It packs a greater punch since the 5.2 FSI engine has been dialed to 630 hp whereas Audi's swan song for its flagship sports car has "only" 612 hp. Deleting Quattro and making generous use of ...

One of the big ones was Audi ’s successes with the R8 Le Mans prototype race car, which scored its first victory in 2000 and would go on to win in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.

Then, just before retirement, the first R8 Competition was created, the most powerful road car that Audi had created up to that point, with a 562hp V-10 which matched the power output of the ...

Correspondingly, the R8 Performance Quattro Spyder tips the scale at just under 1.7 tons. These two performers are certainly Audi's pride, but a third beloved prodigal son raises the banner of the ...

The XGT is started out life as ABT’s Audi R8 LMS GT2 race car and was then modified to meet road regulations. According to ABT, the XGT required 40 different government approvals to make it road ...

For its latest project, ABT spent over two years developing Audi’s R8 GT2 race car into a street-legal car capable of negotiating road traffic. Called the ABT XGT, only 99 examples will be ...

Limited to 333 units globally, the new Audi R8 GT is simultaneously a triple tribute to Audi’s role in sports car racing, a throwback to the same-named car from 2011, and a low-volume swan song ...

Anything reaching over 200 miles per hour is alarmingly fast. Audi claims the R8 reaches such lofty performance metrics because it's essentially a race car with a nice sound system and leather seats.

The highlight is the R8 V10 GT RWD, the most powerful rear-wheel drive production car from Audi. It featured a retuned 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 with 611 horsepower, enough to push it from ...

The Audi DTM program expanded for 1991 to four cars across two works teams. The V8 Quattro was also updated with a new front splitter and adjustable height rear wing, while output was boosted to ...