The new Audi R8 represents a big improvement in most areas over a car that was already very good indeed. It’s lighter, faster, stiffer and more powerful than ever before. Yet at the same time it ...

In the case of the R8, it's both; Audi has ceased production of its mid-engined supercar and the scintillating, howling 5.2-litre V10 that powers it. It's not all bad news, though, because in last ...

The difficult second album. Audi stunned us all back in 2007 when it launched the original R8. We wondered how a company with a patchy fast car history and no real sports car experience would pull ...