The Audi R8, Audi, which has the name and genes of the five-time Le Mans winner, is a spectacular sports car. Three years after unveiling the Audi Le Mans quattro concept, because the production is from its inception at the fair in Paris in the framework of the new Audi R8 with the engine in the mid-model sport. It is fascinating to the fact that the machine and the sporty top of the Audi brand. The mid-term evaluation of the 420 HP mounted V8 FSI, quattro permanent four-wheel drive and Audi Space Frame aluminum body form the basis for the truly exceptional driving dynamics. The Audi R8 will be from 28 September 2006, first deliveries are set out in the first half of 2007.

As the first Audi mid-engine sports cars in the Audi R8, Audi combines the experience in many motorsport triumph of innovative design and the recognition of the technological expertise of the brand. This experience led to its slogan “Vorsprung durch Technik” is a synonym for high technology on the racetrack and on the road.
Audi R8 from the outside
Even at first glance, the caliber of the Audi R8 is clear to see. The car is great and knee bends on the road, the strongly accentuated the appearance of his muscles more flexible than a sprinter ready for the start.
The characteristic proportions of the vehicle are determined by the location of the engine behind the cockpit. This layout is a typical feature of race cars. One of the most impressive examples of this development - and as such in the past, a legitimate Audi R8 - is and remains, the Auto Union Type C Grand Prix car industry. The central location of the engine is above all a stroke of luck for the driving dynamics, as it allows for weight distribution, as in the R8, 44 per cent on the front and 56 percent on the back.
The car body is very compact in appearance. The front page and the slightly curved roof arc are then in a scan of a brand that immediately the two places, as Audi.
The page, as well as the familiar contours. The dynamics of the line above the wheel and the networking of the front end and side windows, doors and feeling for the transition to the side of the air is very strong, and even more clearly in evidence the typical Audi rounded wheel welcome the big wheels.
The interior of the Audi R8 is pushed up - a typical characteristic for an engine in the middle of sports cars, and such a visual indication of the racing cars of the same name. Behind the hut, on the front of the rear axle, is the V8 FSI, a piece of genius as a sculptor visible through the large plate in the rear window and the interior of the vehicle.
The full text of the body is made of aluminum in the Audi Space Frame (ASF) design. Its perfect synthesis of minimal weight and maximum rigidity provides the ideal foundation for driving dynamics, and an excellent ratio of performance-weight of only 8.18 pounds per hp.
The Interior
Sport interior is dominated by a driver completely on the architecture of the cockpit by the driver was under the dashboard and the large center console. The scoreboard on the slightly tilted to the driver. The soil is typically a tax for the sporting Audi models, comfortable and also allows the sports and output.
Form follows function: The design principle is implemented throughout the R8. Besides the driver-oriented architecture, also takes into account the style of the windows of the thresholds, the choice of materials is also very functional look and feel. ” Look, if the place to go is one thing: As noted in the course of R8, the style and placement of all elements of the cockpit of the leadership of the machine itself concentrates on the essentials. The central point of the entire driver.
The training
Turbine-like in the above lines rev up to link all combined with a fascinating sound, are the characteristics of a perfect sports car engine. An engine that is fascinating, even in view of its enormous power and potential of its suitability for daily use.
In the upper-revving 420 hp eight-cylinder engine, the development of gasoline direct injection FSI technology reached a new peak. This technology has also had many victories in the Audi R8 race car.
The figures clearly show the potential in exceptional cases to eight cylinders. A 7800 RPM, the 4.2-liter engine delivers 420 hp performance. If the maximum torque of 317 lb-ft from 4500 to 6000 rpm. And no less than 90 percent of this torque is kept constant over a wide engine speed, all from 3500 to 7600 rpm. Because of these qualities, the eight-cylinder power provides maximum thrust in virtually any situation leadership.
The figures are also the performance data are impressive: the R8 accelerates status quo 60 min / h in 4.4 seconds and reaches a top speed of 187 mph
Two gearboxes are available: a manual 6-speed, or as an option in the Audi R tronic sequential-shift gearbox. Again, the influence of the motorsport world is obvious, with the joystick of the gears on the center console, and especially the pallets mounted on the steering wheel, which has long been an ergonomic properties in motorsport. The best example of this is once more the victory of Le Mans Audi R8, with the driver of a vehicle on the steering wheel.
The Audi R8 is being built on a small production lot into a new building, especially in the Audi factory in Neckarsulm, Germany.