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Audi Releases the Promo Vid for R8 Spyder

19. September 2009

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After the debut of the forthcoming R8 Spyder at the International Autoshow in Frankfurt, everyone’s jumping at the chance to see more of this new droptop in action! Here we have a video released by Audi to show off the Sypder and all of the incredible places you can cruise through (or speed through) with [...]

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New R8 Spyder Officially Revealed!

19. September 2009

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After months of anticipation and many guessing if Audi would actually release it, the day is here and the R8 Spyder has officially been revealed. Shedding its Coupe brother’s sideblades and sporting a cloth top, the R8 Spyder looks every bit the part of a supercar convertible, dare we say better looking than its cousin the [...]

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Audi Lifts Curtain on Drop Top R8

10. September 2009

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Now you can have a monster 5.2L V10 screaming directly behind your ear with the 2010 R8 Spyder. Details to follow!

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Hard Better Faster Stronger - R8 to get more hardcore

11. August 2009

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You heard it. Audi is already planning a more hardcore version of the R8 after only recently releasing the beastly R8 V10 - which is already producing a hair over the 500HP mark. However, instead of just cranking up horsepower to improve straight line performance, Audi will be putting the R8 on a diet.

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R8 V10 caught on video bombing around ‘Ring

27. June 2009

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Video has been taken of an Audi in it’s natural, quattro-driven turf: the epic Nurburgring in the soaking-wet rain. As we previously reported, the R8 convertible(aka Spider) will only come with the V10 with the 4.2L V8 from the RS4 not a option for the top-tiered convertible. That said, lucky owners of the R8 Spider [...]

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What’s on the inside of the R8?

9. June 2009

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We all know how great the R8 looks on the outside, what’s not to like? forward cabin, mid-engined V8, and an incredible profile with its side blades. However, what makes the R8 an outstanding car isn’t necessarily what’s on the outside that counts but also what’s on the inside. It’s rare that you get to [...]

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Design your own R8 V10 contest

7. June 2009

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For those who are car fans and own an Xbox or Xbox 360 there can be little doubt that they’ve heard of the Forza Motorsport series. The original Forza Motorsports game was released in mid-2005 as a sort of Microsoft Xbox answer to the highly successful, highly acclaimed Sony Playstation racing series Gran Turismo. Well, [...]

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Audi R8 + Ferrari 599 GTB = FAIL

26. May 2009

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I was going to use the title that “Two Red Cars don’t make a right” but that was just too cheesy. Anyway, what we see here is quite an anomaly, not that it’s two supercars that have been wrecked but that it’s two supercars that have been wrecked by each other. That’s right, in Fu Zhou, [...]

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Audi R8 LMS now being delivered

12. March 2009

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Today marks the first day that Audi’s new R8 LMS becomes available to the lucky few who can afford to get their hands on the race-spec 500 horsepower V10 R8. Thankfully, for Audi it was an easy decision as to who should get the first car: Audi Sport Italia, Audi’s own Italian racing group. However, [...]

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Garage 419 gets the R8 sideways

12. March 2009

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That title should be followed by …”on ice.” Historically, most car folk know it’s difficult to drift an all-wheel drive car due to its natural adversion to letting the wheels slip. On Top Gear and Fifth Gear Jeremy Clarkson and Tiff Needell, respectively,  tried very hard to step out the rear of the Audi R8 [...]

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