Vehicle
Audi R8
Mid-engined and built alongside the Lamborghini Gallardo and Huracán, sharing their aluminium spaceframe and V10 — which is the first useful fact, because Lamborghini information covers a good deal of the driveline. The V8 cars use a dry-sump version of the 4.2 FSI, and its timing chains sit at the flywheel end of the engine, so chain and tensioner wear is an engine-out repair and the correlation codes it sets are worth taking seriously early. The R tronic single-clutch automated manual on early cars is a frequent source of complaints and its clutch-wear and pressure data are the place to start; later S tronic cars are more conventional. Magnetic ride dampers, where fitted, have their own control unit and codes.
Generations
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Type 42 2006–2015
Shares its spaceframe and V10 with the Gallardo; the V8's chains sit at the flywheel end, making wear an engine-out job.
- DL800 (R Tronic / S tronic) 7-speed dual-clutch
- Dual-clutch (DCT / DSG) dual-clutch
- E-gear 6-speed automated-manual
- Body styles
- Coupé · Roadster
- Platform
- Audi Modular Sports System
- Engines
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- 4.2 FSI V8 — petrol · 316 kW (424 hp)
- 5.2 FSI V10 — petrol · 386 kW (518 hp)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed e-gear automated manual · 7-speed S tronic · 6-speed Graziano manual · 7-speed DL800 S-Tronic dual-clutch
- Drivetrain
- quattro four-wheel drive
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Type 4S 2015–2024
Huracán architecture, V10 only, with a rear-wheel-drive variant added later in the run.
- Body styles
- Coupé · Roadster
- Platform
- Volkswagen MSS
- Engines
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- 5.2 FSI V10 — petrol · 397–456 kW (532–612 hp)
- Transmissions
- 7-speed S tronic · 7-speed DL800 S-Tronic dual clutch
- Drivetrain
- quattro four-wheel drive · Rear-wheel drive
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