The new Audi R8 is all set for its Geneva Motor Show debut, with a recent leaked shot showing us a glimpse of the second-gen car. Now, Audi has released an official teaser image of the new R8, showing off the sports car’s headlamps and part of the lower bumper.
Audi wants to draw attention to the headlights, which are LEDs that can be supplemented by an optional laser high-beam lighting module. The special appeal of laser lighting is that it uses high-intensity laser diodes, which generate a lot of light energy from a very small component. Compared to LED high beams, laser high beams provide nearly twice the lighting range.
Each headlight contains one laser module that operates with four high-intensity laser diodes. This module bundles the four intense blue-light laser beams. Then a phosphor converter transforms the blue light into pure white light. An unique characteristic of the laser headlights is their blue light signature.
The laser high-beam made its debut last year in the Audi R8 LMX, a limited-edition of the outgoing R8. Shortly before that, it was used in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro race car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Don’t need laser? Standard in the new R8 is an LED headlight system with 37 LEDs per headlight.
2016 Audi R8 spyshots
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I thought Laser Light suppose from BMW? But why now AUDI come out first?
Stealing the lime light?
Car makers just claim it’s their development, but really it’s from one of their suppliers, like OSRAM or Hella, and Audi and BMW just use it.
Also I think BMW already used the laser lights in the i8?
WOW!!!just..WOW!!!!
fuuuu, i will total loss every time there is front collision with this car.
This Audi R8 stole idea from Perodua Axia & Myvi not BMW.
We should be proud.
i cant brain ur joke man. It’s 2015, try to catch up will ya =.=
yawn fest….nothing like the amazing AMG GT
Nothing new. Ford had the Ford Laser in the 80s. I remember that car well. Really sporty looking.
Jokes aside, the overall shape of the new R8 does seem like a nice evolution of the current sexy R8.
Oh it was a joke?