Audi R8 News

Audi tuning specialist APS has released a new supercharger kit for the V-8 powered R8, offering the power of the bigger V-10 model but at a much lower cost. Performance, reliability and a stock style feel were major factors in the extensive research and development program carried out by APS and...

BMW has enjoyed some success with its CSL range of stripped out ready-to-race M3s and Mercedes-Benz has delivered several of its own lightweight Black Series models. That leaves the third major German luxury automaker, Audi, which has now revealed a lighter and more powerful version of its V-10...

  We know, we know: another piece on the Audi R8? Clearly, we are slaves to the Hollywood PR machine -- or in this case, the one rumbling out of Ingolstadt. But whatever: at least this promotion is more interesting than the straight-up Iron Man 2 tie-in driving Audi's TV ads. This time around...

The social media program is intended to maximize Audi's involvement with the new Iron Man 2 movie.

The R8 Sport will likely be joined by a smaller TT Sport as well.

When we think "Chris Rock", we don't immediately think, "Audi R8". Not that we dispute the fact that it's him behind the wheel of Audi's hottest ride, cruising the streets of Santa Monica and perhaps trying to dream up a new sitcom to take the place of the brutally murdered Everybody Hates Chris...

The formula for supercar success is surprisingly simple: mid-engine, rear or all-wheel drive, 500-plus horsepower and look-at-me styling--so the latest creation from Audi tuning specialists ABT Sportsline is almost guaranteed to be a hit from the get-go. The tuners at ABT have been very busy in...

Audi currently sells three different versions of its R8 supercar, the original 4.2-liter V-8 model and the newer 5.2-liter V-10 model, which is available in either hard-top coupe or Spyder convertible bodystyles. However, the R8 model family is set to expand with several new additions, the first of...

With the Academy Awards less than 24 hours behind us, there's a lot we could talk about today --- which stars showed up in which cars, which movies about cars did well, which documentary about GM got shafted. But no. Today, there's a different ringing in our ears, and it's not the the Oscar buzz...

The 2010 Audi R8 LMS GT3 car gets a number of improvements.

Audi currently sells three different versions of its R8 supercar, the original 4.2-liter V-8 model and the newer 5.2-liter V-10 model, which is available in either hard-top coupe or Spyder convertible bodystyles. However, there are two more versions thought to be in the works: a high-performance RS...

The ad is created entirely in CG by new design firm Mothership.

Every celeb worth her yoga mat is driving an Audi these days, so this bit of news should come as no surprise: today at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, Audi's VP of marketing, Scott Keogh, confirmed that the company will be a major product-placer in the upcoming Iron Man 2 film. Which means that we'll...

This Audi R8 kebab is an example of what can happen when things go not just wrong, but weird.

The all-electric Audi e-tron is already confirmed for production by 2012, possibly named the R4, but so far we've been in the dark on volume, but that's a detail that may have been filled in by the latest reports, which peg the number at just 1,000 cars. That's a very low number, but it fits with...

The Audi R8 crash took place in Costa Mesa, California, just off Newport Blvd.

Two laps around Infineon Raceway/Sears Point in an Audi R8 as part of the Audi Sportscar Experience.

Several major manufacturers had roadsters on display at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show.

The new electric e-Tron concept has the looks to take on its stunning Spyder cousin depite lacking a V-10 powerplant.

Audi’s electric R8 has been revealed and its name is E-Tron. Set to go head-to-head with similar ecological concepts from closest rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, the new e-Tron will have its work cut out for it at this week’s 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show and on initial inspection it looks...