Didn't change much! Is looking good as always...

 

Also it has the new "flower type" brake rotors as new RS4, which Audi says that helps cooling

 

I am also happy that R tronic is going away. It was the only thing I didn't like about the two I drove.

 

I think you mean so long r-tronic, hello s-tronic. DCT is BMW.

Most dual clutch trannies feel almost too smooth that you lose some of the feeling of a manual tranny. This was the principal reason that lamborghini stuck with a single clutch vs dual on the aventador.

 

would be interested to know how much more the 2013 model weighs over the 2012 due to the dual clutch.

also, the interior needs to be updated. it looks spartan compare to the rest of the Audi line up.

 

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The new Audi R8 is bold and powerful. As standard it is fitted with an aerodynamic grey paint job. Our head of paint department, Dr. Wolfgang Paintenue insists the car is grey because any other color would clash with the new LED headlights and tail lights our engineers spent so long making. The new LED technology is the same as on the old R8, but the bulbs a reposistioned to appear more dynamic. Our engineers spent an ample amount of time correcting the position of the bulbs. After some complex math and algorithm, we thought they looked good.

At first glance, the new R8 looks like an R8. Look closer and you'll notice that we also put our complex math equations to use on the tail lights. Open up the iconic Audi R8 doors and you'll notice we haven't done much in the interior either. We figure, why fix the problems when some will just miss them? However, when we ordered some new R-tronic transmissions from ZF, our order was blocked. So, we went to the parts bin and dug up some VW Golf transmission that had achtspeeds, and zweikupllunges. Pure German engineering.

The new transmissions are coupled to a choice of either a 4.2 V8 or a 5.2 V10. On both engines we bumped the power up just a tad, through the use of some more complex equations. To save fuel, we implemented a new revolutionary start-stop system. Upon approaching a stop light, we ask that you open up your glove box compartment. There, you will find a simple 16 step procedure in order to successfully shut off the engine of your R8 with out interrupting the electric flow to the iconic LED headlights.

Looks out for the new, shiny R8 that goes on sale: soon.

 

I meant the commercial name.

 

Lets hope the new LED light will look as sharp as the original LED... sometimes too much complexity tends to cheap out the simple look... But I am sure Audi knows what they are doing!!

 

Why no one here mentioned anything about their reshape brake rotors? I saw it immediately at first glance