Audi sources valves for its V10 race engines from a specialist German supplier. As with the block, the V10’s 40-valve cylinder head is cast from aluminium and is both X-rayed and visually ...

If you wanted your current Audi R8 sans roof the only state of tune offered in V10 Spyder guise was a mere 533bhp. We know, shocking. How were we meant to sleep at night? Audi has been quick to ...

while Audi’s driver-oriented Virtual Cockpit is vastly preferable to the glaring touchscreens that are now de rigueur. Thumb the start button and the V10 ignites with a gravelly bark.

Bavarian tuners ABT have done another job on the Audi R8 V10, pumping up the 5.2-liter FSI V10 from 525 horsepower to 600 hp, and torque from 391 pound-feet to 406 lb-ft.With 50 more horsepower ...