public and press have been asking “When will the Audi R8 Spyder arrive?”. Well, it’s now virtually certain that it will be revealed in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show before going on […]
Electric Audi R8 – perhaps
The Audi R8 has been a runaway success. Even in these difficult times it’s still selling better than ayone could have expected. And the launch of the Audi R8 V10 recently at the Detroit Motor Show has just upped interest in Audi’s ‘Halo’ car. But where do Audi go from here? Well, we know that […]
Audi R8 V10 – the Commercial
Audi has something of a habit of coming up with some cracking commercials. It produced a brilliant advert for the World Superbowl last year featuring a pastiche of the Godfather film. And it’s been going head to head with BMW on billboards in California for weeks. But this advert for the Audi R8 V10 is […]
Audi R8 V12 Diesel canned – but it’s old news
The interweb is full of stories today revealing that Audi has dropped plans to produce a diesel version of the fabulous R8. The Audi R8 V12 diesel was first shown to a pretty astonished motoring press (and it takes a lot to astonish us) at the Detroit Motor show early last year. So keen were […]