Audi has taken its supercar R8 to the Nurburgring to make some direct comparisons between real-world track driving and GT5: Prologue driving as well as letting loose some secrets on the upcoming demo GT5.
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In Maranello, Italy it doesn’t matter that your Audi R8 5.2 V10 has the chassis of an Italian thoroughbred underneath. Don’t drive it through the city of Maranello. It’s just wrong and the residents won’t like you very much.
Yet another jab by Audi’s marketing folk. This time showing that the Audi R8 5.2 V10 super car brings shame and horror to the residents of Ferrari’s home town. It’s okay little Audi R8, come see us. We promise we’ll welcome you with open arms.
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At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, Audi unveiled the much anticipated V10 variant of their R8 Supercar. And what a huge veil it had to be in order to contain the new 517HP V10 shoehorned into the Porsche 911 killer. Specs on the Audi R8 5.2 FSI are a 0-60 time in 3.9 seconds, and nearly 200 MPH and she looks damn good in black red to boot.
As the big daddy to the 4.2-liter V8 R8, the V10 makes 105 more Hp, uses a different set of air intakes and different rear features. And for those who are aware that there’s more to life than horsepower, don’t worry, the new Audi V10 R8 also develops 395 Lb-Ft of torque, 78 more than the v8.
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At this year’s annual 2008 Audi Driver International held in the remote village of Castle Combe, England a sad thing has happened on the track – A driver lost control of his Audi RS4 Avant and thoroughly crammed it into the wall.
Thankfully nobody looked seriously hurt, just casualities of egos, but the video of the wagon’s last remaining moments reveals the oversteer, the lift off the pedal, the overcorrection, and the inevitable smash.
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First off, Yes you’re reading that right, there actually is an Auto Show in Moscow. And yes, you’re reading that right again, there now is an Audi RS6 Sedan. So now we’re torn… RS6 Avant or RS6 sedan? Both are beating with the same twin-turbocharged, direct-injected 5.0-liter V10 putting out 580 hp and 479 lb.-ft. of torque. Both send power to all 4 wheels through a 6 speed tiptronic transmission, and both can be equipped with absolutely massive 420mm (front) and 356mm (rear) ceramic brakes. While it’s hard to deny the practicality of the wagon, but doesn’t the sedan comes across as more elegant – in a brutal, Teutonic way? The voting will commence in the comments and check the gallery below for a plenty of high-res images from the show floor.
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