Audi R8 by Project Kahn

Project Kahn Audi R8

Project Kahn does the Audi R8. Kahn lowers the suspension and slaps on 20' F1-X rims made of lightweight carbon fiber.

By Alex Ricciuti
November 15, 2008 12:21 AM
Filed Under: Audi, German, Supercars, Tuners

Afzal Kahn is a busy guy. He's CEO of Kahn Design and head of Project Kahn, which brings us this Audi R8. He's also working on Kahn Pizza delivery, which promises to deliver your pizza in a supercar over 200,000 dollars in value or your money back.

Anyway, Project Kahn does the Audi R8. Kahn lowers the suspension and slaps on 20" F1-X rims made of lightweight carbon fiber. There are no more details than that, just the pic.

Project Kahn says on its website that, "You do not need to worry about the engine," referring to Audi's 4.2 liter FSI, 414 hp (309 kW) V8. Which we can interpret to mean that there won't be any engine tuning to this Kahn creation.

But maybe Kahn has a point. Sometimes tuning squeezes too much out of an engine and takes away its suppleness and character. A 3.77kg/hp ratio is very respectable territory for a supercar and, to paraphrase the late Paul Newman, avid race driver, its the driver that makes the car.

Source: Project Kahn

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Comments

Tuner_Mad

November 15, 2008 12:14 AM

Anyone else thinks this looks like a R8, or is it just me?

Murcielago2006

November 15, 2008 12:28 AM

LOL. By the way aren't these the same wheels they put on their 599GTB Fiorano??

BabyMilo

November 15, 2008 4:45 AM

pretty similar and these are also to big

November 15, 2008 12:48 AM

Seriously? What's next? Put the same alloys on a box of cereal and call it a Project Kahn cereal? Gimme a break.

Motor_Yakuza

November 15, 2008 1:15 AM

Those rims-big and ugly.

shaahinmt

November 15, 2008 2:27 AM

looks very nice.

911fnatic

November 15, 2008 2:28 AM

Lame attempt at "modifying" the R8, does look good though.

Bristol411S3

November 15, 2008 2:42 AM

So the Project Kahn R8 is just an Audi with the same style of wheels on that they put on everything from 2CVs to busses? Big deal.

carcrazy1234

November 15, 2008 3:10 AM

is everyone mad?? why is everyone hating on khan so much... these rims are probably the cleanest rims made for this car by any after market tuner. i havent seen a better rim choice for this car.

Yawung

November 15, 2008 3:27 AM

No matter how many times you look at this car it still looks gorgeous in all angles

chizz

November 15, 2008 8:55 AM

Yes, but less these rims.

Lutzie

November 16, 2008 2:10 PM

They look like over-sized vacuum-cleaners to me.

_M7_

November 15, 2008 3:51 AM

wooo so new in every way jajajaja the same SOULESS car, sorry mabye its good but borring as almost all german cars

BabyMilo

November 15, 2008 11:39 PM

why do you say jajaja and not hahahaha??

Tuner_Mad

November 16, 2008 1:02 PM

it's a weird way of saying it.

Iconic

November 15, 2008 5:55 AM

Umm hello.. these are the same wheels as on the Foriano. and another thing.. it's the 'R8 by Project Khan' not Project Khan R8.

these wheels would make just about any car look gorgeous. Big Ups to Khan though, he's doing big things

Bremen_Koenigsegg

November 15, 2008 8:02 AM

Why isn't anyone remarking on the fact the wheels are carbon fiber? I believe the rim of the Koenigsegg CCX's optional wheels are carbon, but an entire wheel? Madness! While I don't care for most of what Kahn Design does, I would like to know more about these wheels. (Grossly oversized as they are.)

Bada_Bing

November 15, 2008 9:50 AM

oh yawn

Geefiasco

November 15, 2008 1:47 PM

Looks great!

NOTAY

November 15, 2008 4:55 PM

wow!!!!!!!!!! that sucks!

GRAVE

November 15, 2008 9:01 PM

looks great with this wheels but a little over sized. I like Kahn wheels they look nice in almost all the cars they fit there rims on. but i like the one fitted on the R R sport more ^^

abey

November 17, 2008 12:37 AM

im still laughing at the first guy who diddnt know it was an r8

radmeister

November 17, 2008 2:25 AM

I hope he didn't make the same mistake as on the 599 and put 2 different sizes on. On the 599 its more the looks that dont match with the different sizing between front and back, but on the R8 it would destroy the car on your first day as it would mess up the Quattro AWD system making it think you are always slipping.

Roger426

November 17, 2008 5:13 AM

Does kahn only make one style of rim?...Every Project Kahn car is just stock with oversized predictable kahn wheels...boring.

alessandro

November 17, 2008 4:48 PM

It is an R8! I recognized this at once.

ShinyG

November 17, 2008 5:00 PM

The R8 is not what you would call a "clean" design. It's supposed to look complex and over-engineered and manages to do it quite nicely. On the other hand Kahn seems to have missed this completely and decided to add a couple of 21" cooking pots as rims. I know contrast is a part of art, but this is not contrast, it's kietch!

RS5

November 17, 2008 11:43 PM

I would disagree. The R8 has a relatively clean design if you compare it to a Ferrai 599, McLaren SLR or a BMW 6 series. The lines are clean and there are no suddenly obtrusive or awkward shapes. I like this mod, but that's just my opinion. Ideally, I would just go with the stock though.

wisp

November 18, 2008 1:32 PM

The R8 but (rear end) is alien - it's kak! mate. It does not match up to it's front.

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