2010 Audi R8 Spyder

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2010 Audi R8 Spyder cockpit dashboard view

Ingolstadt / Frankfurt, Germany, 14 September 2009 Outstanding performance and breathtaking dynamism, combined with the intense feeling of the open drive: Audi presents R8 5.2 FSI Quattro Spyder. The lightweight fabric top opens and closes automatically, different body parts of a carbon fiber composite material.
The V10 engine produces 386 kW (525 hp) and has the open-top two-seater to 100 km (62.14 miles an hour) in 4.1 seconds on the way to a top speed of 313 kph (194.49 hours miles). Available with technologies such as the Audi Space Frame (ASF), permanent Quattro all-wheel drive, all-LED headlight and an innovative microphone belt as an option, the R8 5.2 FSI Quattro Spyder, the new top-of-the-range Audi.
The Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro Spyder is a strong statement. The formed lines of the emotion-packed, high-performance sports car is a fascinating and unique interpretation of the dynamics. Unlike the coupe, the Spyder nowhere knife behind the doors. The side walls and the ceiling above the large storage space for the deck is made of a carbon-fiber composites. Two bent caps, which extend to the front spoiler and large, integrated grille, so that the back of the open-top two-seater car a powerful profile. As with all open-top Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro Spyder has a plan – a compromise solution for a high-performance sports car. The cover is about the weight is only 30 kilograms (66.14 pounds), and thus keep the overall weight of the vehicle and a low center of gravity. The summit takes up little space when open and is a harmonious design element when closed. The two slender candles fins on the rear edge of the car covers, with emphasis on the elongated silhouette.
The electro-hydraulic soft top opens and closes in 19 seconds, even while driving at speeds of up to 50 kilometers per hour (31.07 km / h). When opened as a Z folded in his pocket on the V10. The lid opens and closes automatically. The heated glass window, separate from the plane, down to the shot. It can be raised and lowered independently of a button, a switch, with the top up or down. An additional net-like windshield is standard and can be locked into the bulkhead behind the seats in two easy steps.
The event, an outer shell of dense tissue and the sky exists, is fully compatible with high speed driving. When driving at moderate speed with the top up, the interior noise levels are in the R8 Spyder barely higher than in the coupe. The shot includes integrated rollover protection in the form of two strong, spring-tensioned slabs. Head / thorax side air bags protected pockets in the back of the passengers in the event of a side impact. Full-size airbags are available in the event of a frontal collision. In a rear-end collision, the system reduces the risk of an integral head restraint whiplash.
In the version with manual transmission weighs R8 5.2 FSI Quattro Spyder only 1720 kg, above all thanks to the aluminum Audi Space Frame (ASF) body. Despite the reinforcements in the sills, center console, the rear wall, the floor plate and the A-and B-pillars, the body weighs just 216 kilograms (476.2 pounds) – only 6 kg (13.23 pounds) more than the R8 Coupe. The high rigidity of the ASF body, an integrated motor under the ultra-light magnesium, forms the basis for dynamic handling of the car and safety.

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