Think Audi R8 and chances are the following adjectives spring to mind: sensuous, sublimely balanced, desirable… but slightly underpowered. Now hang on, you may well say, 309kW and 430Nm aren’t exactly knock-kneed outputs, so what gives? True, the 4.2-litre V8-equipped R8 is a quick car by most conventional yardsticks, but one was always left with [...]

The Audi R8 GT3 sports car comes with powerful 500 hp plus GT3 version of the Audi R8 which will be available from autumn 2009. Because the GT3 regulations prohibit the use of four-wheel drive the Audi R8 comes with the typical GT rear-wheel drive. The Audi R8 GT3 power is transmitted via a newly [...]