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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Audi Le Mans Quattro R8

Audi Le Mans Quattro R8
Audi Le Mans Quattro is a beautiful designed car having a mid engined coupe, the Le Mans quattro boasted a wealth of innovations including LED headlights, and Audi Space Frame structure made from aluminium and clothed in carbon fibre and aluminium body panels. The shape is aerodynamic with distinctive contrasting side blades. The Audi version had four valves per cylinder rather than the Lamborghini's five, as well as twin-turbochargers and Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) technology. A six-speed gearbox transmitted power to all four wheels. An automatic pop-up spoiler raised itself when the car hit 70mph, although the car's top speed of 214mph is about three times.The first R8s had 4.2 litre V8 engines based on those found in the Audi B7 RS4, but extensively modified with dry-sump lubrication, four valves per cylinder, FSI and two double overhead camshafts per cylinder. A more powerful 5.2 litre V10 became an additional option in 2008, based on the powerplant from the Gallardo, with which all R8s share their transmission options of a manual six-speed with metal gate, an Audi-developed R Tronic semi-automatic with no clutch pedal or a double-clutch S Tronic Direct Shift gearbox. Due to the costs involved in re-engineering the R8 to make the huge twin-turbo V12 diesel engine fit into it. The side blades can be ordered in body colour, a contrasting shade or two special finishes; Oxygen Silver or the Carbon Fibre-like Carbon Sigma.