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Astonishing 710 bhp STaSIS Challenge Extreme Edition

Astonishing 710 bhp STaSIS Challenge Extreme Edition

North American VAG performance powerhouse STaSIS Engineering is delighted to launch its incredible flagship Audi R8 V10 Challenge Extreme Edition package into the British market.

Audi tests next R18 Evolution

Audi has put the next stage of its R18 project to the test: The latest version of its new diesel race car, which will appear in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was test-driven for the first time in the USA.

Audi R8 Spyder wins MSN Car of the Year award

Audi R8 Spyder wins MSN Car of the Year award

MSN Cars has announced that the awesome Audi R8 Spyder is the winner of the seventh annual MSN Cars Car of the Year award.

Audi scores a hat-trick of BusinessCar Awards

Audi scores a hat-trick of BusinessCar Awards

Audi has picked up a trio of BusinessCar Awards thanks to category wins for the Audi Q5, A3 and R8. The Audi Q5 topped the Small 4x4 category at the Fleet publication’s annual awards for the second consecutive time.

Audi R8 V10 Spyder - Scottish Drop Top of the Year

Audi R8 V10 Spyder - Scottish Drop Top of the Year

The Audi R8 V10 Spyder has been voted Drop Top of the Year by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW) at its annual Scottish Car of the Year Awards, held in St Andrews, Scotland.

Audi R8 Spyder adopts eight-cylinder power

Audi R8 Spyder adopts eight-cylinder power

The Audi R8 Spyder is about to perform a pincer movement on the open-air supercar establishment as it adopts a new generation 4.2-litre V8 FSI petrol engine to run alongside the existing 5.2-litre V10 FSI.

Audi R8 LMS wins again at Nurburgring

The Audi R8 LMS remains as best in class in the 24-hour race on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife: Also during its second outing in the "green hell", the world’s longest and toughest race track, the mid-engine sportscar crossed the finish line as winner of the GT3 class (SP9).

APS 548 BHP VF supercharger upgrade for Audi R8 V8

APS 548 BHP VF supercharger upgrade for Audi R8 V8

APS of Brackley, the award winning independent Audi specialist, is pleased to announce its appointment by VF Engineering of Anaheim, California, to act as UK sales concession for a new range of Audi R8 V8 supercharger conversions.

Audi R8 GT – Fastest ever road-going Audi

Audi R8 GT – Fastest ever road-going Audi

Performance is even more acutely of the essence in the new Audi R8 GT, a distillation of the celebrated R8 V10 formula into an even more concentrated and potent form.

Audi R8 V10 voted 2010 World Performance Car

Audi R8 V10 voted 2010 World Performance Car

The Audi R8 has been named 2010 World Performance Car at the World Car of the Year Awards ceremony at the New York Auto Show. This is the second time that the R8 has won the World Performance Car award: the V8-powered R8 took this award in 2008.

Audi R8 race and road cars prepare to take the heat

Audi R8 race and road cars prepare to take the heat

As the first examples of the scalp-bronzing Audi R8 Spyder head for the UK to enliven spring 2010, two rather more knuckle-whitening versions of the celebrated Audi supercar are preparing to compete in the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championships in the hands of a new home-grown racing team.

Audi R8 V10 Spyder arrives in Frankfurt

Audi R8 V10 Spyder arrives in Frankfurt

A stunning new take on the much lauded Audi R8 opens to the public, quite literally, at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show (September 17-27). The new R8 Spyder with fully automatic lightweight fabric hood brings added wind-in-hair intensity to the already extreme driving experience delivered by the lightweight aluminium, mid-engine and quattro-equipped super car.

Audi R8 LMS successfully passes ultimate endurance test

The new GT3 sports car of AUDI AG successfully passed the ultimate endurance test: In the fastest 24-hour race the Nürburgring has ever seen, all four Audi R8 LMS cars that started to the race crossed the finish line.

All Audi R8 LMS cars in top six

The new GT3 sports car from AUDI AG delivered an impressive performance in qualifying for the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring: All four Audi R8 LMS finished among the top six in the final qualifying session and thus secured grid positions on the first three rows of the 171-car field.