The updated Audi R8 supercar will present Moscow

Redesigned supercar gets a modernized exterior design, as well as more powerful and efficient engines. Eight-cylinder motor of 4.2 liters, is expected to be boosted from 420 to 450 horsepower (the same is now developing a similar unit on the coupe RS5), and returns 5.2-liter V10 increased from 520 to about 540-550 horsepower. In addition, instead of the old "robot" R tronic seven-speed supercar will preselektivnoy transmission S tronic dual-clutch. Whether there will be in the range of "mechanics" is not reported.

In addition, the magazine Autocar has confirmed the information appearing earlier that the Audi R8 Coupe will be the next generation in the European market on sale in autumn 2014, and the roadster will debut in 2015.

As previously stated in a German company, the next R8 gets a completely new body, some design elements which will be borrowed from the concept car E-tron. Engineers plan to make the car the easiest supercar competitors, using its structure a large amount of aluminum and carbon fiber. It is expected that the car will weigh about 200 pounds less than the current R8 - around 1460 pounds.