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Audi R8 LMS ultra

Audi R8
2015 Audi R8 Coupé 5.2 FSI quattro (19409896583).jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Quattro GmbH wordmark.png Quattro GmbH
(a private subsidiary of
Audi logo detail.svg Audi AG)
Production 2006–present
Body and chassis
Class Sports car
Body style 2-door coupé
2-door roadster
Layout Longitudinal mid-engine,
quattro permanent all-wheel drive
Audi R8
Audi R8 V10 – Frontansicht, 13. März 2011, Wuppertal.jpg
Overview
Production June 2006–August 2015
(approx. 28,600 built)
Assembly Neckarsulm, Germany
Designer Walter de Silva
Frank Lamberty (2004)
Body and chassis
Related Audi RSQ (Concept)
Audi Le Mans quattro (Concept)
Audi R8 TDI Le Mans (Concept)
Lamborghini Gallardo
Lamborghini Huracán (second-generation R8 from 2015)
Powertrain
Engine 4.2 L FSI V8, 2×DOHC
Odd firing 5.2 L FSI V10, 2×DOHC
Transmission 6-speed manual
6-speed R-Tronic
7-speed S-Tronic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,650 mm (104.3 in)
Length V8 Coupé: 4,431 mm (174.4 in),
V10 Coupé: 4,435 mm (174.6 in),
V10 Spyder: 4,434 mm (174.6 in)
Width V8 Coupé & V10 Spyder: 1,904 mm (75.0 in),
V10 Coupé: 1,930 mm (76.0 in)
Height V8 Coupé: 1,249 mm (49.2 in),
V10 Coupé: 1,252 mm (49.3 in),
V10 Spyder: 1,244 mm (49.0 in)
Curb weight V8 Coupé: 1,560–1,565 kg (3,439–3,450 lb),
V10 Coupé: 1,620–1,625 kg (3,571–3,583 lb),
V10 Spyder: 1,720–1,725 kg (3,792–3,803 lb)
Second generation
2015-03-03 Geneva Motor Show 4134.JPG
Overview
Production 2015–present
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door coupé
2-door convertible
Related Lamborghini Huracán
Powertrain
Engine 5.2 L FSI V10
Transmission 7-speed S-tronic
Dimensions
Length 4,426 mm (174.3 in)
Width 1,940 mm (76.4 in)
Height 1,240 mm (48.8 in)
Curb weight 1,555–1,720 kg (3,428–3,792 lb)

The Audi R8 (Typ 42) is a mid-engine, 2-seater sports car, which uses Audi's trademark quattro permanent all-wheel drive system. It was introduced by the German car manufacturer Audi AG in 2006.

The car is exclusively designed, developed, and manufactured by Audi AG's high performance private subsidiary company, Quattro GmbH, and is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo platform. The fundamental construction of the R8 is based on the Audi Space Frame, and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built using space frame principles. The car is built by quattro GmbH in a newly renovated factory at Audi's 'aluminium site' at Neckarsulm in Germany.

In 2005, Audi announced that the name of the successful Audi R8 race car would be used for a new road car in 2007, the Audi R8, based on the Audi Le Mans quattro concept car (designed by Frank Lamberty and Julian Hoenig), appearing at the 2003 International Geneva Motor Show, and 2003 Frankfurt International Motor Show. The R8 development program began in 2004, Lamberty's design being approved and frozen for production. Production body prototypes began field testing in January 2006. The R8 road car was officially launched at the Paris Auto Show on 30 September 2006. There was some confusion with the name, which the car shares with the 24 Hours of Le Mans winning R8 Le Mans Prototype (LMP). 6-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx described the R8 as "the best handling road car today".


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