Audi R8 Rear Wheel Drive Performance Coupe. 2022
Joe Achilles, (YouTube): At last, a proper drivers car on the 2nd generation R8 platform! I’m certain Audi will close this chapter with a special GT version or similar, but if they don’t, this RWD Performance is a great way to bid farewell to the R8 we know and love.
Audi R8 V10 2016| evo REVIEW
The original Audi R8 was one of the great surprises of the previous decade. From a company known for building fast but lifeless performance cars here was a genuine rival for the timeless Porsche 911. The second-generation model has an enormous amount to live up to, then, and the good news is it more than meets expectations.
‘While other supercar manufacturers, including Porsche and Ferrari, swap out their normally-aspirated engines for downsized, turbocharged units, Audi is persisting with the high-revving V10. It’s a phenomenal engine; the beating heart of the R8. It is a pity that there’s no longer a manual gearbox option, although the twin-clutch S tronic is one of the fastest shifting gearboxes I’ve ever experienced.’ – Dan Prosser, road test editor.
Audi R8 5.2 FSI Full Test and Video
Edmunds: On a bad day, car criticism is about finding faults with the very things car critics enjoy. Today, friends, is not that day. Today, we consider the 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI, a car so well conceived and executed that we haven’t the slightest interest in quibbling or equivocating.