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Abandoned Audi R8 Has Been Sitting Still for Five Years, Cold Start Brings So Much Smoke
Abandoned Audi R8 Has Been Sitting Still for Five Years, Cold Start Brings So Much Smoke

23 Dec 2023, 16:42 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / This Audi R8 Spyder sat for five years, covered in dust and leaves, with rodents eating out its cables. But it has just been saved

 
Are You Really Not Interested in a V8-Powered 2014 Audi R8 Supercar?
Are You Really Not Interested in a V8-Powered 2014 Audi R8 Supercar?

20 Dec 2023, 10:09 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / It costs a bit more than a new C8 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, but then again, you're not really going to find a base one in dealer lots, are you?

 
Bad Idea of the Year Award Goes to 800-HP Twin-Turbo Audi R8 AWD Racing a 220-HP Aprilia
Bad Idea of the Year Award Goes to 800-HP Twin-Turbo Audi R8 AWD Racing a 220-HP Aprilia

17 Dec 2023, 19:57 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Two high-speed platforms from radically different paradigms of speed race across a quarter mile; it pays to stay out of gunfights if you only have a knife

 
Bagged-Out 2010 Audi R8 Spyder Sat Five Years in the Open, Is It a Barn Find Yet?
Bagged-Out 2010 Audi R8 Spyder Sat Five Years in the Open, Is It a Barn Find Yet?

16 Dec 2023, 17:40 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / 1,250 Audi R8 Spyders were made for the 2010 model year, and 13 years down the line, one example has already lived through a five-year abandonment

 
Audi Bids Farewell to the R8 With a Final Edition, Only Eight Such Cars Will Be Built
Audi Bids Farewell to the R8 With a Final Edition, Only Eight Such Cars Will Be Built

14 Dec 2023, 15:23 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The Audi R8 is going down with a bang. The Germans roll out the R8 Coupe Japan Final Edition, which sports with special equipment

 
The ABT XGT Is a Street-Legal Race Car Which Starts at Over $600,000
The ABT XGT Is a Street-Legal Race Car Which Starts at Over $600,000

24 Nov 2023, 10:03 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / ABT converted the Audi R8 LMS GT2 into a street-legal race car which – they say – incorporates their philosophy like no other car they have ever built

 
Tuned Porsche 911 Drag Races Audi R8, There’s Not Much Between Them
Tuned Porsche 911 Drag Races Audi R8, There’s Not Much Between Them

16 Nov 2023, 18:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 911 Carrera 4S may not be as exotic as the R8 Spyder Performance, but with mild tuning, it's quicker than Audi Sport's halo car in the quarter mile

 
2014 Audi R8 Wants To Cure Your C8 Corvette Stingray Addiction
2014 Audi R8 Wants To Cure Your C8 Corvette Stingray Addiction

16 Nov 2023, 00:42 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / This Audi R8 supercar is for sale, with two owners in the papers, not that many miles under its belt, and a V8 engine. Care to buy it?

 
Tuned Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Drag Races Audi R8 Spyder Plus, It's Pretty Close
Tuned Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Drag Races Audi R8 Spyder Plus, It's Pretty Close

13 Nov 2023, 21:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A meager 0.2 seconds separate the V10-powered Audi R8 Spyder Plus and V6-engined Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio in the quarter mile

 
Audi R8 Coupe Drag Races and Rolls R8 Spyder, Weight Makes a World of Difference
Audi R8 Coupe Drag Races and Rolls R8 Spyder, Weight Makes a World of Difference

18 Oct 2023, 20:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Not surprising anyone, a lighter car with the very same output figures and all-wheel-drive system is faster in a straight line than its heavier sibling

 
Someone Call 911: Audi R8 Allroad Takes a Digital Swing at Lamborghini's Huracan Sterrato
Someone Call 911: Audi R8 Allroad Takes a Digital Swing at Lamborghini's Huracan Sterrato

11 Oct 2023, 21:50 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Although it deserves a proper send-off, perhaps in the veins of an off-road-focused version, the current Audi R8 is being retired after the 2023 model year

 
Audi R8 Supercar Goes on a 'Last Lap,' Will the Next Generation Go Electric?
Audi R8 Supercar Goes on a 'Last Lap,' Will the Next Generation Go Electric?

7 Sep 2023, 09:46 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / Audi R8's future is uncertain. The Germans are keeping under wraps a possible plan to roll out an electric R8 or drop the model from the lineup

 
Has Audi Missed the Boat With the R8 GT? A Supercar That Can't Hold Its Own in a Drag Race
Has Audi Missed the Boat With the R8 GT? A Supercar That Can't Hold Its Own in a Drag Race

30 Aug 2023, 22:33 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Three Audi R8 supercars take it out on the drag strip, and the underdog with the least power takes home the win, beating the Quattro every time

 
BMW M5 Competition Drag Races Audi R8 Spyder, They're Uncannily Fast
BMW M5 Competition Drag Races Audi R8 Spyder, They're Uncannily Fast

24 Aug 2023, 17:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You'd expect the R8 Spyder to be stop better in an emergency braking situation, but alas, the M5 Competition's brakes do a better job

 
Audi R8 to Bid Farewell to America With Emotional Final Laps at Laguna Seca
Audi R8 to Bid Farewell to America With Emotional Final Laps at Laguna Seca

9 Aug 2023, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German carmaker Audi will take advantage of the Monterey Car Week to bid an official farewell to the R8 sports car on the American market.

 
Would You Spend New Chevy Corvette Z06 Money on This Used Audi R8 Supercar?
Would You Spend New Chevy Corvette Z06 Money on This Used Audi R8 Supercar?

29 Jul 2023, 16:20 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / There is, however, a very big deal breaker when it comes to this 2018 Audi R8 RWS. But will it make you say no to it for the right sum?

 
Audi RS 6 Avant Performance Drag Races Its R8 Supercar Sibling, Loser Struggles Every Time
Audi RS 6 Avant Performance Drag Races Its R8 Supercar Sibling, Loser Struggles Every Time

12 Jul 2023, 10:56 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Does the Audi RS 6 Avant stand a chance in a direct straight-line battle against the R8 supercar? This video answers the question

 
Audi R8 Gets a Proper Sendoff From VF Engineering
Audi R8 Gets a Proper Sendoff From VF Engineering

7 Jul 2023, 13:53 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The Audi R8 is now ready to say goodbye. VF Engineering brought in some extra horsepower to make it compensate for the sold-out R8 GT RWD

 
Audi R8 Spyder V10 vs. BMW M5 Competition: Quarter-Mile Justice Is Blind and Swift
Audi R8 Spyder V10 vs. BMW M5 Competition: Quarter-Mile Justice Is Blind and Swift

6 Jul 2023, 18:30 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A naturally-aspirated Audi flexes its ten cylinders against the dual turbochargers of a fast sedan from the archrival BMW; no prisoners taken at the dragstrip

 
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Drag Races Audi R8 To Prove It's Not Scared of Supercas
Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Drag Races Audi R8 To Prove It's Not Scared of Supercas

28 Jun 2023, 10:39 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio sports sedan doesn't stand a chance against the Audi R8, or does it? This video answers the question, so you know what to do