Filed under: Supercars, Audi
We see a lot of rumors here at Autoblog, but this one just has to come true. Word around town is that the same engine that powers the 580-hp 5.2L twin-turbo V10 in the recently announced Audi RS6 Avant could also find its way to the back hatch of the Audi R8. […]
Filed under: Audi
Winding Road recently talked face to face with Audi of America’s executive veep, Johan de Nysschen, who was surprisingly forthcoming with details about the automaker from Ingolstadt’s future product plans. For one, Audi does intend to sell a four-door coupe like the Mercedes-Benz CLS, but not until around 2012. de Nysschen indicated a […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA, Tuners, Coupes, Supercars, Audi
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We can’t seem to find much information on this Audi R8 modified by APR, but we all agree that it’s a real looker. We spotted it at Michelin’s supercar display (more on that later), and it immediately stood out […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Euro, Audi
German design company and Audi specialists PPI have released some new details on their aftermarket program for the Audi R8 that will make its public debut at the Essen Motor Show in December. Carbon fiber components are used throughout the entire car, including a front lip spoiler, more […]
Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Coupes, Supercars, Audi
The Audi R8 is apparently a tempting platform for tuners. We’ve seen sketches of the Abt Audi R8, we spotted the APR Audi R8 at the 2007 SEMA Show, and we recently took a look at the carbon fiberized PPI Audi R8.
MTM, those crazy Germans who built the […]
Filed under: Audi
Quattro GmbH, Audi’s high-performance subsidiary, is responsible for all manner of RS, S, S-line and “Exclusive” hotness for the automaker and has seen a substantial increase in sales over the last seven years. Back in 2000, it sold about 2,500 units. In 2007, it has produced just over 360,000 models imbued with Audi’s […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Audi
The phrase “580-HP twin-turbo V10″ is hot enough to raise the temperature of any sports car enthusiast. And as sad photos of flambeed Audis have attested, without glacial cooling it’s also hot enough to turn Audi RS8 test mules into fireworks.
When we first wrote about the burned out Audi R8 […]
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Supercars, Audi
If at first — or three times — you don’t succeed, then try a V10 without turbos. After a few RS8’s went up like popcorn while testing with the twin-turbo V10 from the RS6, Evo magazine bolsters our report from yesterday that the new supeR8 will come with a normally […]
