Filed under: Convertible , Recalls , Safety , Audi Not even supercars are safe from recalls. Audi is recalling certain R8 Spyders for a potential fuel leak, caused by the fuel supply line rubbing against the heat shield in the engine compartment. According to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, this effects droptop R8s built between May 18, 2010 and June 22, 2011.
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2011-12 Audi R8 Spyder recalled for fuel leak
First Drive: 2011 Audi R8 V10 Spyder The Audi R8 V10 Spyder is just too easy. Too easy to drive. Too easy to look at. And too easy to love.
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Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Audi , First Drive , Luxury The Idiot’s Guide To Driving Gorgeously Quick 2011 Audi R8 Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery Chas Murphy, until recently the U.S. product manager for Audi’s TT , R8 and RS sports cars, said of the R8 V10 Spyder: “You have to drive the car. It can’t be put into words.” Well, we drove it over the hills and through the woods of the Cleveland (Cali, not Ohio) National Forest, and we can put it into words. Rather, we can put it into one word: unfair.
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First Drive: 2011 Audi R8 V10 Spyder
Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Audi Audi R8 Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery After running around the rumormill for several months , Audi has finally confirmed it will offer a 4.2-liter V8 powered version of the R8 Spyder , in addition to the V10 model. Thankfully, the R8 Spyder 4.2 is available with a six-speed manual in addition to the R-Tronic semi-automatic gearbox. Like other R8s – with the exception of the recently announced GT – the 4.2 Spyder is packing standard Quattro all-wheel drive and the top mechanism remains the same fully-powered fabric unit found in the V10 model. Those who opt for the lesser engine will have to make do with conventional dampers and 18-inch wheels, although the magnetic ride dampers and 19-inch rolling stock that are standard on the V10 are available at a “slight” increase in cost.
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Officially Official: Audi announces 4.2 V8-powered R8 Spyder
Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Plants/Manufacturing , Videos , Audi , Luxury A look at the Audi R8 Spyder being built – Click above to watch video after the jump What we dig about European plants that build high-zoot cars is that it always looks like each car gets everyone’s full attention, every step presided over by workers who want to make sure they’ve done everything they could. Its most telling examples were the lab-coated workmen assembling the Carrera GT or SLR McLaren and the one-engine-one-worker method of AMG, but the gents looking after the Audi R8 Spyder keep up the tradition. This peek around the production plant making Iron Man’s car is a little light on drama, but there are plenty of other nuts-and-bolt’s reasons for the enthusiast to spare three minutes to watch it.
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Video: A look inside the Audi R8 Spyder production plant
Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Audi Audi R8 Spyder commercial – Click above to watch video after the jump This Audi commercial for the R8 Spyder has a tagline that sounds more like two spies verifying each others’ identities – “Mirror. Signal. Outmaneuver.” – and it has a supporting cast stranger than a man in a nuclear-powered suit . Not that it needs to be comprehensible since it’s got that topless white beast in it, and we’ll be fine with that, thank you
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Video: Confusing, but awesome Audi R8 Spyder commercial