Audi R8: First Audi over 300 km/h!

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Audi R8: First Audi over 300 km/h!

The Audi R8 is the first (official) Audi with a top speed over 300 km/h, all limiters have been removed. Great move! And again Audi is proving its Vorsprung, they are the first premium German car brand to do so.

Audi’s R8 will be the German premium automaker’s first car to break the 300kph barrier.

Powered by a 420hp V-8 engine, the supercar will have a top speed of 301kph. All other Audis will continue to be electronically limited to 250kph.

“It is impossible to sell a vehicle like the R8 with a speed limiter,” an Audi spokesman told Automotive News Europe.

The mid-engine R8 is targeted at the Porsche 911, which has a top speed of 285kph to 310kph, depending on the model.