All-wheel drive systems in sports cars like the Audi R8 are a little like boxing gloves, in that the added safeguards give the people behind them the confidence to attack past their usual means. A ...

You’ve just got to love tuners. Good tuners that is. Why? Because for these guys no supercar on Earth is fast or exclusive enough and they can't take a swansong and ...

What is it? If there was one flaw with the Audi R8 — if it could be even called a flaw; a ‘shortcoming’ might be better — it was that the two-seat sports coupe could not drift very elegantly or ...

Back in 2018, Audi launched a surprise RWD version of the R8 sports car dubbed the R8 Rear Wheel Series for owners who enjoy driving everywhere sideways. Sadly, the fun didn't last for long because ...

Say you're a wealthy sports car enthusiast, and you love the idea of a rear-wheel drive, mid-engine sports car, but you don't want to deal with the hassle or expense of buying something like a Ferrari ...

The rear-wheel drive Audi R8 RWS has landed, offering an R8 model variant that takes aim at the purist focused on performance driving. The R8 RWS is powered by the same 540 horsepower, 5.2-liter ...

Last September, Audi debuted the new R8 V10 RWS at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the first variant of the brand’s halo car without quattro all-wheel drive. Stephan Winkelmann, the Audi Sport’s boss at the ...

As other supercar makers continue to add complexity, Audi seems determined to keep going the opposite way. Non content with keeping the R8 as a non-turbo 5.2-litre V10, it’s now gone and binned the ...

Legend has it that when you drive a supercar, your biceps and pectorals enlarge by up to 30% and your testosterone levels climb rapidly, giving your confidence a much needed kick in the basement. On ...

Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a ...

Audi on Wednesday announced that its rear-wheel-drive R8, previously only a limited-edition model, will become a permanent fixture in the lineup and offered in both coupe and convertible body styles.