Higher Power

RIDING SHOTGUN IN AUDI’S SECOND-GEN SUPERCAR

Jens Meiners and Ian Kuah

A few weeks prior to the official unveiling of the second-generation R8 (which will hit the showrooms later this year) at the 2015 Geneva auto show, we were invited to the Ascari racetrack in Spain for a passenger ride. We will not be able to get behind the wheel ourselves until the summer, but no one in their right mind would pass up the chance to ride shotgun with Audi test driver and DTM racer Frank Stippler, who knows the new car inside out. Compared with the already relatively light, all-aluminum first-gen R8, this version has shed between 110 and 220 pounds, depending on model and spec. New vehicle architecture, called MSS (Modular Sport System), is an evolution of the previous R8 platform, which it shares with the Lamborghini Huracán.…

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European Car (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2015

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