Audi R8 News

Audi has just launched its second-generation R8 but the old one still has plenty of life left in it, especially if you modify the heck out of it. Here’s a first-generation R8 V10 that’s been modified by America’s own AMS Performance. The car is strapped to a dyno and as...

The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show Asia is taking place this week in Shanghai, China, and there to give a keynote address on the opening day was Audi CEO Rupert Stadtler who talked about the car becoming an integral part of the networked world, and who also presented a version of the new R8 e-tron...

We’ve all heard it before: X race car is totally based on the production car—no, really it is—and that means you should, like, completely buy the road car because, therefore, it’s awesome. Except that that’s rarely the actual case. With the 2017 Audi R8, it’s...

A U.K. court calls an Audi R8 driver's bluff.

Fresh from its debut at March’s Geneva Motor Show, Audi’s new R8 supercar in race car trim will be among the many cars at the Nürburgring this weekend taking part in the German circuit’s annual 24-hour race. The racing version of the new Audi supercar is the R8 LMS, and...

We can’t decide where to land on this bug-eyed Audi R8. It’s just too much to take in all at once. But it’s very well done. If converting an R8 to look like a Skoda (the 130 RS rally car is mentioned as inspiration by the designer) can be considered a job well done. We’re...

We recently told you that a fleet of new Audis, including the all-new R8 supercar, will appear in the upcoming movie Avengers: Age of Ultron. What we didn’t know at the time was that the R8 used for filming was actually the previous-generation model and not the new one that made its debut...

Audi returns as Iron Man's car in the latest Avengers movie.

The fourth and final variant of the new Audi R8 has made its debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Following the reveal of the V10 and V10 Plus models, as well as the all-electric e-tron, we now have our first look at the new R8 LMS endurance racer that’s set to do competition from the 2016...

Audi’s new R8 supercar makes its official debut this week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, and to help kick off the launch Audi is showing four distinct versions of the car. Two of these we’ve already seen, the V-10 powered R8 V10 and R8 V10 Plus. The remaining two are the R8 LMS race car...

Along with the reveal of its all-new R8 supercar, German brand Audi confirmed two additional variants of the car: the battery-powered R8 e-tron and the R8 LMS race car. The LMS racer is simply a successor to the current R8 LMS which competes in a number of GT3-spec competitions around the globe...

In the lead up to its world debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, more and more details about the new Audi R8 supercar are beginning to emerge. Following the leaked shot of an undisguised version sitting in a garage and a tease of the car’s available laser headlights, Audi has now confirmed...

Just over a week ago, we brought you the first image of the 2016 Audi R8. Now, we bring you the second—and this time, it’s official. The image teases the laser / LED headlight combo the 2016 Audi R8 will offer: LEDs for standard daytime running lights and headlights, with an optional...

The Rolex 24 at Daytona is now over for the year, and while the prototypes may be the nominal headliners, it’s the GTD field—the real cars—that capture our attention. Prior to the race, Audi ran hot laps around the race circuit in two very real cars: the bone-stock, street legal...

Audi is working on a second generation of its R8 supercar, and that means a new version of the R8 LMS ultra race car is also due. We now have photos of a prototype for the new R8 LMS ultra taken during a recent shakedown test at the Nürburgring. We first saw the race car back in May but the...

Since launch, Audi’s R8 supercar has been built at a special facility located at the automaker’s main plant in Neckarsulm, Germany. However, production of the car has now been moved to a new facility, located in the city of Heilbronn about four miles south from the main plant. ALSO SEE...

One of the peculiar things about the current Audi R8 is that we never saw an all-out RS version with everything dialed to the max. That may not be the case for the second-generation R8 due out next year, as the man in charge of Audi’s quattro performance division has revealed that an RS...

It’s a well-known fact that the second-generation Audi R8 due out next year will eventually feature an all-electric model, but now the R&D chief for the brand with the four rings has confirmed that the car could also come as a plug-in hybrid. Audi plans to dramatically increase the number...

This past weekend saw an Audi R8 LMS ultra race car driven to victory in the 2014 Spa 24 Hours at Belgium’s legendary Spa Francorchamps race track. The winning car was the #1 R8 LMS ultra of Belgian Audi Club Team WRT, driven by René Rast, Laurens Vanthoor and Markus Winkelhock. Just...

Following the likes of Aston Martin and Bentley, Audi has now confirmed its lineup of race cars for the 2014 Spa 24 Hours taking place this weekend. Eight examples of the Audi R8 LMS ultra race car will be taking part in the grueling event, held on the beautiful Spa Francorchamps circuit, and these...