Audi R8 Gets a Big Face-Lift Carbon Fiber Cuts More Than 200 Pounds

Audi will launch a heavily revised model year 2013 R8 with extensive carbon fiber to cut overall weight by some 220 pounds. Later, the next-generation model will switch to a Porsche-developed platform. You'll recognize the updated R8's sharper-looking front end. Its six-sided grille is much like what's been previewed on the recent e-tron concept cars, plus it gets shallower, more angular all-LED headlamps.

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