BMW i8 vs. Audi R8 Spyder: Two Different Supercars That Get Under Your Skin 676 HP McLaren 570S Shows 215 MPH/347 KPH in Autobahn Top Speed Test 2016 Audi R8 Makes Its V10 Sing On the Track Audi ...

Thanks to a 7-speed automatic gearbox and the quattro all-wheel drive system, the V8 R8 can accelerate to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 4.3 seconds, faster than the i8 which is rated at 4.4 seconds.

If you ever wondered which topless sports car is the fastest, Carwow has brought the Audi R8 V10 Spyder, BMW i8 Roadster, McLaren 570S Spider and Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster together for one of ...

It's the battle of the super-niche supercars, and it's being fought with lasers. Laser headlamps, that is, with Audi following BMW in adding laser lamp technology on its flagship R8 LMX limited ...

Audi Steals BMW i8's Thunder with New R8 LMX, World's First Production Car with Laser Beams. Beam us up Audi! As with so many other technologies that we ...

Hey BMW i8, you think you're so great with your laser beam headlamps? Well, the Audi R8 is about to do it too! How do you like them apples?

Audi has revealed the all-new R8 LMX, ... The R8 LMX edges out the BMW i8 to the title of world's first production car equipped with standard laser lighting. SUBSCRIBE. LOG IN.

Well, both are first in a way: the BMW i8 offered laser high-beams before the R8 LMX did, but the i8’s are optional; the Audi R8 LMX comes with them standard—but also only as high beams.

Think the Acura NSX of the 1990s, the Audi R8 of the 2000s—and the BMW i8 of the 2010s. For all its sporting pedigree, BMW has a funny history with actual purpose-built sports cars.

The question of whether Audi will morph the next-gen R8 (pictured above, in testing) into a plug-in-hybrid challenger for the BMW i8 may have been answered. CarAdvice, in Australia, is claiming ...

When Audi debuted the first LED headlamps on the R8 in 2008, they were a $5,600 option, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see BMW ask for a similar premium for the i8's fancy new lights. Watch Next ...