Audi Drops the Top on Extreme R8 GT Spyder with 560HP V10

Audi continues to expand its vehicle range filling every possible niche in the market. After the recent debut of the A6 Avant, today, the Ingolstadt-based automaker revealed the convertible version of its hardcore R8 GT coupe, which was launched as a limited edition model in 2010 with only 333 cars being produced. The new R8 GT Spyder follows the same recipe featuring a more powerful V10 engine and a lighter body.

Power comes from an updated version of the standard car’s 5.2-liter V10 engine with a modified ECU that helps lift output from 525HP and 530 Nm (390.91 lb-ft) to 560HP and 540 Nm (398.28 lb-ft) of torque at 6,500 rpm. An R tronic sequential manual transmission and Audi’s quattro permanent all-wheel drive system with a strong rear-wheel bias completes the setup.

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SCOOP: Audi’s Über R8 GT Spyder Hits the ‘Ring

There’s a new Audi model coming to town. We’re talking about the 2012 R8 GT Spyder that will make its global premiere at the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and which we caught testing in and around the Nurburgring racetrack in Germany. Even though Audi recently teased us with a set of renderings, these are some of the first real life photos of the R8 GT Spyder, which is seen here in prototype guise.

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Project Kahn's Lil' R8 is a dressed up Audi TT

Given the huge price difference between Audi’s two core sports coupe models, the mainstream TT and the niche R8, it doesn’t come to much of a surprise that many tuners have tried to offer the first a taste of the latter, both in terms of performance and styling. In the case of Project Kahn’s newest tuning take on the Audi TT, the goal was to flavor the small coupe with some R8 seasoning. Read more »

Audi

The Audi AG , based in Ingolstadt in Bavaria is a German automobile manufacturer, theVolkswagen group belongs.

The brand name is a play on words to circumvent the naming rights of the former motor vehicle manufacturer Horch . Company founder August Horch , the A. Horch & Cie. Motor Car Works Zwickau with the CFO had left disagreements to and looked for a company name (company) for his new company and found him in a proposal by a Zwickau high school students, the listening to the Latin translated. ^[4] Audi is imperative singular ofaudire (in German, listen , listen ), meaning "Listen!" or just "listening". On 25 April 1910 was the Audi car factories in Zwickau GmbH in the commercial register of the city of Zwickau entered. 1928 took DKW , Audi works. Both companies were part of the 1932Auto Union .