This is one story that sounds a little hard to believe given the secrecy that usually surrounds new models but hey, stranger things have happened.

According to the folks over at AudiWorld a few Florida based current owners of R8’s have been handed Audi’s much rumoured and speculated upon V10 version – for evaluation purposes of [...]

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Remember the R8 prototypes running the RS6’s twin-turbo V10 and their eagerness to burst into flames and reduce the R8 to a burning pile of twisted supercar? Audi were testing the turbo-charged V10 R8 last year and while the car was supercar quick it had some serious engine cooling issues - or so the story [...]

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I thought Japan was the land of over-the-top ridiculous looking after-market tuner kits but I was only half right. Doing the rounds of the internet in the last three days is the second ugliest Audi R8 in existence. If Audi’s RS8 didn’t catch fire and burn to a crisp at the Nurburgring it would be [...]

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Hot lapping took on a whole new meaning when Audi lost one of its pre-production RS8 supercars at the Nurburgring this week. The V10 engined supercar caught fire and burnt down to its space frame and expensive alloys.

The following video is of the now crispy RS8 hot lapping the Ring with an Audi TT. Photos [...]

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