The second-generation Audi R8 has been revealed and will go on sale later this year with prices starting from £119,500.
The Ingolstadt manufacturer has confirmed the new two-seater will be sold with a range-topping 601bhp 5.2-litre V10 petrol engine and newly developed quattro four-wheel drive system capable of providing it with 0-62mph acceleration in just 3.2sec and a 205mph top speed.
Read our Audi R8 V10 review here
The car is available to order in the UK from May 2015. The V10 costs £119,500 and the more powerful V10 Plus £137,500. First deliveries will take place in late 2015. Full UK specification will be confirmed later this week.
Making its public debut at the Geneva motor show, the new car follows an evolutionary path, retaining all the integral elements of the first-generation R8, on sale since 2006.
However, Audi’s technical development boss Ulrich Hackenberg says every component of the new R8 has been either upgraded or newly designed using knowhow from the German car maker’s LMP and LMS racing programs.
“With the new R8, our engineers are bringing accumulated racing expertise from the race track to the road," said Hackenberg. "No other Audi is closer to a race car.”
Audi has also confirmed the existence of a new all-electric drivetrain for a new R8 e-tron model, planned to be sold in limited volumes in selected markets.
To reinforce its performance potential, the new R8 will be sold exclusively with V10 power during the initial sales phase, although official pricing has yet to be confirmed.
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Osteopathica
Audi designers
5wheels
Osteopathica wrote:Can't even
Are you bored with your wife? or your Rolex ? some things are just to fabulous to change and are very personal - I think the R8 is one of them and more desirable and more perfect than a lot more expensively priced machinery out there. Thank you Audi - this is amazing
Moparman
Not bad
Ski Kid
Do not make that R8 anything like a Lambo was the order
audiolab
Was the car of my dreams...
Peter Cavellini
New posh Dress.....?
skiwi
Peter Cavellini wrote:I can't
Surely at least half the point is that it isn't?
Peter Cavellini
Hmmmmm?
Like what another poster said,where's the new design tech?,ain't broke don't fix it?,well,yes,but, if your going to showcase new tech,Audi are going to do the prologue(i know, weird name)it does look different to previous Audi's.
audiolab
I take some of it back...
Paul Dalgarno
Not that different
However, they are to be congratulated on starting the movement on getting rid of those awful stick up tablet screens by developing the instrument panels to show sat nav, etc. BMW, Mercedes, etc please take note.
Now move your game on externally please.
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