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 »
By: Tim DeLong | November 12, 2013
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 »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 6, 2013
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 »
By: Marcus Slater | November 4, 2013
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 »
By: Marcus Slater | October 28, 2013
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 »
By: RatFink | September 11, 2013
Audi has revealed the newest iteration of its Sport quattro concept. Looking very close to production spec, we would be surprised if this never rolls down an assembly line. The Sport quattro will make its public debut at next week’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Here are the pertinent details: 560-hp, 516-lb-ft 4.0L twin-turbo V8 + 150-hp, […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | September 4, 2013
There is a remote possibility the Audi RS 6 Avant could be coming to U.S. showrooms. Whoa. This is like hearing news that a dead relative is planning to make an appearance at your annual family Christmas gathering. The Audi RS 6’s absence in the United States was about as assured as soccer’s absence on […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | August 30, 2013
