The Audi R8 is Bad Ass
by in The Lab on Monday, February 4, 2008
Since I got my new car months ago, I’ve become somewhat of an Audi fanboy — even trying to convince my friend Sara to get a little A3. This means the pinnacle of such a fandom would obviously be the stunning Audi R8.

The Audi R8
The Audi R8 is a mid-engined monster introduced by Audi in 2007. Plus, just look at it — it looks nuts.

The first appearance of the car was in 2006, appearing at auto shows and events all over the world. The R8 is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo platform, as Audi has full ownership of subsidiary Lamborghini S.p.A..
Audi announced in 2005 that the name of the successful Audi R8 race car would be used for a new road car in 2007, the Audi R8, based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car, which was based on the earlier Audi RSQ concept vehicle, appearing at the 2003 Geneva Auto Show and 2003 International Motor Show. The R8 was officially launched at the Paris Auto Show on 30 September 2006.
There is some confusion with the name which the car shares with the Le Mans winning R8 LMP. Originally, many thought the car would be called the R9 (as there is a gap in numbering left when Audi announced the R8’s successor, the diesel-powered R10).
Bragging Rights
Many publications were hailing it as the first car to truly be able to beat Porsche – considered by many to be one of the best supercars ever made and the leader in its class.
Initial comparison tests have proven quite positive in this respect; Evo Magazine in its comparison test between the R8, 911 Carrera 4S, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and BMW M6 have claimed that the Audi is a better supercar saying that “Audi humbles Porsche. A new dawn starts today.” Other publications have also made similar reviews of the Audi beating the Porsche in comparison tests.

Supercars
As the technology gets increasingly more awesome, the supercar world gets increasingly more competitive.
It’s pretty sad when $255,000 and 3.7 seconds for 0 to 62 is the bottom of the heap. That’s the Ferrari Fiorano, joined in its exclusive club by such beauties as the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 ($319K, 3.4 sec). The group is led by the amazing Bugatti Beyron, which clocks the 0 to 62 in an astonishing 2.5 seconds and hits 188 mph in only 17 seconds; the damage: only $1.4 million. Here are more pix and models, just in case you haven’t drooled enough.
The R8 isn’t a front runner at a 0 to 60 of 4.0 seconds and a top speed of 187 mph, but it will do. It will tackle the quarter-mile in 12.5 seconds at 113.2 mph.

Superbowl Ad
Watching the superbowl yesterday (eh, my girlfriend is into it unfortunately), one of the best ads had to be this one. Primarily because the car just looks so bad ass. The LED headlights look absolutely stunning and are almost reason enough to run to Audi right now and put down an order.
This car is an absolute beast, it is so sleek, sexy, mean, just everything about it seems perfect (this is coming from a woman here!).
Would definately have one if I could, Audi’s are great cars and are nice and reliable.
It’s God’s gift to cards. Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear is always raving about it, what a looker !
That is a beautiful car. Still too expensive for me.
It’s a beautiful, well-balanced car that I love in both black and white, however every time I see one I become quite frustrated about the carbon fiber “blade” that was seen on the side of the show cars, but isn’t available on production cars. Why must Audi tease us with carbon, only to replace it with a plastic resin on production models…
I agree….. I love this car.. It is sexy and high tech all wrapped in one beautiful car. I never been a super audi fan, but this car is beautiful….
The auto designers @ audi deserve a standing applause…
boohoo, every night i go to bed crying my eyes out boo hoo, knowing i never will be able to afford such a work of art, unless I win the lottery, but I know what my chances of winning the lottery are. boo hooo.
if there is only 3 cars in the world that i can own, this would be one of them, along with a porsche carrera gt and the mercedes-benz sl65 amg black edition
Very nice commercial! :) I saw another one few months ago. I heard that it costs 8 million $. I dont know if I can post it here…but I’ll try.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwEE_1ESMU
what a hot car!
I always wanted Porsche 911 or a Gallardo but I have now fallen for R8. Its just seems the perfect car I always wanted
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That audi r8 looks sweet
That is some serious stuff right there o.0
That car is so sweet and I saw one this morning aswell, it just owns the road!
What a car!