Electric cars are the future. I’m not saying electricity will be the only means of automotive propulsion 25 years from now, but electric vehicles will continue to gain popularity in the automotive marketplace. The announcement that the Audi R8 e-tron is once again being planned for production is a great example of why it may […] More »

Flying Lizard Motorsports has had a long association with Porsche. Since the team’s beginning over a decade ago, they have found great success campaigning Porsches in the ALMS series. Porsche pulled their factory backing at the end of the 2012 ALMS season to focus on their return to Le Mans with a Factory based LMP1 […] More »

This is a rendering of the 2015 Audi R8 envisioned by artist Lutz Valdeig. Valdeig’s rendering differs from Sebastian Kunz’s recent rendering in that this R8 represents the brand’s overall design theme. Kunz’s rendering (below) is based off the Nanuk concept. While both designs look fantastic, Valdeig’s approach looks more plausible for its nod to […] More »

Do you remember Audi’s ad for the R8  while back where they just let the thing run through the gears? That was a great idea. Alpha Performance learned from the best and did basically the same thing. Well, except with two turbos. I invite to you turn down the lights, sit back, turn put your […] More »

Let me just preface this by saying that this is dumb and dangerous. I can’t pretend that it’s not. I mean, we do feature a good bit of street racing, but most of the time those races are pretty short and generally aren’t on crowded highways. This is the opposite of that. The dude in […] More »

They call it the “Sports Car Giant Test”— CAR Magazine spent three days of testing all types of sports cars, from the frugal Ford Fiesta ST, to the expensive, but attainable Porsche Cayman and Jaguar F-Type; from supercars like the Porsche 911 GT3 and McLaren MP4-12C, to hypercars like the Lamborghini Aventador; even grand tourers […] More »

My French sucks and Google translate is somewhat lacking… But it sounds like someone rented this R8 for  a wedding, spent a bunch of time revving the hell out of it, and then it burst into flames. No car should suffer that sort of abuse, but I wonder what actually caused the fire. Video after […] More »