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Tuesday, Jan 5
2010 Audi S4
Make: Audi
Model: S4
Trim: Premium Plus
Price, Base/As-Tested: $45,900/$51,475 Horsepower & Torque: 333 HP @ 5,500 RPM, 325 Lb-Ft @ 2,900 RPM
Transmission: 6-speed manual
Top Speed: 155 MPH (limited) Crash Testing, Front/Rear/Side: *****/*****/*****
Wednesday, Nov 18
2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible
● BMW M6 Convertible: torque-free engine, better handling, real back seats ● Mercedes SL63 AMG: just as fast, more fun to drive, bad image ● Porsche 911 Convertible: slower, yet way more fun ● Audi R8 Convertible: gorgeous, fast, fun, capable
Tuesday, Nov 3
2011 Mercedes SLS AMG: First Drive
The seven-speed rear-mounted transaxle is connected to the engine, as is the fashion these days, by a rigid torque tube containing a carbon fiber drive shaft. This arrangement maximizes the connection between the rear wheels and the engine, while minimizing the torque's impact on the h...
Friday, Aug 28
Teaser: Driving The Audi R8 V10 At Infineon Raceway
We spent part of the week in California, testing various new Audi products, the headliner being the 2010 Audi R8 V10. Check back Monday for more. Until then, here's a teaser video of our run at Infineon Raceway. Click to play
Thursday, May 7
Audi Won't Build R8 V12 TDI
The concept Audi R8 V12 TDI made its world debut at the Detroit Auto Show in 2008, sporting aggressively revised bodywork and a 500-horsepower and 737 lb-ft. of torque, 5.5-liter TDI V12 from the Audi R10 Le Mans racer. Needless to say, it would have ...
Monday, May 4
Audi To Release Mysterious New Model For 100th Anniversary
MI Could it be the Audi R8 Spyder? It could be, but according to their product lineup that was leaked months back, they're also scheduling to release the Spanish-built 2011 Audi Q3 light crossover based on the Audi Cross Coupe concept that made its debut ...
Monday, Dec 8
Audi R8 V10: Full Details, More Images [Audi R8 V10]
0-62mph in 3.9 seconds, top speed 196mph, combined mpg 20.6 (R8 4.2 V8 R tronic 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds, top speed 187mph, combined mpg 20.7) Combines classic mid-engine configuration with advanced all-aluminium Audi Space Frame (ASF) construction and quattro permanent four-wheel-drive
Friday, Dec 5
Audi Pulls Out Of 2009 American Le Mans Series [Racing News]
Ingolstadt – Audi concentrates its motorsport programmes for the 2009 season on the new R15 TDI sport prototype for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the re-worked racing touring car A4 DTM and the newly developed R8 LMS for customer use in the GT3 class. Audi will not be represented by its factory tea...
Friday, May 16
Audi A3 TDI Clubsport Quattro, Revealed
Chassis Also on show at the Lake Wörther Tour is the Audi R8 TDI Le Mans, whose drive train technology is closely related to that of the R 10 TDI. The high-performance sports car is driven by a six-liter V12, whose 368 kW (500 hp) of output and 1,000 Nm (737.56 lb-ft) of torque propel the world's m...
Friday, Mar 21
Jalopnik Drives Hybrid Technologies Lithium-Powered Super Car
Yeah, go slow over this cable tray cause the nose is so low, but in the tunnel why don't you punch it and see what it can do"—those were the orders of the cars' keeper gave. Though styling is not necessarily the car's strong point, its simplicity and performance are respectable. The car starts w...
Thursday, Mar 20
Audi R8 V12 TDI Le Mans Diesel Prototype [New York Auto Show]
This prototype features the 6.0 V12 TDI, which produces a pavement destroying 500 horsepower and 738 lb-ft of torque. How does it drive? For the purpose of self-preservation, this particular version was limited to half the torque and horsepower so that we couldn't have too much fun with it.
Monday, Mar 10
Audi Opens "Iron Man" R8 Micro-Site, Gives Us A Few More Seconds Of Hot Video Action
AUDI AG sold a total of 964,151 cars in 2007 and thus achieved its twelfth consecutive record year. Audi produces vehicles in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm (Germany), Györ (Hungary), Changchun (China) and Brussels (Belgium). At the end of 2007, production of the Audi A6 started in Aurangaba...
Monday, Feb 11
2008 Jaguar XKR, Part Two [Jalopnik Reviews]
The 2008 Jaguar XKR is a fast car. With the added 'R,' the hood louvers inscribed with "Supercharged" and the aggressive body work, however, that probably goes without saying. Those visual cues hint at the added performance. Power is up from 300bhp in the non-R version to 420. It makes 413lb/f...
Wednesday, Jan 16
Opinion: The Jalopnik 2008 Detroit Auto Show Automaker Report Card
Volkswagen AG scored here in Detroit with the Audi R8 V12 TDI concept and surprise sexpot Volkswagen Passat CC, both of which satisfied expectations, at least visually and theoretically, to a tremendous degree. Minus grade for hiring the craggy Canadian Bryan Adams to serenade the new A...
Sunday, Jan 13
Detroit Auto Show: Audi R8 V12 TDI Live
Such a high-performance Audi also has quattro permanent all-wheel drive. In the case of this mid-engine sports car, power is distributed variably between the front and rear wheels from a starting ratio of 40:60 to optimize the handling. Chassis
Thursday, Jan 10
Opinion: Detroit Auto Show: The Audi R8 V12 Video Leaves Nothing To The Imagination
A quick review of the stats, this new Audi R8 should be good for upwards of 500 horsepower and 730 lb-ft of torque while still maintaining fuel economy close to 23 mpg on the American scale. All this should take the car to a reported 186 mph with a 0-60 time at 4.2 seconds. Now we know why they kept bu...
Thursday, Dec 20
Audi Releases More Details of Iron Man Product Placement Extravaganza
Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark - the main character in the film version of "Iron Man" from Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios. His superpowers are the result of the highly versatile and indestructible high-tech armor that he developed himself. When he is without his suit, the technical...
Sunday, Dec 9
Audi R8, Part 3 [Jalopnik Reviews]
• Manufacturer: Audi • Model tested: R8 • Model year: 2008 • Engine type: 4.2 Liter DOHC V8 • Horsepower: 420 @ 7,800 RPM • Torque: 317 @ 4,500-6,000 RPM • Red line: 8,250 RPM • Transmission: 6-speed automated manual • Wheelbase: 104.3" • Tires: 235/35 front, 295/30 rear
Tuesday, Dec 4
Audi R8, Part 2: Welcome To The Racetrack! [Jalopnik Reviews]
where they have this eat-off-the-floor-clean garage full of European-spec Audi machinery, all powered by variations of the godly Audi V8. to "carbon fiber" Audi-branded bottled water. And that brings up an observation about the Audi PR operation that I think is relevant here:
Tuesday, Nov 20
Audi R8, Part 1 [Jalopnik Reviews]
So, let's start with price: I bought my Civic for $1200; the '08 R8 with manual transmission MSRPs at $115,600. That's pretty close to a 100:1 ratio, and the R8 is only about five times more fun than the Civic to drive; that's a huge fun-per-dollar difference. Advantage: '92 Civic.
Wednesday, Nov 14
PPI-tuned R8 to Bow at Essen Motor Show [Tuners]
For those who find the stock Audi R8 to be a little on the heavy and slow side, Audi tuners PPI have stepped up to create the PPI R8, which is set to debut at the Essen Motor Show this December according to the folks at World Car Fans. Exterior enhancements come in the form of a new carbon fiber aero...
Friday, Jul 7
You Are There: The American Le Mans Series New England Grand Prix, July 1, 2006
Here is your Penske Porsche Spyder RS team, about to storm to second and third place in class and overall. The winners in GT2 were Petersen Motorsports and their Porsche 911GT3 RSR. This was a brand new car, since their old RSR was annihilated in the eleventh hour at Le Mans two weeks earlier.
Saturday, Apr 1
Jalopnik Reviews: 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo SE, Part 3
· Manufacturer: Lamborghini · Model tested: Gallardo SE · Model year: '06 · Price as Tested: $194,850 · Horsepower: 512 hp @ 8000 rpm · Torque: 376 lb-ft @ 4500 rpm · Redline: 8100rpm · Wheels and Tires: Pirelli P-Zeros 235/35 ZR 19 (front), 295/30 ZR 19 (rear)
