ah, shit!!! poor R8...

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAYUM!!! wtF?!~ shitt mann~ that sucks big time! i love the r8!!

 

Eh, you can buff that out no problemo.

 

Holy shit! What's the story behind this?

 

Damn... engine fires suck...

 

 

What a waste...

+1 on story request.

 

While there were some R8s that burned in the development phase, Audi worked hard to massage the platform and make it production ready. These pictures are reportedly a mule, not a production R8 that went up in flames. Scuttlebutt has it that fuel spillage was the culprit here, though speculation of something else is also offered if you click through and read the related thread on the R8talk forum. Either way, it's a tragic end to this particular R8's short life. Of course, in the end, it's only a car, so as long as everyone escaped unharmed, it's not even a blip on the cosmic scale.


http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/02/s...riously-burns/

 

the front is still ok, so id still hit it

i saw one last weekend driving in georgetown...puuuure sex

 

^ ahahahahaha

first dibs on front wheels, front bumper and etc lol

 

 

wow...my heart goes out to that one...r8's are so sexy...good thing it wasn't tony stark's...

 

I guess audi still has electrical issues? LOL

 

they'll never live it down....although I had an A4 for a short period of time that would smell like burnt rubber every few weeks, and every few weeks it was a new problem...lol...looks like the R8 got it bad...

 

There it is

 

My eyes!!! They burn!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Apparently this pic is from a while back during the testing phase. The problem has since been ironed out and involved a software update to the car's hydraulic system associated with the E-gear gearbox.

Unfounded rumors giving a good car a bad rep