Weekly Wallpaper, presented by Michelin! This week we reminisce back a few years when we magically had both cars shown here – The R8 4.2 Spyder, and the A8L 3.0T – at our disposal for a time. We dreamed about this moment, and decided that we could live happily for ever after with these two in our […] More »
By: Kris Hansen | December 31, 2014
Week 39 in our Weekly Wallpaper presented by Michelin series brings us to quite possibly the most epic of all product introductions – the updated R8, including this incredible R8 5.2 Plus. Spending a day driving the R8 on the sinuous ribbons of asphalt above Malibu CA area was without a doubt one of the […] More »
By: Kris Hansen | November 26, 2014
Week 36 in our Weekly Wallpaper presented by Michelin series has us looking back fondly to 2010, when we had the good fortune of spending a week with this achingly sexy R8 5.2. Click the header image in this article, or this link for the wallpaper at 2000 x 1333 px. “Bringing multiple performances together […] More »
By: Kris Hansen | November 5, 2014
We were treated to an epic Audi centric weekend in Austin, where we had the opportunity to sample the new Audi S3, celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Audi Club of America, as well as spend an entire day at the Circuit of the Americas for the TUSCC and WEC races. To say it was […] More »
By: Kris Hansen | October 5, 2014
419 kW (570 hp), from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 3.4 seconds: The Audi R8 LMX (12.9 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers [18.2 US mpg]; 299 grams CO2 per kilometer [481.2 g/mile]) offers breathtaking performance and groundbreaking technology. The limited-edition car is the first production car in the world to come equipped with laser high beams. The R8 LMX can now be ordered and will debut on the streets this summer
By: Audi Media | May 9, 2014
Audi customer-racing continues to add new teams with the announcement of CRP Racing joining the fold to contest the Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) at the Long Beach race. James Sofronas will look to defend his title in the GT class at his home course and welcomes talented GMG newcomer, Andrew Palmer, to the GT category.
By: Audi Media | April 11, 2014
Our photographers have sent us some photos of what appears again to be an updated if not completely new R8, testing on the world’s ultimate proving grounds, the Nurburgring Nordschleife As before, we have no knowledge of what lurks under the skin, but we do notice that this test car does have some noticeably different […] More »
By: Kris Hansen | April 10, 2014
