AUDI R8
’06 TO ’15
AUDI’S FIRST SUPERCAR, the original Type 42 R8, was a shot heard round the motoring world when the striking 2003 Le Mans quattro Concept materialised in production form as a lightweight midship V8 supercar back in 2006.
It was big news for Audi to venture into supercar territory back then, with little precedence to be found in the Ingolstadt giant’s back catalogue. Yet, the ambitious breakout new car was able to dissect the perennial sports icon, the Porsche 911, with ease and quickly earned rafts of’s 2009 PCOTY.
