New Audi R8 GT3 and upcoming Audi R15 TDI

Audi R8 GT3

This is the Audi R8 GT3 codenamed R16 which was unveiled at the Essen Motor Show this week. The R8 conforms to GT3 regulations, which means its V10’s 500+ horsepower is sent to the rear wheels instead of the road-going car’s all-wheel drive. Power is transmitted via a new 6-speed sequential gearbox not from the road car, but most of the suspension is from the production line. The front end and rear end has been appropriately modified (note the huge GT wing) for greater race-worthy downforce. The price tag? 262,000 Euros including VAT.

As for the Le Mans race, Audi has something new in store. The R10 TDI will be replaced in June 2009 with a new race car called the Audi R15 TDI which will use a smaller, lighter and more efficient TDI engine. Audi promises the step from the R10 to the R15 will be significantly larger than from the R8 to the R10.

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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

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  • mytouch (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    1st,hek hek…wow,the wing really kick @$$…

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  • charles27 (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    both the exzos still look tiny :(

    sadly R8 is a car that received lots of poor reviews.
    look nice… but slow on track and road competition

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  • jamsbong (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    I actually love the R8 and I think to own the R8 is more special than to own a Porsche of the same price.
    Have you seen the actual car? It is SOO wide and when you put the Porsche right beside R8, the Porsche suddenly look like a tiny bug/beetle.

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  • tango5 (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    and the TDI is powered by Shell V Power GTL diesel!

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  • kei9 (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    tiny exhaust?

    try seeing in in real life man.. :O
    It’s big i tell ya.

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  • chun (Member) on Nov 29, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Charles27. What reviews have you been reading? I cannot remember even one negative review on the R8. The R8 has been pretty much universally praised. It’s not super fast, but that’s where the Lambo LP560 comes in.

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  • huckerz (Member) on Nov 30, 2008 at 12:55 am

    both the exzos still look tiny :(<— they specially design this for performance purpose..not for some style..they are all special engineer they did the R&D…not like us, charles27!..this car is awesome! i wonder whether we could see this in Malaysia

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  • csv (Member) on Nov 30, 2008 at 12:58 am

    thats one big ass spoiler right there.

    wonder what engine going into the r15 model. 15 cyclinder engine?

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  • charles27 (Member) on Nov 30, 2008 at 11:55 am

    buy a ferrari better laa… better value.

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  • charles27 (Member) on Nov 30, 2008 at 11:56 am

    hi chun,

    youtube got many car reviews maa…
    when they are comparing R8 with other race cars…
    in many review that i watched, R8 always rated the poorest.
    cause of poor handling at corner result in slowest lap time.

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  • Xx- Ferrari -xX (Member) on Nov 30, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    charles27 said,
    November 30, 2008 @ 11:56 am

    hi chun,

    youtube got many car reviews maa…
    when they are comparing R8 with other race cars…
    in many review that i watched, R8 always rated the poorest.
    cause of poor handling at corner result in slowest lap time.

    ——————————————–

    i dunno about the poor handling but i did hear about lap time….. If u guyz wanna see Audi R8, come to singapore…… got white R8…..

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  • Xx- Ferrari -xX (Member) on Nov 30, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    i dont think so in malaysia got audi R8 or not unless you are anak menteri barisan nasional !!!!!

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  • BanyakMasukWorkshop (Member) on Dec 01, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    November 30, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

    i dont think so in malaysia got audi R8 or not unless you are anak menteri barisan nasional !!!!!

    ————————-

    saw a whole bunch of brand new RS6 and R8 Audi’s at sepang track yesterday…

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  • Xx- Ferrari -xX (Member) on Dec 02, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    BanyakMasukWorkshop said,
    December 1, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    November 30, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

    i dont think so in malaysia got audi R8 or not unless you are anak menteri barisan nasional !!!!!

    ————————-

    saw a whole bunch of brand new RS6 and R8 Audi’s at sepang track yesterday…

    ——————————————–

    well, of course you can find them in the racing circuit….. but what i meant was those of people owning the car for use in road….. We can already see R8 on normal roads at singapore…. e.g, i dont think so any malaysian would buy R8 or can afford to buy one due to that G’s stupid tax system and AP thingy !!!! here already hav a R8 bought for road use…. and i even doubt whether those R8 in sepang belongs to them coz it might be brought from somewhere else for display and test drive around the circuit only !!!!

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  • ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG (Member) on Dec 03, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    December 2, 2008 @ 12:12 pm

    BanyakMasukWorkshop said,
    December 1, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    November 30, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

    i dont think so in malaysia got audi R8 or not unless you are anak menteri barisan nasional !!!!!

    ————————-

    saw a whole bunch of brand new RS6 and R8 Audi’s at sepang track yesterday…

    ——————————————–

    well, of course you can find them in the racing circuit….. but what i meant was those of people owning the car for use in road….. We can already see R8 on normal roads at singapore…. e.g, i dont think so any malaysian would buy R8 or can afford to buy one due to that G’s stupid tax system and AP thingy !!!! here already hav a R8 bought for road use…. and i even doubt whether those R8 in sepang belongs to them coz it might be brought from somewhere else for display and test drive around the circuit only !!!!
    ———————
    got also owned by the glorious corrupted assholes polticians

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  • Xx- Ferrari -xX (Member) on Dec 03, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG said,
    December 3, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    December 2, 2008 @ 12:12 pm

    BanyakMasukWorkshop said,
    December 1, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    November 30, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

    i dont think so in malaysia got audi R8 or not unless you are anak menteri barisan nasional !!!!!

    ————————-

    saw a whole bunch of brand new RS6 and R8 Audi’s at sepang track yesterday…

    ——————————————–

    well, of course you can find them in the racing circuit….. but what i meant was those of people owning the car for use in road….. We can already see R8 on normal roads at singapore…. e.g, i dont think so any malaysian would buy R8 or can afford to buy one due to that G’s stupid tax system and AP thingy !!!! here already hav a R8 bought for road use…. and i even doubt whether those R8 in sepang belongs to them coz it might be brought from somewhere else for display and test drive around the circuit only !!!!
    ———————
    got also owned by the glorious corrupted assholes polticians

    —————————————————

    but still wonder how these politicians take large sum of people’s money without any evidence since malaysian G claims that they are very transparent in every transaction involving people’s money !!!!

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  • ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG (Member) on Dec 05, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    December 3, 2008 @ 8:56 pm

    ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG said,
    December 3, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    December 2, 2008 @ 12:12 pm

    BanyakMasukWorkshop said,
    December 1, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    November 30, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

    i dont think so in malaysia got audi R8 or not unless you are anak menteri barisan nasional !!!!!

    ————————-

    saw a whole bunch of brand new RS6 and R8 Audi’s at sepang track yesterday…

    ——————————————–

    well, of course you can find them in the racing circuit….. but what i meant was those of people owning the car for use in road….. We can already see R8 on normal roads at singapore…. e.g, i dont think so any malaysian would buy R8 or can afford to buy one due to that G’s stupid tax system and AP thingy !!!! here already hav a R8 bought for road use…. and i even doubt whether those R8 in sepang belongs to them coz it might be brought from somewhere else for display and test drive around the circuit only !!!!
    ———————
    got also owned by the glorious corrupted assholes polticians

    —————————————————

    but still wonder how these politicians take large sum of people’s money without any evidence since malaysian G claims that they are very transparent in every transaction involving people’s money !!!!
    ———————————————
    malaysians are not like thais. malaysians no balls. they are afraid if they revolt get indicted by ISA, lose business, economy collapse etc. so any overthrow of the G is unlikely

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  • Xx- Ferrari -xX (Member) on Dec 05, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG said,
    December 5, 2008 @ 11:53 am

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    December 3, 2008 @ 8:56 pm

    ALPINA Burkard Bovensiepen GMBH + Co. KG said,
    December 3, 2008 @ 2:07 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    December 2, 2008 @ 12:12 pm

    BanyakMasukWorkshop said,
    December 1, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

    Xx- Ferrari -xX said,

    November 30, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

    i dont think so in malaysia got audi R8 or not unless you are anak menteri barisan nasional !!!!!

    ————————-

    saw a whole bunch of brand new RS6 and R8 Audi’s at sepang track yesterday…

    ——————————————–

    well, of course you can find them in the racing circuit….. but what i meant was those of people owning the car for use in road….. We can already see R8 on normal roads at singapore…. e.g, i dont think so any malaysian would buy R8 or can afford to buy one due to that G’s stupid tax system and AP thingy !!!! here already hav a R8 bought for road use…. and i even doubt whether those R8 in sepang belongs to them coz it might be brought from somewhere else for display and test drive around the circuit only !!!!
    ———————
    got also owned by the glorious corrupted assholes polticians

    —————————————————

    but still wonder how these politicians take large sum of people’s money without any evidence since malaysian G claims that they are very transparent in every transaction involving people’s money !!!!
    ———————————————
    malaysians are not like thais. malaysians no balls. they are afraid if they revolt get indicted by ISA, lose business, economy collapse etc. so any overthrow of the G is unlikely

    ————————————-

    God… u just reminded me of thai ppl… oh god, they made the whole government to collapse man !!!! what a bravery !!!! Thai ppl made the whole G to vanish… Next election, let PR won !!!! like wad i said ealier, take an example hw they think… though they know cannot reduce much, they manage think in an alternate way by letting the petrol kiosk to compete !!!! But im sure those bleedy fools wont implement it coz many owners are BN politicians….

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  • its gorgeous…. hottest car around… and here in UAE, u can see a lot of em, better looking than ferrari and lambo

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