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Discontinued Audi R8 Supercar Gets a New Generation in Fantasy Land
Discontinued Audi R8 Supercar Gets a New Generation in Fantasy Land

12 Apr 2024, 22:22 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Reports speak of the R8 returning to Audi's stable as a battery-electric supercar, which would clearly differentiate from the upcoming Lamborghini Temerario

 
Audi R8s Drag Each Other, Lambo Huracans and Nissan GT-Rs, Mayhem Is Unsurprising
Audi R8s Drag Each Other, Lambo Huracans and Nissan GT-Rs, Mayhem Is Unsurprising

29 Mar 2024, 08:56 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused 'ImportRace' channel on YouTube were on point during TX2K's 2024 edition, which took place March 12-17 in Texas

 
Audi Has Just Built the Last R8 Supercar. What Will Happen to the Final Example?
Audi Has Just Built the Last R8 Supercar. What Will Happen to the Final Example?

26 Mar 2024, 08:29 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The Audi R8 is stepping down. The automaker has just rolled out the final V10-powered model, which is not going to a customer

 
Savage BMW Wagon Picks a Fight With 1,000-HP Porsche 911, Audi R8TT, Doesn't Back Down
Savage BMW Wagon Picks a Fight With 1,000-HP Porsche 911, Audi R8TT, Doesn't Back Down

24 Mar 2024, 19:16 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Heavily tuned German brawlers show no mercy for one another over two rounds of quarter-mile bouts; one of them punches high above its league

 
Twin-Turbo Dodge Viper Races 2,000+HP Audi R8, Someone Gets Rolled - and Fast
Twin-Turbo Dodge Viper Races 2,000+HP Audi R8, Someone Gets Rolled - and Fast

24 Mar 2024, 07:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / A new YouTube channel aptly named 'The Drag Race' seeks to make a name for itself on the scene with racer interviews and quarter-mile dragstrip action

 
Twin Turbo Silverado Drag Races Audi R8 in 2,700-hp Battle
Twin Turbo Silverado Drag Races Audi R8 in 2,700-hp Battle

11 Mar 2024, 16:53 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / A Sheepey Race-built Audi R8 with 1,200 hp on tap is a formidable adversary. But it may have met its match today as it races Ondgas' Silverado.

 
BMW M5 Competition Drags Audi R8 and Ford Explorer, Someone Throws the Hazard Lights
BMW M5 Competition Drags Audi R8 and Ford Explorer, Someone Throws the Hazard Lights

5 Mar 2024, 08:12 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The good folks over at the racing-focused 'ImportRace' channel on YouTube are back to their preferred quarter-mile avenue - Island Dragway

 
740-HP Lancer Evo Drag Races Twin-Turbo R8, All Bets Are Off
740-HP Lancer Evo Drag Races Twin-Turbo R8, All Bets Are Off

25 Feb 2024, 17:19 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / It's another David versus Goliath challenge as a tricked-out Mitsubishi Lancer Evo tries to defeat a twin-turbo Audi R8. But it's only partially successful.

 
BMW M3 Competition Drag Races Audi R8 V10 Plus, They're Worlds Apart
BMW M3 Competition Drag Races Audi R8 V10 Plus, They're Worlds Apart

12 Feb 2024, 20:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although it's a bit older than the G80 M3 Competition, the R8 V10 Plus doesn't break a sweat in the quarter mile against BMW's performance sedan

 
The R8 Soldiers On, Is Still in Production Even Though Audi Was Planning To Kill It
The R8 Soldiers On, Is Still in Production Even Though Audi Was Planning To Kill It

8 Feb 2024, 15:42 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / Audi was planning to put an end to the production of the R8 by the end of December but the company executives seem to have changed their minds

 
Audi R8 V10 Races Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, Alfa Romeo Giulia QV Dares Challenge the Winner
Audi R8 V10 Races Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, Alfa Romeo Giulia QV Dares Challenge the Winner

20 Jan 2024, 00:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Not surpring in the least, the only supercar of the three contenders is the fastest of the lot in a straight line, be it a dig race or a rolling start

 
5 Best Hot Wheels Audi Cars
5 Best Hot Wheels Audi Cars

31 Dec 2023, 09:32 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Mattel has only ever made 14 different Hot Wheels Audi castings. That adds up to hundreds of variations, but I will only showcase the five most impressive ones.

 
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?