2014 Audi R8 Specs 2014 Audi A8

Mid-engine sports car manufactured past High german automobile manufacturer Audi

This article is about the road-going sports car. For other Audi cars bearing the R8 name, see Listing of Audi R8 automobiles.

Motor vehicle

Audi R8
Audi R8 V10 Performance (Type 4S)
Overview
Manufacturer	Audi (Audi Sport GmbH)[1]
Product	2006–nowadays
Torso and chassis
Form	Sports motorcar (South)
Body style	2-door coupé 2-door convertible (spyder)
Layout	Longitudinal mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive / all-wheel-drive[2]

The Audi R8 is a mid-engine, 2-seater sports car,^{[ii] [iii]} which uses Audi's trademark quattro permanent all-wheel drive organization.^[two] It was introduced by the German car manufacturer Audi AG in 2006.

The automobile is exclusively designed, adult, and manufactured by Audi AG's individual subsidiary company manufacturing loftier performance automotive parts, Audi Sport GmbH (formerly quattro GmbH),^[four] and is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and shortly the Huracán platform.^[5] The fundamental construction of the R8 is based on the Audi Space Frame,^[two] and uses an aluminium monocoque which is congenital using space frame principles. The motorcar is built by Audi Sport GmbH in a newly renovated mill at Audi'southward 'aluminium site' at Neckarsulm in Germany.^[2]

Information technology is also the first production auto with full-LED headlamps.^[half-dozen]

Starting time generation (2006–2015: Type 42) [edit]

The Audi R8, based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept automobile (designed by Frank Lamberty and Julian Hoenig) first appeared at the 2003 International Geneva Motor Show and the 2003 Frankfurt International Motor Show. The R8 road car was officially launched at the Paris Auto Testify on 30 September 2006. There was some defoliation with the name, which the car shares with the 24 Hours of Le Mans winning R8 Le Mans Epitome (LMP). Initial models included the R8 iv.ii FSI coupé (with a V8 engine) and R8 five.two FSI coupé (with a V10 engine). Convertible models, called the Spyder by the manufacturer, were introduced in 2008, followed by the high-operation GT model introduced in 2011. The Motorsport variants of the R8 were also afterward introduced from 2008 onwards. An all-electric version chosen the eastward-Tron started evolution but would just reach production stage when the second generation model would be introduced.

half-dozen-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx described the R8 as "the best handling road auto today".^{[vii] [8] [nine]}

The car received a facelift in 2012 and a new model called the V10 Plus was now added to the range. Production of the Type 42 ended in August 2015.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Second generation (2015–present: Type 4S) [edit]

The second generation of the R8 (model code: Type 4S) was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Bear witness and is based on the Modular Sports Organisation platform shared with the Lamborghini Huracan. The evolution of the Type 4S commenced in late 2013 and was completed in late 2014. Initial models included the all-electric e-Tron and the V10 5.2 FSI along with the V10 plus. Unlike its predecessor, at that place was no manual manual available and the entry-level V8 trim was too dropped.^{[13] [14]} In 2016, the convertible (Spyder) variant was added to the line upward which was initially bachelor in the base V10 trim. In mid-2017, the loftier operation V10 plus Spyder was added to the range. A rear-wheel-drive model called the R8 RWS was introduced.

In 2018, the R8 received a mid-wheel refresh with mechanical and outside changes. The newer and more aggressive design language carried over from famous Audi models of the past and its advent is slightly more angular upward front. Some of the aerodynamic features such as the front end aeroblades are shared with the Lamborghini Huracán. The refreshed model had substantial performance improvements over its predecessor.^[xv] The base of operations R8 gets a power boost from 532 hp to 562 hp, while the V10 Plus was renamed V10 Performance Quattro and the engine saw a power increase by 10 hp (seven kW), now up to 612 hp.^[16]

The Audi R8 eastward-tron (2015) was an all-electric version of the second-generation R8. Unlike the before 2010 prototype based on the offset-generation R8, it actually entered production, but just on a small calibration, with less than 100 units sold. It featured a 92-kWh battery.

Production, bachelor markets and sales [edit]

To produce the R8 at Audi Sport GmbH, 70 workers fit five,000 different parts by hand. The manufactory at Neckarsulm, redeveloped at a cost of €28 million, usually produces between eight and 15 cars a twenty-four hour period, up to a maximum daily output of 29 cars.^[two] Ninety-v lasers inspect the entire auto in five seconds to ensure that over 220 measurements are inside 0.1 millimetres of the programmed plans.^[17]

Sales world wide (Production) [edit]

Twelvemonth	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2005–2019 (total)
Units	vi[18]	164[18]	4,125[19]	5,656[twenty]	2,101[21]	iii,485[22]	3,551[12]	2,241[12]	2,500[12]	2,214[23]	2,074[23]	iii,688[24]	3,179[24]	i,764[25]	ii,121[25]	38,869

In Asia, the R8 is available in India, Israel, Japan, Taiwan, Bahrain, Kuwait, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Vietnam, and has been available in Red china, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia since 2008.^{[ citation needed ]}

Sales figures in the U.Due south [edit]

Twelvemonth	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2007–2017 (full)
Units	240[26]	900[26]	699[26]	799[26]	1,145[26]	802[26]	813[26]	735[26]	495[26]	736[26]	772[27]	8,136

Sales figures in Europe [edit]

Twelvemonth	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2006-2016
Units	80[28]	2,035[28]	2,935[28]	1,656[28]	i,632[28]	1,278[28]	1,046[28]	1,021[28]	859[28]	1,108[28]	1,428[28]	15,078[28]

European statistics include sales from the following countries: Austria, Kingdom of belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Republic of finland, France, Deutschland, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Republic of latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kingdom of spain, Sweden, Switzerland.^[29]

Sales figures in Canada [edit]

Year	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	November 2017	2007–Nov 2017 (full)
Units	34 [30]	155 [thirty]	152 [30]	137 [30]	147 [30]	116 [30]	111 [xxx]	116 [30]	89 [30]	158 [xxx]	225 [30]	1,436

Marketing [edit]

Marvel Cinematic Universe [edit]

The R8 became the personal vehicle for Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) throughout 6 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Type 42 models were used in the Iron Man Trilogy with a V8 in Fe Human,^[31] a V10 Spyder in Iron Man 2,^[32] and an e-tron image in Iron Homo 3.^{[33] [34]} Type 4S models appeared in later Marvel Studios movies with 2016 V10 Plus models in Avengers: Age of Ultron ^[35] and Captain America: Ceremonious State of war ^[36] and a Spyder model in Spider-Homo: Homecoming.^[37]

Meet also [edit]

• Lamborghini Huracán (built on same platform)
• Audi Le Mans quattro
• Audi S and RS models
• Lamborghini Gallardo (built on same platform)

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