Audi’s R8 Line Boasts Hand-Crafted Feel

NECKARSULM, Germany – Credit synergy and experience with the very hands-on production process Audi AG uses to create its budget-minded R8 super car.

Synergy, because the sports coupe uses some components and production methods courtesy of Lamborghini SpA, the Italian exotic-car builder that, like Audi, is owned by Volkswagen AG.

Experience, because the aluminum intensive R8 owes much about its construction and fabrication techniques to Audi’s aluminum-bodied A8 flagship ...