audi r8

Production and available markets

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Year	2005[13]	2006[13]	2007[14]	2008	2009[15]	2010[16]	2011[17]	Total
Units	6	164	4,125	5,656	2,101	3,485	3,551	19,088

Models
R8 Coupé 4.2 FSI quattro
The Original V8 Coupé
R8 Spyder 4.2 FSI quattro
R8 Coupé 5.2 FSI quattro
The R8 V10 Coupé
R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro
The R8 V10 Spyder
R8 GT (2010–)
The R8 GT

1. 006: White – USA

1. 026: White – Germany

1. 038: White - Brazil

1. 069: White – Australia

1. 086: White – USA

1. 089: Orange – Brazil

1. 090: Orange – Canada

1. 128: White – Canada

1. 160: White - USA

1. 217: Black – USA

1. 257: White – USA

1. 272: Black – USA

1. 274: Orange – Brazil

1. 275: White – USA

1. 276: White – USA

1. 171: White - Malaysia

R8 GT Spyder

To produce the R8 at quattro GmbH, seventy workers fit 5,000 unique parts by hand. The factory at Neckarsulm, redeveloped at a cost of €28 million, usually produces between eight and fifteen cars a day, up to a maximum daily output of 29 cars.^[4]Ninety-five lasers inspect the entire car in five seconds to ensure that over 220 measurements are within 0.1 millimetres of the programmed plans.^[10]

The two-seat coupé is currently available in Bahrain, Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and South Africa.^[11]The R8 Spyder, an open-top roadster model, followed in 2009. In Latin America, the R8 became available at the end of 2008 at dealers in Mexico City, Bogota, Medellin, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Lima, Santiago and Santo Domingo. Customers bought every unit available for 2008 within a week^[12] after the R8 premiered at the Bogota International Auto Show and Auto Expo of Medellin.

In Asia, the R8 is available in Bahrain, Pakistan, India, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam, and has been available in China, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia since 2008.

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The Audi R8 was initially equipped with a 4.2 litre V8 engine. Specifically, it is an all-aluminium alloy 32-valve (four valves per cylinder) petrol engine,^[4] utilising Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI),^[4] and has a displacement of 4,163 cubic centimetres(254.0 cu in).^[4] It develops a motive power output of 420 metric horsepower (309 kW; 414 bhp) (Directive 80/1269/EEC),^[4] and generates 430 newton metres (317 lbf·ft) of torque,^[4] on 98 RON 'Super Unleaded' petrol. It is basically the same engine used in the Audi B7 RS4, but is modified to use dry sump lubrication system. This V8 is a highly reworked, high-revving variant of the existing 4.2 litre V8, but includes cylinder-direct fuel injection (Fuel Stratified Injection), and four valves per cylinder, instead of five (as used on the previous non-FSI variants). It also uses two chain-driven double overhead camshafts (DOHC) per cylinder bank, and utilises variable valve timing for both inlet and exhaust camshafts. The 4 wheel drive system is biased towards the rear; it only sends 30% of its power to the front wheels and the other 70% to the rear.

The transmission options are either a Lamborghini sourced six-speed manual gearbox with metal gate for the shift lever, or an Audi-developed R tronic^[4] gearbox—which is a semi-automatic, without a traditional clutch pedal with automatic gears shifting mode.^[7][18]These options are the same as those available on the Lamborghini Gallardo. A double clutch direct-shift gearbox (DSG), now badged by Audi as S tronic, is not available (as of April 2010).

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On July 1, 2010 Autocar reported that Audi has added the 4.2 FSI V8 engine to the R8 Spyder range. The 434 PS (319 kW; 428 bhp) (up 14 bhp on coupé), 430 newton metres (317 lbf·ft) unit now completes the R8 Spyder range alongside the launch V10 powerplant. It has a 0-62 mph (0–100 km/h) time of 4.8sec and will go on to reach a top speed of 185 mph (299 km/h). The engine is available with Audi's R tronic sequential manual gearbox. Like the V10 model, the V8 Spyder features an aluminium spaceframe with carbon composites and an automatic retractable folding cloth roof.

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Audi AG unveiled the Audi R8 V10 on 9 December 2008. It uses a 5.2 litre FSI engine,^[4] based on the unit in the Lamborghini GallardoLP560-4 (which in turn was based on the 5.2 FSI V10 as used in the Audi C6 S6 and Audi D3 S8), but is re-tuned to produce a power output of 525 metric horsepower (386 kW; 518 bhp), and generate 530 newton metres (391 lbf·ft) of torque.^[4][5] Compared to the V8 variant, the R8 V10's performance numbers are enhanced. Audi states the new 0 to 100 kilometres per hour (0 to 62.1 mph) time as only 3.9 seconds,^[4] 60 to 124 miles per hour (97 to 200 km/h) in 8.1 seconds, and a top speed of 317 kilometres per hour (197.0 mph).^[4]Other changes to the V10 version of the R8 include some aesthetic differences: such as all-LED headlights (a world-first),^[4] interior enhancements such as Bang & Olufsen 465 watt sound system,^[4] and a more aggressive body styling,^[19] larger rear brakes and uniqueroadwheels.^[4]

It was initially thought that this version of the R8 was going to have the same engine as the C6 Audi RS6, a 5.0 litre V10 TFSI twin-turboengine, which produces 580 metric horsepower (427 kW; 572 bhp). However, some components of the twin-turbo system overheated, and one prototype was destroyed by fire at the Nürburgring.^[20] This model was shown at the 2009 North American International Auto Show.

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Although it was rumoured by the automotive press since the announcement of the production R8 in 2006, it was only in August 2008 that spy shots of a convertible R8 "Spider" from filming scenes of the movie Iron Man 2 were published online. The photos showed a clearly visible "soft-top" roof, and the unique sideblade had been removed.^[21] The vehicle was formally unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.^[22] Compared with the coupé model, the convertible will have extra chassis support, a pair of roll-over safety bars, as well as minor changes such as the location of the fuel tank filler. It will be powered by a 5.2 FSI V10 engine.^{[citation needed]}

UK model was sold for £111,955 OTR (manual) and £117,155 OTR (R tronic).^[23]

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It is a limited (333 units world wide, 33 UK, 90 USA) version of R8 Coupé 5.2 FSI quattro with curb weight reduced by 100 kg (220 lb) to 1,525 kg (3,362 lb), increased engine power to 560 PS (412 kW; 552 bhp) (367 PS (270 kW; 362 bhp) per ton). Because of these changes the R8 GT has a top speed of 199 mph (320 km/h) and goes from 0–100km/h in 3.6 seconds, 0.3 faster than the R8 V10. The car also features some visual changes including red brake caliper covers, a fixed rear wing, front bumper mounted winglets and GT badges replacing the V10 ones.

The vehicle was released in May 2010 for $180,000 (US). US model (with R tronic) was released as 2012 model year car for $196,800 (excluding $1,250 destination charge, taxes, title, options and dealer charges).^[24]

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It is a limited (333 units) production vehicle that combines the improvements in R8 GT with a convertible body. The German model went on sale for base price of €207,800.^[25]

The vehicle was unveiled in 2011 at Le Mans.^[26]