Apparently leaked out together with some other photos, this solitary shot is believed to be a design mock-up of the front-end of the next R8. The nose features Audi's latest hexagonal grille shape ...

allowing the R8 to save space and look sharper at the front end. The original R8 also boasted a low-slung teardrop-shaped side profile. The engine intakes are neatly packed on the side of the car ...

is the end of the road. I still remember the shockwaves generated by the first R8 back in 2006. We’d seen fast Audis before, of course, beginning with the rally-bred Quattro in 1980, but they ...

it now has more immediate front-end bite and a stronger appetite for slicing into the heart of a corner. It would have been nice to experience an R8 with more direct steering, but perhaps Audi ...