V10-POWERED AUDI R8 SPOTTED
Posted 14th May, 2008 in Audi, Videos | 11 Comments
These images have surfaced, showing what appears to be a more-or-less production-ready US-spec V10-powered Audi R8. Getting its power from the RS6-derived V10 unit, this thing’s going to be epic.
Audi had apparently handed out the ’stealth’ V10 cars to a select few, but it appears that one owner couldn’t contain their excitement, and ended spilling the beans. Rapped-knuckles time!
More photos and a video below.
[Source: Audiworld]
1. 18th May, 2008 at 21:01 by Jon Moss
Excellent ! Looking cool in white!
2. 19th May, 2008 at 00:12 by John Twomey
Have driven the R8 and RS6 .. Own an RS4 have been dreaming of a V10 twin Turbo R8 .. after driving the RS6 – Just couldn’t settle for a non turbo V10..
3. 25th June, 2008 at 14:08 by paddy
i thought that it would be impossible to make an audi with a v10 engine i am very suprised text back if you can
4. 15th October, 2008 at 18:49 by Ryan
Can you say dream car!
Guess i better get another job.
5. 30th December, 2008 at 00:34 by Eric
Sure this car has the V10 but the body is the V8 design. The V10 will be getting slight overall changes such as less cross bracing in the air inlets, LED headlights, single tip exhaust (V8 has duals), wheel design exclusive for the V10, engine lower in the car, Carbon Ceramic brakes are standard, and the side sills are wider to name a few.
6. 30th December, 2008 at 08:35 by Wolfgang
I’d still be happy with this car. It’d be fun as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The V10 grilles, sideblades and exhauast tips aren’t important to me. The tips aren’t even fastened to the exhaust anyway. They’re attached to the bumpers on R8s so they always look perfectly centred.
7. 5th February, 2009 at 19:47 by Ben
Ceramic brakes are not standard!
8. 6th February, 2009 at 00:17 by Warren M
True. They’re an option.
9. 1st June, 2009 at 02:50 by Person who can tell the difference between an R8 V8 and V10
The audi r8 V10 has oval exhausts, that one has the 2 double exhausts. The V10 has wider air intakes on the front meaning 2 slates not 3 which that one has. The V10 has wider air intakes at the sideblades that doesn’t and the pictures show the engine without the ‘V8 F.S.I’ or ‘V10 F.S.I’ just so people don’t spot that its a V8 because apart from those parts the engine is exactly the same from that view! The video was made in 2008 when R8 V10 orders only started being taken in February 2009 and first deliveries in May!
10. 1st June, 2009 at 04:17 by Audi technician
If you can tell the difference, you’d see that it has a V10 engine in the engine bay! It was a prototype handed out by Audi. The fact that it has V8 sideblades is unimportant.
Also, the “oval exhausts” are nothing more than tips attached to the rear bumper.
Check your facts. You might just learn something.
Production R8 V10 engine. As above:
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7848/imag0133.jpg
Production R8 V10 “exhausts” – just different tips – as I said:
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/843/imag0131a.jpg
Also, it’s quite scary that you can’t actually tell the difference in sound between a V8 and V10 unit.
I’m guessing you are from a poor country and not familiar with supercar engine tones?
11. 1st June, 2009 at 11:36 by Danny Campbell
How can anyone deny that that’s a V10 engine? LMAO. Are you blind? Do you think that Audi just pop cars straight from the design studio to the showrooms? Cars are tested over a LONG period of time, be it camouflaged or in a standard looking ‘mule’.
Even someone with a basic grasp of mathematics should be able to compute that two banks of five cylinders means it’s a V10. Just because it doesn’t have a pretty badge saying it’s a V10 on it it doesn’t mean it’s not one LOL.
Jeeez.