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newVideoPlayer("R8-Vid.flv", 494, 413,""); When we brought you the still images of the Audi R8 V10 , we could only dream of hearing that siren song of 5.2 liter V10 delight. Now we can. The forum fan-boys at AudiWorld discovered this video lurking in the fodder that is MySpace uploaded by someone named Dennis. Either Dennis is a marketing shill and we've been had by viral advertising, or he's got some serious explaining to do. In either case Audi R8 V10! galleryPost('audir8v10', 3, 'Now You Can Hear The 10 Cylinders of Power');
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newVideoPlayer("OrtelliCrash_Jalopnik.flv", 463, 387,""); Stephane Ortelli was lucky to walk away, or perhaps we should say "limp away," from this horrific crash in Le Mans series racing at Monza today. The Courage Oreca racer driven by Ortelli was approaching the opening chicane when he went off the course and the aerodynamics on his car suddenly turned on him. A modern racer is designed to create such great downforce it is as though the car is being sucked to the ground. Unfortunately, when you lose that you can end up doing somersaults. As amazing as it is that Ortelli escaped without serious injury, it's even more impressive to see how Allan McNish was able to guide his Audi just out of the path of the out-of-control Oreca. We'd probably be too busy mouthing "There's no way that car is gonna hit us" to actually get out of the way. [YouTube via MaximumMotorsport ]
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newVideoPlayer("IronMan_AudiR8_jalopnik_gawker.flv", 475, 350,""); After the big Super Bowl blitzkrieg , we all kind of knew the media marketing on Iron Man would muscle it's way beyond mere trailers, and it just has. The culprit? Audi, of course. The multi-ringed brand has spent some serious Deutsche-marks to set up a mini-site for the movie that shows off the R8, the rest of the Audi lineup, some historical background on the brand all about the Vorsprung durch Technik and about three whole seconds of all-new footage from the new movie with some Audi hand-job action spliced with it. Whatever. We're still excited about the movie and everyone already knows how excited we already are for the Audi R8. Although we'd prefer they'd have used the "Iron Man Red" Audi R8 V12 TDI Le Mans we saw live in Geneva. Full press release below the jump. galleryPost('AudiR8IronMan', 6, 'Audi R8 Is Iron Man'); „Iron Man" and Audi R8: Vorsprung...
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newVideoPlayer("AudiR8TDI_Jalopnik.flv", 463, 387,""); We can't get enough of this Audi R8 V12 TDI Le Mans Concept . OK, so its not quite on the track or in showrooms just yet. And yes, it's an awfully brilliant "Brilliant Red" paint job on this oil-burning torque monster . However we imagine that when it does hit the streets with all that ground-pounding torque , the world might just spin backwards. Maybe that's why it's just sitting still for now. The globe needs time to brace itself for the impact. So much for diesels being Earth-friendly.
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newVideoPlayer("IronManSuperBowlAd_gawker.flv", 463, 387,""); Here's the full Iron Man Super Bowl commercial we showed the teaser shot from on Friday in all of it's auto-loving glory. See the Audi R8...just sitting there. See the Saleen S7...just sitting there. See the Cobra...just sitting there. See...umm...the Tesla Roadster...yeah, you get the picture. Well, whatever works for Tony Stark, ya know? Remember to follow along with the rest of our automotive Super Bowl commercial coverage once your done with your fill of Marvel madness.
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newVideoPlayer("AudiGodfatherAd_gawker.flv", 463, 300,""); Here it is, hours before Audi's "Truth In Engineering" Super Bowl commercial is supposed to air before hundreds of millions of Super Bowl viewers this evening. The commercial's filled with all the tinges of the "Godfather" we were told to expect when Audi's Scott Keogh said the automaker with many rings would be going a little bit more "West Coast" in their marketing of luxury. So go ahead and watch as Audi puts "Old Luxury" on notice with the Audi R8 . Remember to check out the rest of our automotive Super Bowl commercial fun as we get more of the crazy car ads up throughout the night -- especially as we'll probably be seeing the Audi R8 once more this evening in the Iron Man Super Bowl commercial . galleryPost('R8ReviewTop', 6, 'Audi R8'); [via Truth In Engineering ]
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newVideoPlayer("ironmantrailer_jalopnik.flv", 475, 376); Compared to iRobot , Iron Man takes it easy on the R8 in the trailer, showing only maybe two seconds of it as the trailer begins. We're not sure if this is going to be a hit or not, but the Audi R8 seems a bit pedestrian for someone who is supposed to be a freaky genius billionaire. On the other hand, an Audi S5 seems about exactly appropriate for Virginia "Pepper" Pots, the secretary played by the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow. The film is going to be directed by Jon Favreau, so expect it to be "so money" or something like that. Full press release below the jump: galleryPost('ironmanstills', 3, 'Iron Man Production Stills'); "Iron Man" relies on the Audi R8 New superhero: Robert Downey Jr. is Iron Man Technically adept and smart - Tony Stark is unique Safely on the go in the R8, even without his high-tech suit Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark - the main character in the film version...
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newVideoPlayer("AudiR8PorscheTopGear_gawker.flv", 475, 280); Got a case of the Mondays? Well, not anymore you don't, because we've got the highlight of the second episode of season ten of the world's greatest driving show, Top Gear . The show aired live on the Beeb last night and in addition to Jeremy, Richard and James running their second attempt at building amphibious cars (more on that later), two of the boys ran a couple of German speed demons around the Top Gear track -- Clarkson, teasing us with the Audi R8, and Hammond dropping the hammer on a Porsche 911 Carrera 2S. While it ends up being the 911 working over the R8 on the half-mile straight-line, the track course proves a bit more challenging. Which car ends up making it around the track fastest? We'll let the Stig decide.
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