Yeow, this is hot! The color is perfect. We still love the coupe more but this is nice. With the tell tale “blade” missing, it’s also lost a bit of edge! On that note, the crew over at WorldCarFans has once again, conjured up leaked images a world debut. Before us. Could the R8 Spider also be the R8 Spider EV?
It’s no secret that Audi is unveiling the R8 Spider at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week. Neither are these leaked pictures showing the car mostly jazzing around with two happy occupants. In addition to recent paparazzi shots of the car taken during the filming of Ironman 2 – Electric Boogaloo, spy photos revealed a black canvass roof whose mechanisms hid the mid-rear mounted engine. We’d be quite interested to see how said roof is operated.
The front end has the powerful grille with surrounding LED daytime running lights while the rear features LED rear lights, two oval tailpipes that are visible from the sides and a massive diffuser.
Audi plans to launch the R8 Spider with only the 5.2-litre V10 engine as its symphony of thrust. It produces 386kW (525hp) and peak torque of 530Nm. The transmission options are the 6-speed manual and the R Tronic sequential shifter. Power is shared along the two axles through the quattro AWD system which, if the same as the coupe’s, can transfer up to 85% of torque to the rear wheels. Rumours say there won’t be a 4.2-litre Spider but there may be an electric-powered one.
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Audi R8
- 2010 Audi R8
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