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Audi R8 (2006-2024) In its 17 years, the Audi R8 captured hearts and celebrated successes in equal measure. After 45,949 units produced, the final R8 rolled off the line at Böllinger Höfe in March 2024.

From the early beginnings with the Audi R8 LMS in the ever-growing GT3 category, the brand with the four rings expanded its customer racing program with the GT4 and GT2 versions of the Audi R8 LMS, as well as the entry-level Audi RS 3 LMS for the TCR category for touring car racings around the globe.

Since 2021, the starting field has consisted of GT3 race cars like the Audi R8 LMS.

Photo: DTM 2004, Audi A4 DTM #5 (Audi Sport Team Abt), Mattias Ekström MediaInfo: 2020: Farewell: Audi RS 5 DTM breaks numerous records Audi R8 most successful Le Mans sports car of the modern era At the end of the nineties, Audi opened a new chapter when the brand turned its attention to the challenge of sports prototypes. As before in the other disciplines, the aim here was to assert the claim of “Vorsprung durch Technik”. At its debut in Le Mans, the world’s toughest endurance race, Audi immediately made it onto the podium in 1999 with third place. In the following years, the Audi R8 was in a class of its own. From 2000 to 2002, Audi achieved a historic hat-trick, also thanks to the TFSI technology that was used for the first time in 2001 and later found its way into large scale production. In 2004 and 2005, customer teams clinched two more overall victories for Audi at Le Mans. The R8 secured its place in motorsport history with a total of 63 victories in 80 sports car races. Photo: The three winning cars of the 2000, 2001 and 2002 Le Mans 24 Hours quattro for the racetrack Making quattro all-wheel drive ready for the racetrack was Audi’s major task in the second half of the 1980s. The series of successes began in 1988 with the Audi 200 quattro and in 1989 with the Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO in the USA. In 1990 and 1991, the Audi V8 quattro won two championship titles in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM). Subsequently, the 80 and A4 models continued the successes in the category of production-based super touring cars. In 1996, the Audi A4 quattro won the championship titles in seven countries before the FIA banned all-wheel drive in circuit races. It was not until 2012 that all-wheel drive returned to the racetrack as the e-tron quattro at Le Mans.

Dates February 10 – April 30, 2025 Exhibition “One for all – the Audi C model series” Audi Forum Neckarsulm, Germany April 04 – July 13, 2025 “Generations of Performance – the Audi R8” Audi museum mobile, Ingolstadt, Germany June 21 – July 27, 2025 Audi Summer Concerts Ingolstadt, Germany March 2025 March 05 – 07, 2025 Workshop for young technical talents Audi Forum Neckarsulm, Germany March 18, 2025 Annual Media Conference Ingolstadt, Germany March 20, 2025 After Work Jazz Lounge – Albie Donnelly´s Supercharge Audi Forum Ingolstadt, Germany March 28, 2025 Audi Philharmonic Wind Orchestra Spring concert Theater Ingolstadt, Germany March 28, 2025 Headphone party Audi Forum Neckarsulm, Germany April 2025 April 04, 2025 Lars Eidinger – Reading and DJ-Event Audi Forum Ingolstadt, Germany April 09, 2025 Audi Tradition course of lectures, museum mobile Audi Forum Ingolstadt, Germany April 10, 2025 After Work Jazz Lounge – MONaco Big Band Audi Forum Ingolstadt, Germany May 2025 May 05, 2025 3M Results 2025 May 10, 2025 20 years Audi Forum Neckarsulm Germany May 18, 2025 International Museum Day Audi museum mobile, Ingolstadt, Germany June 2025 June 11, 2025 Audi Youth Choir Academy Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany June 29, 2025 Audi Youth Choir Academy Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany July 2025 July 04 – 05, 2025 Audi Tradition at the “Heidelberg Historic” rally Heidelberg – Audi Forum Neckarsulm, Germany July 10 – 13, 2025 Audi Tradition at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Goodwood, United Kingdom July 18 – 19, 2025 Audi Tradition at the Donau Classic rallye Ingolstadt, Germany July 24 – 26, 2025 Audi Tradition at the Eifel Rallye Festival Daun, Germany August 2025 August 14 – 16, 2025 Audi Tradition at the Sachsen Classic rally Dresden, Germany September 2025 September 06 – 07, 2025 Audi Tradition at the Race Land Festival Schleiz Schleiz, Germany September 13, 2025 The Night of the Museums Audi museum mobile, Ingolstadt, Germany September 13, 2025 Audi

Team CD Dago wins GPX class in the Campeonato de España de GT Two class victories for the Audi RS 3 LMS in TCR Spain Last Audi R8 LMS in GT3 version delivered Following a class title in Belgium, the Audi R8 LMS GT2 has now also won a category in Spanish endurance racing. Two class successes for the Audi RS 3 LMS in the TCR Spain round off the touring car season. Audi Sport customer racing also delivered its last GT3 sports car built to a long-standing customer in November. Audi R8 LMS GT2 Class title in Spain: The Club Deportivo Dago team won its class with Audi at the finale of the Campeonato de España de GT. The driver pairing of Pablo Yeregui/Daniel Carretero won the GPX race classification at the sixth round in Barcelona. At the end of the two-hour competition, their Audi R8 LMS GT2 had a one-lap lead. After their sixth class victory, the two Spaniards were also crowned champions. The two Audi drivers won the Copa de España GPX category of this sports and touring car series ahead of 16 other participants. After Belgian Bert Longin won the Belcar Endurance Championship Legends Trophy in an Audi R8 LMS GT2 in October, this is the second title this year for a GT2 team from Audi Sport customer racing. Audi RS 3 LMS (TCR) Class victories at the finale: The Italian Audi customer team Aikoa Racing scored two victories in the TCR Spain finale. In the first 25-minute sprint in Barcelona, Andrea Palazzo in an Audi RS 3 LMS took victory in the Cup classification for first-generation TCR racing cars. In the second race, Francesco Cardone secured this category ahead of five other participants. As the best Audi driver, the Italian finished third in the final annual standings of the Cup class. Audi Sport customer racing Delivery of the last GT3 racing car: Audi Sport customer racing has handed over the last Audi R8 LMS produced to its new owner.

The R8 in Vegas Yellow is destined for the hallowed halls of the Audi Museum in Ingolstadt.

In the legendary “March on Heilbronn,” employees fight successfully to save the plant 1975 To better utilize production capacity, contract manufacturing of the Porsche 924 begins; the Porsche 944 follows shortly thereafter 1982 The Audi 100 achieves a world-record coefficient of drag (Cd) value of 0.30 1985 Introduction of the fully galvanized car body in the Audi 100 and Audi 200; company renamed AUDI AG and headquarters moved to Ingolstadt 1988 AUDI AG enters the full-size car class with the Audi V8 1989 Introduction of turbocharged diesel engine with direct fuel injection in a passenger vehicle 1990 First DTM victory for Audi with an Audi V8 quattro driven by Hans-Joachim Stuck 1994 Start of production of the Audi A8, the first series-produced vehicle in the world with a completely aluminum body (ASF – Audi Space Frame) 2000 Production of the Audi A2, the first aluminum, large-volume production car, begins 2001 Victory in Le Mans with the newly developed FSI direct fuel injection 2005 Audi Forum Neckarsulm opens 2006 German premiere of the Audi R8 sports car; first victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a diesel engine developed in Neckarsulm 2007 Establishment of the production turntable between the Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm plants with the start of production of the Audi A4 Sedan 2008 Inauguration of the new Audi toolmaking shop 2011 Audi acquires a 23-hectare plot in the Böllinger Höfe industrial park in Heilbronn (further plots acquired in 2014 and 2018) 2012 Inauguration of the Technical Center for Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and the new Engine Test Center 2013 Audi Neckarsulm receives the J.D.