Audi R8 News
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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 VF-Engineering in an effort to maintain the original Audi quality and smoothness. Engineers opted to supercharge the Audi R8 to improve throttle response and mid-to-top end power by utilizing the very latest design of Roots-type Eaton TVS 1900 supercharger. This 6th generation ‘Twin Vortices...
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560-horsepower Audi R8 GT storms in
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...
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Tony Stark Isn't Real, But 'Robert Downey Jr. Innovation Challenge' Doesn't Have The Same Ring
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...
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Audi Maxes Iron Man 2 Ties With 'Tony Stark Innovation Challenge'
The social media program is intended to maximize Audi's involvement with the new Iron Man 2 movie.
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Spy Shots: Hardcore Audi R8 Sport
The R8 Sport will likely be joined by a smaller TT Sport as well.
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Audi Is Really Pumping This Whole IRON MAN 2 Thing
Of all the ways that companies can advertise, product placement is by far the most hilarious. Print ads? Totally predictable. Radio, TV, billboards, web banners? Been there, done that. But product placement catches us by surprise because it's always "BTW". As in, "I am Lady Gaga and I am...
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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. It's just that...well, if we were playing a game of free-association (it's Wednesday, anything can happen), and someone shouted out "Chris Rock", we'd probably shout back "Mercedes", or "Jaguar", or even "Bentley". Unless we were totally drunk (again: Wednesday), we wouldn't be inclined to shout out...
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ABT Tuned Audi R8 GT R And R8 Spyder Cruise In
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...
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V-8 Spyder, LMS-Inspired Sportier Model And Dual-Clutch Coming To Audi R8 Lineup
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...
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Video: Iron Man 2 Looks Like Transformers 2 -- But, You Know, Good
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...
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2010 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Race Car Unveiled, Already Sold Out
The 2010 Audi R8 LMS GT3 car gets a number of improvements.
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Audi Customers Given Opportunity To Race R8 LMS
Audi is offering its customers a unique experience that will enable them to drive an actual R8-based race car in a competitive event with the support of a fully-fledged Le Mans-winning team behind them. The new Audi “Race Experience” package allows customers with sporting ambitions to...
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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 variant due towards the end of the R8’s model run and a more affordable version of the R8 Spyder fitted with a V-8 engine. The R8 Spyder is currently only available with a 525 horsepower V-10 engine and it’s set to be the most expensive model in Audi’s lineup when it goes on sale...
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Video: Audi R8, Range Rover Sport Evade Police In Wild Chase
The ad is created entirely in CG by new design firm Mothership.
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Audi To Underwrite Iron Man 2 (Ferrous Boogaloo)
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...
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Audi R8 Impaled On Guardrail, Driver Survives
This Audi R8 kebab is an example of what can happen when things go not just wrong, but weird.
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Report: Audi e-tron production limited to 1,000 units
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...
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Gallery: 2011 Audi R8 Spyder and e-Tron Live From Los Angeles
Audi's R8 Spyder and the e-Tron concept car both debuted at Frankfurt in September, but that's no reason to pass up another chance to see them live, especially when they're both dressed up in a new color. The 2011 R8 Spyder's red is particularly attractive, though from some angles the rosso sheen...
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The Audi R8 crash took place in Costa Mesa, California, just off Newport Blvd.
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Video: Audi R8 Sportscar Experience At Infineon Raceway
Two laps around Infineon Raceway/Sears Point in an Audi R8 as part of the Audi Sportscar Experience.
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Frankfurt Roadster Roundup: Live Shots Of The Show's Hottest Drop-tops
Several major manufacturers had roadsters on display at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show.
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Gallery: Audi R8 e-Tron And Spyder Live From Frankfurt
The new electric e-Tron concept has the looks to take on its stunning Spyder cousin depite lacking a V-10 powerplant.
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Audi R8 e-tron concept set for 2015 Frankfurt auto show
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...
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2011 Audi R8 Spyder Preview
Audi currently sells two versions of its R8 supercar, the original 4.2-liter V-8 model and the recently revealed 5.2-liter V-10 version, but there are two more versions in the works--one of which has been revealed today ahead of its world debut at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show. The two new versions...
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