Gadgetory

as in either 2015 Audi has launched an all-new r8 supercar and truth be told it's not that different from the current replaces the vents on the front and a vertical rather than horizontal the side blade has gone missing and the exhausts are rectangular rather than circular the interior has been given a ferrule spruce as well taking some pretty awesome inspiration from the incredible TT sports car dimensionally it's four centimetres wider two shorter and one lower than the old car it's also up to 50 kilos and lighter than the car it replaces with a dry weight of 14 54 kilos is done that thanks to a new space frame an extensive use of carbon fibre and aluminium from launch there are two engines to choose from both 5.3 litre v10 the base car is packin 533 brake horsepower and 398 pound foot nor 262 takes three and a half seconds in its top speed is just a shade over 200 miles an hour however if that's a bit too slow for you you can always go for this the v10 plus it's back in 600 and super brake horsepower and 413 pounds foot nor 262 takes 3.2 seconds it'll do nought to 124 in just under 10 and its top speed is 205 miles an hour pretty impressive stuff and all of that power goes through a dual clutch flappy paddle gearbox no manuals confirmed for now neither is a smaller engine v8 or anything like that they will be doing a limited run of an all-electric each wrong as well the new r8 is looking fairly into hurricane territory which makes me wonder whether Lamborghini should be a little bit worried however the r8 itself is a pretty legendary car to understand why let's take a look back the original audio rate was something of a phenomenon born of the Lamar winning r8 racer and the 2003 LeMond quattro concept car it showed the world that not only could OD do a supercar but it could take the likes of Porsche on and not come out with a bloody nose but a bloody fist when rumors began to spread the od was going to make a supercar of its very own the press and car fans all over the world went a bit nuts the idea of sensible howdy making proper supercars was too much for some to take the first production r8 was revealed in 2008 and after its reveal all of the initial cars sold out within a week is safe to say that when it was launched the r8 was warmly received it shared some parts with VW Group stablemate Lamborghinis Guyardo though to start with it was put on a back foot given a mere 414 brake horsepower 4.2 liter v8 rather than the Lambos 5.2 liter v10 the v8 was good great even but later down the line that v10 appeared as did a convertible as you'll expect there was a facelift a minor power hike and tweak here and there and a number of special editions it was to put it politely proper which I have a couple over the years of v8 and a v10 plus and loved them both they were comfortable very fast and surprisingly practical the Marquand r8 was a supercar that had been designed by people who knew about making normal cars they took the vichy like such as visibility access and user friendliness and added them to the best bits of supercars large mid mounted engines and looks to kill look at the impact the r8 had in the rest of the world as well as soon as it launched it became one of the hottest cars around how Iron Man drove three of them now it's time for the first r8 song to end its v8 can be heard in the intro sting of every ex car video for now at least and personally I think the v8 r8 is one of the greats especially with a 6-speed manual