2016 Audi R8 Spied Testing

Audi’s next-generation R8 supercar has been spied lapping the Nurburgring this week as it moves closer to a production debut.

The new R8's styling presents more as an evolution than an all-out redesign, with the supercar retaining its trademark sunken intakes beside each door.

These photos suggest the slatted grilles both front and rear may receive more of a gauze-like finish, although both head- and tail-lights on the test car appear to be all but identical to the current model.