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The Audi R8 Audi has incorporated the name and where the genes of the five-time Le Mans winner, is a spectacular sports car. Three years after the unveiling of the Audi Le Mans quattro, the production version of its debut at the Paris Motor Show will be making under the guise of the new Audi R8 mid-engined sports model. It is a fascinating driving machine and the sporty top of the Audi. The mid-mounted 420 bhp V8 FSI engine, quattro drive and Audi Space Frame aluminum body form the basis for truly outstanding driving dynamics. The Audi R8 will be available to 28th September 2006, at, first deliveries made in the first half of 2007.

As the first Audi mid-engined sports car, the Audi R8 combines Audi’s experience gained from numerous motorsport triumphs with groundbreaking design and the acknowledged technological expertise of the brand. This expertise has the slogan “Vorsprung durch Technik ‘led synonymous with cutting-edge technology both on the racetrack and on the road.

Audi R8 Exterior:
Even at first glance, the caliber of the Audi R8 can be seen clearly. The car sits broad and squat on the road, the strongly accentuated rear their muscles appear as a sprinter in the starting blocks.

The proportions are characteristic of the vehicle by the motor determined behind the cockpit. This layout is a typical feature of race cars. One of the most striking examples of this type – and as such one of the legitimate ancestors of the Audi R8 – was and still is, the Auto Union Type C Grand Prix car. The central location of the engine is above all a boon to driving dynamics, because it is a weight, looks like the R8, of 44 percent to 56 percent front and rear.

The body is very compact appearance. The front-end and the gently curved roof arc are in a beautiful line, a line which immediately marks the two-seater out as an Audi.

The side view also shows familiar contours. The dynamic line above the wheel arches and animate the shoulder line linking the front, side and rear doors and the transition to the side air vent with a strong presence and even more emphatically highlight the typical Audi rounded wheel arches accommodate large wheels.

The cabin of the Audi R8 is far forward – pushed a typical feature of a mid-engine sports car, and as such a visual cue linking with the racing cars of the same name. Behind the cabin, positioned in front of the rear axle, the V8 FSI engine, a sculptured piece of engineering visible both through the large, shield-shaped rear window and from inside the car.

The all-aluminum is constructed in the Audi Space Frame (ASF) design. The perfect synthesis of minimal weight and maximum rigidity provides the ideal basis for an optimum driving dynamics and provides an excellent power to weight ratio of only 8.18 pounds per horsepower weight.

The interior:
The sporty interior is dominated by a totally driver-oriented cockpit architecture, integrating the driver between the dashboard and the high center console. The instrument panel above the console is easily bent to the driver. The flat steering wheel is a typical feature of the sportiest Audi models, and also enables comfortable sports car entry and exit.

Form follows function: this design principle is implemented throughout the Audi R8. Next to the driver-oriented architecture, also reflected in the design of the side sills, the choice of materials also provides a highly functional look and feel. Looking around the wheel makes one thing clear: as in the R8 racing car, the design and placement of all elements in the cockpit of this driving machine is focussed on the essentials. The center of everything is the driver.

The drive train:
Turbine-like power at the highest speed range, a high maximum torque, all combined with a fascinating sound, are the hallmark of a perfect sports car engine. An engine that is fascinating both in terms of its enormous power potential and its suitability for everyday use.

In the high-revving 420 hp eight-cylinder engine, the evolution of FSI petrol direct injection has reached a new climax. This technology has also enjoyed many triumphs in the Audi R8 race car.

The figures illustrate the outstanding potential of the eight-cylinder engine. min at 7800 rpm the 4.2-liter engine delivers 420 hp. Maximum torque 317 lb-ft of 4500-6000 U / min. And no fewer than 90 percent of maximum torque over a wide speed range 3500-7600 rev / min constant at all. Because of these qualities, the eight-cylinder engine provides maximum thrust in virtually any driving situation.

The performance is impressive: the R8 accelerates from standstill to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds and reaches a top speed of 187 miles per hour.

Two transmissions are available: a manual 6-speed manual or optional R tronic sequential gearbox. The influence of the motorsport world, is clearly visible, with a joystick gear-shift on the center console, and especially the shift paddles on the steering wheel, a long-established ergonomic feature in motorsport mounted. The best example is again the Le Mans-winning Audi R8, which also enables the driver to change gears on the steering wheel.

The Audi R8 is being built on a small series production line in a specially constructed new block at the Audi plant in Neckarsulm, Germany.