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words: Bill, photo: carwow
Here's Mat Watson and carwow with another Audi vs Audi...vs Audi drag race. The RS 3 and RS Q8 have been tuned to 550hp and 710hp respectively while the R8 V10 performance is stock at 620hp. So how will the Audi Sport siblings do against each other? Find out below.
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source: Audi AG
Editor's note: Occasionally, we feature a concept vehicle on the site. Most don't make it into production but this one did..the Audi Le Mans quattro concept became the Audi we now know as the R8.
Originally published on November 19, 2003
Ready to run in only eleven months
Top-secret task for a small Audi team
Combining motor racing, luxury, high-tech and design
The Audi Le Mans quattro is the first car of its kind: a ...
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words: Bill, photo: carwow
What happens when you pit a mid engine C8 Corvette Stingray V8 against a mid engine Audi R8 V10 and a rear engine Porsche 911 twin turbo flat 6? A fun drag race. The R8 is a Rear Wheel Series one so obviously it's rear wheel drive as are the Corvette and 911. So will American brawn take out the Germans? You may or may not be surprised. Either way, it'll be fun. Watch the video below.
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Words: Steve Johnson
With so many incredible auction platforms, both traditional and untraditional, enthusiasts could spend all day searching all these outlets for interesting cars hitting the market. Audi Club aims to keep its members up to date with Ingolstadt’s finest as they are listed with this new series of stories. We’ll monitor the auction houses looking for interesting new finds, and hopefully our Audi enthusiast member...
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Words: Steve Johnson
With so many incredible auction platforms, both traditional and untraditional, enthusiasts could spend all day searching all these outlets for interesting cars hitting the market. Audi Club aims to keep its members up to date with Ingolstadt’s finest as they are listed with this new series of stories. We’ll monitor the auction houses looking for interesting new finds, and hopefully our Audi enthusiast member...
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Words: Steve Johnson
With so many incredible auction platforms, both traditional and untraditional, enthusiasts could spend all day searching all these outlets for interesting cars hitting the market. Audi Club aims to keep its members up to date with Ingolstadt’s finest as they are listed with this new series of stories. We’ll scour the auction houses we know looking for interesting new finds, and hopefully our Audi enthusiast ...
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Words: Steve Johnson
With so many incredible auction platforms, both traditional and untraditional, enthusiasts could spend all day searching all these outlets for interesting cars hitting the market. Audi Club aims to keep its members up to date with Ingolstadt’s finest as they are listed with this new series of stories. We’ll scour the auction houses we know looking for interesting new finds, and hopefully our Audi enthusiast ...
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Oh boy...I think this is the coolest Audi Club Sweepstakes promotion we've done yet. We've given away 1:18 scale models, stickers, canvas prints but never something like this. This is a Scalextric Le Mans slot car track with two awesome 1/32 scale cars that didn't originally come with the set: an Audi R8 police car with working lights and limited edition Michele Mouton/Fabrizia Pons' 1981 Audi quattro. We scoured the internet for these A...
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Words: Steve Johnson
With so many incredible auction platforms, both traditional and untraditional, enthusiasts could spend all day searching all these outlets for interesting cars hitting the market. Audi Club aims to keep its members up to date with Ingolstadt’s finest as they are listed with this new series of stories. We’ll scour the auction houses we know looking for interesting new finds, and hopefully our Audi enthu...
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A last ”Hurrah” to the R8 or just some performance parts?
Audi Sport didn’t show any performance parts for the facelifted R8 yet (only the pre-facelift was available with these parts) but we spotted a prototype in the snow with all the performance parts fitted and that of course raises some questions.
We know Audi is planning some more special edition models of the R8 for a 2022 debut (Audi R8 RWD GT?) and this one could be a protot...
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source: H&R
The Audi R8 is a phenomenal vehicle and H&R ride engineers have developed a suspension with all the best features producing the ultimate high performance suspension.
The H&R RSS+ Coil Over includes MONO-tube shock design for precise control, hightech lightweight aluminum threaded shock bodies, and external shock damping. Clad in a black hard anodized finish for beauty and corrosion resistance, H&R engineers h...
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source: Audi AG
Four rings, four driven wheels – a 40-year success story
From the lockable center differential to electric torque vectoring
Ahead of the competition: a triumph in motorsports and among customers
The quattro drive has been a technical core area and pillar of Audi for 40 years now. The great success story ranges from the manually lockable center differential in 1980 to the three electric motors tha...
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source: Audi AG
Audi R8 V10 performance RWD now with 570 PS
High-performance sports car complements R8 V10 performance quattro and boasts new equipment highlights and driving dynamics features
60 percent carryover parts with LMS GT4, produced at “Böllinger Höfe” plant
Even more power, even more fun: the true meaning of “performance” at the Audi Sport GmbH. The new R8 V10 performance RWD is available as a Coupé or Spyder wi...
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words: Bill, photos: Jay Dub
I love the MK1 R8 especially the V8 model. I know the V10 is the lustful one to get but the V8 will always have a spot in my heart especially with that gated manual. But one thing both the V8 and V10 has is quattro. For years and into the 2nd gen, quattro was always standard until the RWS model was revealed in 2017. Some though looked at other RWD supercars and wished their MK1 R8 were the same. Take this 2009...
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words: Bill, video: carwow
As the ICE era draws down for our beloved Audi, the electric one emerges and produces the new King of Audi, the RS e-tron GT. We can only imagine what is in store for us as the future gets closer.Mat Watson from carwow gives us a glimpse of the future versus the past when he takes on a pre-facelift Audi R8 V10 against the new hotness, the Audi RS e-tron GT.
If you're not familiar with carwow, we've featured t...
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words: Bill, video: That Racing Channel
Tony Palo started out drag racing Hondas and selling some parts for them. He eventually formed T1 Race Development and became big in the Nissan GT-R world but then an Audi R8 V10 rolled into his life...
Tony fitted a twin turbo setup combined with his company's own fuel system plus upgraded the transmission for the extra torque but never opened up the motor itself. The results? Zero to sixt...
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source: Audi of America
All-new RS design packages enhance performance attributes and underline sporty sophistication
Dynamic Ride Control now available as an option on RS 6 Avant and RS 7 models
Race inspired flat-bottom steering wheel now standard for RS 6 Avant and RS 7 models
Audi of America today announced updates for its Audi Sport lineup for the 2022 model year, including the addition of a number of requested features customers a...
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words: Bill, video: Carfection
New versus old, youth versus elder...what's better? Vicki Butler-Henderson and Henry Catchpole from Carfection try to answer this question by pitting a MKI R8 V8 against a MKII R8 V10 performance. They both agree that the original is still a great looking vehicle and drives well but what of the next generation? Which one would either want to go home with? Watch below and let's all agree...the MKI R8 wa...
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words: Bill, photos: BJ Motors
Goodwood, Gotland, Viper, Kyalami, Sonoma...these are some of the greens Audi offers but there's one green that I haven't run across until today: Micromata Green. I gotta say, I love it and it being on an R8 V10 plus Spyder is just icing on the cake. Claimed as the only Micromata Green R8 V10 plus Spyder in the US, it will definitely make you look twice. Here's the ad:
BJ Motors is proud to offer this stunni...
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words/photos: George Achorn
Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in the Q4_2020 issue of quattro Magazine. If you would like to subscribe to quattro Magazine, please join Audi Club here.
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