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Video: The Smoking Tire drives the 550-hp Audi R8 Raptor

Posted: Sep 10, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Tuner Cars, Videos

Remember Garage419 with Matt Farah? Well, after the finale form the last season, the show closed its doors. Nonetheless, our friend Matt Farah didn’t give up and is now back with a new show called The Smoking Tire.
In the latest episode of The Smoking Tire, Farah gets behind the Audi R8 Raptor, created by Performance [...]

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New viral site teases electric Audi R8 concept?

Posted: Sep 03, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, Videos

Almost a month ago from today, we heard a little rumor that Audi will be showing a new concept known as Audi R8 ePerformance, an electric-version of its popular supercar, at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. We’re expecting that the concept, if shown, hints at a future production model that would compete with Mercedes-Benz’s SLS AMG with [...]

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Audi R8 ePerformance coming to Frankfurt, will rival SLS AMG eDrive

Posted: Jul 31, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News

About two weeks ago, Mercedes-Benz confirmed that it is working on a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with electric-drive, scheduled to debut in 2015. It is now reported (or rumored) that Audi will be showing a concept at this September’s 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show that will compete with the SLS AMG eDrive.
Known as the Audi R8 ePerformance, [...]

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2010 Audi R8 5.2 V10 FSI quattro prices start at $146,000

Posted: Jul 23, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Audi

Audi has released the pricing information on the 2010 Audi R8 and the 2010 Audi R8 5.2 V10 FSI quattro. Certified Audi dealerships will be getting the R8 5.2 FSI quattro later this week with prices starting at $146,000 (excluding $1,200 destination charge, taxes, title, options and dealer charges) for the manual model and $155,100 for [...]

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BMW S.X Concept by Bumbu seems like the perfect Audi R8 rival

Posted: Jul 15, 2009

Filed under: BMW

We’ve been previously teased about BMW’s rival to an Audi R8 numerous times. In order from the oldest article to the latest – here are just a couple of reports we’ve heard about BMW planning a competitor to Audi’s supercar.
Report: BMW doesn’t care to compete with the Audi R8
BMW working on green supercar for 2012 [...]

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2009 BMW M Concept Design: What a BMW Audi R8 rival could look like

Posted: Jun 16, 2009

Filed under: Audi, BMW

Many of us have grown very impatient waiting for BMW to come out with a competitor to the Audi R8. When BMW came out with the M1 Hommage Concept, it gave us hope that BMW was finally going to offer an R8 competitor; however, we have yet to hear anything official from BMW.
Automotive artist Idries [...]

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Video: Fifth Gear’s Johnny Smith drives the Audi R8 V10

Posted: Jun 12, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Reviews, Videos

Waiting for the next season of Top Gear? Well, there’s just one day until it starts but to keep us patient and busy in the meantime, Fifth Gear’s Johnny Smith is bring us his review of the new 2010 Audi R8 5.2 V10 FSI quattro.
Refresher: Power comes from a 5.2L V10 producing a total of 528-hp. [...]

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Audi spokesman confirms electric R8 concept rumor is ‘not true’

Posted: May 29, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News

Earlier this week, we heard rumors from Auto Motor und Sport that Audi was going to unveil an electric concept version of the R8 supercar at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Well, according to an Audi spokesman, the rumor is “not true” and Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk can now sleep in peace.
The spokesman, who [...]

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Video: Audi R8 5.2 V10 FSI drives through Maranello commercial

Posted: May 12, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Videos

Audi’s marketing agency has been really creative as of lately by taking shots at its rivals. The German automaker has just released a new commercial featuring the 2010 Audi R8 5.2 V10 FSI driving through Ferrari’s hometown of Maranello and pissing of the town’s citizens.
Check it out after the jump and have a good laugh.
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Audi kills plans for a diesel R8

Posted: May 06, 2009

Filed under: Audi, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

According to AutoExpress plans to produce a diesel version of the Audi R8 has been canned. After 12 months of debating and consideration Audi said it can’t justify a business case to throw a diesel engine in the R8 two-seater supercar.
Last year, Audi unveiled two concepts of a diesel R8 including the Audi R8 V12 [...]