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Audi R8 4.2 FSI Quattro (Mk I) specs

Price in Europe €104,400 - €129,804
Price in US $109,720 - $126,350
Car type Coupe
Curb weight 1560-1642 kg (3439-3620 lbs)
Introduced 2006
Origin country Germany
Gas mileage 33.3-10.8 l/100 km (7-22 mpg US / 8-26 mpg UK)
CO2 emissions 288 - 320 g/km
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Lap times

Track Time
Anglesey Coastal 1:19.90
Anglesey National 1:03.00
Arctic Circle Raceway 1:41.00
Auto Club Speedway 0:54.34
Autocar Dry Handling Track 1:13.50
Autocar Wet Handling Track 1:08.20
Autozeitung test track 1:39.40
Balocco 2:52.78
Bedford Autodrome East Circuit 1:04.10
Bedford Autodrome West Circuit (06/2008 - 05/2015) 1:26.50
Bedford Autodrome West Circuit (2004 - 06/2008) 1:22.10
Bedford Autodrome Wet Handling Test 0:51.95
Camden Airport (pre 10/2010) 1:11.87 w
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Club 1:24.22
Contidrom (3.3 km) 1:33.46
El Toro 0:41.12
Fuji Speedway (post 2005) 2:11.24 w
Gotland Ring (Northern Loop) 1:34.80
Hockenheim GP 2:00.65
Hockenheim Short 1:12.70
Hungaroring 2:42.30 w
Inta 1:11.08
Killarney 1:22.66
Kyalami 2:04.80
Laguna Seca (post 1988) 1:40.75
Luk Driving Center 1:08.48
Madras Motor Race Track 1:54.40
Marcoussis 1:20.82
Megara 1:08.60
Mireval 1:36.60
Mnevniki airfield 2:23.25 si
Motortrend Figure-8 0:24.30
Nürburgring GP Sprint 1:44.11
Nürburgring Nordschleife Full 8:01.90
Oschersleben 1:47.57
Phillip Island 1:51.49
Ring Knutstrop (Conf 2) 1:13.50
Rockingham National 1:23.83
Rudskogen (post 2012) 1:43.00
Serres Racing Circuit 1:30.95
Silverstone 2:12.80
SportAuto wet handling test 1:29.00 w
Top Gear Track 1:24.40
Tsukuba 1:03.88
Vairano Handling Course 1:18.46
Virginia International Raceway Grand East Course (pre 01/2014) 3:04.60
Willow Springs 1:33.20
Willow Springs - Streets of Willow Extended 1:26.92
Willow Springs - Streets of Willow Long 1:10.66
Winton (National Circuit) 1:35.20
Zolder 1:45.88

Performance

0 - 40 kph1.3 s
0 - 50 kph1.8 s
0 - 60 kph2.5 s
0 - 80 kph3.4 s
0 - 100 kph4.3 s
0 - 120 kph6.3 s
0 - 130 kph7.2 s
0 - 140 kph8.1 s
0 - 160 kph10.5 s
0 - 180 kph13.0 s
0 - 200 kph16.0 s
1000 m23.4 s @ 233.0 kph
0 - 60 mph3.9 s
0 - 100 mph9.9 s
0 - 130 mph18.0 s
0 - 150 mph27.5 s
Est. 1/8 mile9.0 s @ 95.1 mph
1/4 mile12.5 s
Top speed301 kph (187 mph)
Est. 0 - 100 mph - 013.9 s @ 994 ft
Est. max acceleration0.67 g (7 m/s²)
18m slalom69.8 kph (43.4 mph)
Lateral acceleration0.99 g (10 m/s²)
Audi R8 4.2 FSI Quattro acceleration graph

Powertrain specs

Engine type V8
Displacement 4.2 l (256 ci)
Power 420 ps (414 bhp / 309 kw) @ 7800 rpm
Torque 430 Nm (317 lb-ft) @ 6000 rpm
Power / liter 100 ps (99 hp)
Power / weight 261 ps (258 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 267 Nm (197 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 24 PS per l/100 km
Power / €5000 18 ps
Transmission 6 speed
Layout middle engine, all wheel drive

More 0-60 and 1/4 mile times

Braking distance

100 kph - 034 m (112 ft)
190 kph - 0127 m (417 ft)
200 kph - 0141 m (463 ft)
60 mph - 029 m (96 ft)
70 mph - 049 m (160 ft)
100 mph - 0106 m (348 ft)

Rolling acceleration

60 - 100 kph (4)4.8 s
60 - 100 kph (5)6.6 s
80 - 120 kph (4)4.4 s
80 - 120 kph (5)6.3 s
80 - 120 kph (6)8.7 s
80 - 150 kph (5)10.7 s
80 - 150 kph (6)14.5 s
80 - 160 kph (4)9.1 s
80 - 160 kph (5)12.6 s
80 - 160 kph (6)17.8 s
140 - 200 kph (5)10.3 s
140 - 200 kph (6)13.5 s
Est. 100 - 140 kph3.7 s
Est. 100 - 200 kph11.6 s

Interior noise

Noise @ idle49 dB
Noise @ 50 kph68 dB
Noise @ 80 kph67 dB
Noise @ 100 kph70 dB
Noise @ 120 kph70 dB
Noise @ 130 kph73 dB
Noise @ 160 kph75 dB
Noise @ 180 kph78 dB
Noise @ 70 mph70 dB
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flt158  7m ago

Thank you, jeremyclarkson1, for this excellent video comparing the lap times of these 2 great cars - Audi R8 vs Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.
This Auto Express driver is clearly a brilliant guy behind the wheel.

Flt 158


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flt158  7m ago

I saw one of these R8 coupes driving on a Dublin road.
Gosh! The car was a 2009 model.
But it still looked extremely clean with no dinges whatsoever despite its age.
It's sad that all R8 car production is soon to come to and end - probably before the end of 2024.

Flt158


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kyurtseven7  9m ago

 

➡️ Lap Time: 7.44:524


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jeremyclarkson1  10m ago

 


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TypeF173  3y ago

Ladies and Gentlemen the Audi R8 V8, one of the greatest sportcars ever! PERIOD.

 


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Lambolover  4y ago

I wonder why don't they make a V8 version of the current R8


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Corvolet3  4y ago

I have a hard time considering the early models (or other non-top tier R8 models) as supercars.


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Cauf40f50  5y ago

I drove one in 2010 iirc it was very very good but the v10 is superior


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benedekpuskas  5y ago

I like R8s and you can get one of these older V8 versions for less than 40.000 €.
(unfortunately, the V10 models are much more expensive...)


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Fastedee  8y ago

Tony Stark car.


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lafars  12y ago

new laptime for the R8 on rudskogen, however rudskogen has changed which means your gonna have to chanhe the already existing rudskogen to pre-2012 and create a new one for post-2012

here is a picture of the new layout:


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lafars  12y ago

new laptime everyone!

1:43 on rudskogen (norway) driven by tommy rustad


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Piorun  12y ago

Very good car here in europe to hunt it in used cars market. Car is few years on sales, and there is possibility to find cars with 30.000-60.000 km droven, with a lot of options on it, and about 30% of sale price.

Mid engined, more fun than traction oriented AWD system, Lambo based, looks and feels like super car.

Ofcourse its risky to buy one of those, but it still in a price of good equiped Audi A3 and other semi-premium cars.

Its more than fast enough in real life. If someone want more speed, i dont know what for it would be on public road?


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sg  12y ago

r8 wins f355


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CaRage  13y ago

Wish it's the fastest car coz its my 5th favourite car ever!!!(actually the 5.2 fsi quattro, not the 4.2)


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Julle85  13y ago

@Eryk03

Forget AMS-data, it was 430 ps R8.
Sportautos data is correct. :D
Source:

http://www.sportauto.de/vergleichstest/audi-r8-gegen-lamborghini-gallardo-superleggera-gen-effekt-1041960.html?show=4


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Julle85  14y ago

Can someone add the Audi R8 E-tron in here?

Not bad time in Nordschleife.

http://www.audiblog.nl/?p=59752


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Julle85  14y ago

Change data. 0-60mph 3.9 seconds.

http://www.motortrend.com/features/112_0707_2008_audi_r8/specs.html


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muse  14y ago

@c6-09 true.


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c6-09  15y ago

Hungaroring 2:42.30 w
This lap time screws up any comparisons made on this website to other cars. I personally don't think Wet times should be factored in. I guess it is more of a programming issue, but if it is a programming issue, maybe wet times shouldn't be posted?


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golf1diesel  16y ago

how the heck R8 V10 broek during the race? it has the lambo engine with an ECU restrictor for RPM..LOL


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Mr.Turbo  16y ago

is there anything wrong in silverstone laptime ?


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FastestLaps  16y ago

As I mentioned in my latest article, Audi R8 V10 technically broke down during the race. I don't know whether or not it was running 100% well during time attack before the race. R8 V10 laptime is from time attack because it did not complete a single lap in race.


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Georg  16y ago

sorry that can´t be right... Hockenheim is a similar short track with the same amount of slow and fast turns and only short straight ... there the V10 owns the V8 with two seconds both cars were equipped there with the same tires.. at no other track the V8 beats the V10


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FastestLaps  16y ago

Incredible Tsukuba laptime for R8 4.2! Faster than V10 and faster than LP-560. Car seems to be ideally suited for the track and the driver did an awesome job as well. It kept up with Shadow GT-R and LP-560 during the whole race.


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Georg  16y ago

The Silverstone laptime was done by car magazine in a stock car compare...

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/GTR-vs-911-PDK-vs-R8-vs_190012.htm


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Anonymous  16y ago

I herd MotorTrend said this did a 7:54 at The Ring, can anybody confirm this?


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FastestLaps  16y ago

There was another laptime recently added that was fake.


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Anonymous  16y ago

2:12, why would that laptime have to be done with slicks? its right where it should be.