THE New Audi R8 V10 Plus

27,000 copies worldwide,: since its launch in 2007, the Audi R8 is a real commercial success. A success built at the expense of sarcasm of skeptics who saw it as a generalist supercar tasteless.

It must be said that despite its legitimacy in motorsports - 13 wins in the last 16 editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans - the builder to Rings had largely been slow to market its competing berlinettes of Ferrari and Porsche 911 Turbo other.

8 years after his new and strong reputation, the R8 back in a second generation. And if the Ingolstadt brand is rather shy in terms of changes with its more conventional models, it did not hesitate to thoroughly review its sporty cut to make it even more sensational.

Unmistakable, the R8 is evolving towards more aggression. The face of food we look with its new Single Frame grille and more slender lights, the famous side sideblades carbon are now sliced in two and more angular rear spoiler always receives an imposing carbon for even more wickedness.

Let's talk about carbon because it allowed the German fulgureuse to lose up to 15% of its weight (1555 kg), all in stiffening the chassis by 40% through the use of aluminum and RTCs (plastic reinforced with carbon fiber). Even compared to the R8 V10, the "Plus" lightens forty kilos, merit going to the series of carbo-ceramic brakes ($ 10,430 on the base model), the smaller tank and engine cover carbon rear.

Another difference - not least - among the only two models available in the catalog, the power of the 5.2 V10 540 horsepower for the base model and 610 nags for the "More", 60 additional standards compared to the old generation . Hats off to Audi offering an almost equally powerful engine than the competition, without succumbing to the temptations of downsizing and turbocharging other!


Atmospheric forcing, organ pipes 10 shows its chest as and its revving. Far from being sluggish in low revolutions (560 Nm at 6500 r / min), the V10 quickly becomes explosive and literally monstrous up to 8520 rev / min, just before the switch. All under the screams of the sports exhaust (2,230 euros) from the metal with the acute backfires worthy of a hunting party.

About Price (Somewhat Expensive) : 

Inflation has not spared the new Audi R8 V10 Plus. Sold from € 199,000 ($ 213,770 for our test model), it exceeds $ 22,000 the price of the older generation. A significant increase in rates Audi justified by a richer standard equipment including the carbo-ceramic brakes "offered".


Nevertheless, the rates of the new R8 is now closer to those of its competitors as its prestigious cousin Lamborghini Huracan ($ 203,400) or the Ferrari 488 ($ 209,240) and Porsche 911 Turbo ($ 200,405). But finally saw nothing surprising performance and driving pleasure it distilled.

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