Audi R8 LMX: 570 PS beast to be first with laser lights
12 May 2014 9:32 am / 9 comments
Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop the press, it looks like BMW isn’t going to beat Audi to the laser light party after all. While the first i8s will find their way to their owners starting next month, production of the optional laser-powered headlights isn’t due to begin until autumn, whereas this Audi R8 LMX will be delivered to customers in the summer with the newfangled illumination technology as standard equipment.
But while Audi makes a song and dance about this achievement in the press release, there is more to the limited-run (99 units) special than the fancy headlights. Essentially an uprated R8 V10 with the carbon fibre canards and rear spoiler from the discontinued lightweight R8 GT, the LMX features the same 5.2 litre direct-injected V10 but tuned to produce 570 PS, 10 PS more than the GT and 20 more than the V10 plus.