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Apr 16, 2024 · The R8 rewrote the Le Mans record books, and did so by improving on everything learned from the previous open- and closed-top models. AUDI AG Audi had arrived in endurance racing to great fanfare in December 1998 with a presentation of a prototype in Berlin that bore more resemblance to its future production cars than the cars that actually raced.
Sep 9, 2003 · Audi Le Mans quattro (2003) A high-performance sports car, a roadgoing vehicle that could be said to have inherited the genes of the Audi R8, three-times winner of the Le Mans 24-Hours race: Audi reveals its ‘Le Mans quattro’ concept study. This fascinating driving machine is a synthesis of the experience gained from numerous racing ...
Jun 18, 2023 · Audi. Audi entered two R8Rs and two R8Cs at Le Mans in '99. Closed cockpit design was commissioned less than a year before race. This was the first time one manufacturer had entered two Prototype concepts to contest the top class, LMP and LM GTP for closed cars. Audi, Panoz, Courage, Pescarolo, BMW and Nissan all competed in the LM P900 class ...
Mar 28, 2024 · The Le Mans quattro was heavily based on the Lamborghini Gallardo, and so was the production R8. That link became even tighter in 2008 when Audi introduced a 5.2-liter V-10—the same motor that powered the Lambo.
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A flow of power as if from a turbine, a high maximum torque curve and a fascinating sound: the basic features of a perfect sports-car engine. This 5.0-litre V10 engine with its twin turbochargers is just as fascinating in the potential it offers as in its suitability for day-to-day use. Its bite in every operating range and its unrivalled willingne...
Such a powerful Audi car naturally features the quattro permanent four-wheel drive system. The Le Mans quattro, as a leading-edge technology carrier, has a version of this legendary driveline that has been adapted to suit the car’s mid-engined layout and the associated axle-load distribution. For optimal traction and dynamic road behaviour, the pow...
The suspension uses double wishbones at front and rear; the upper and lower front wishbones are both triangulated. At the rear, the upper wishbone is triangulated and the lower one is of a trapezoidal pattern for optimal wheel location – a geometry that has proved ideal for maximum steering precision and precisely defined self-steering effects in m...
Even the first glimpse of the car gives the observer a clear picture of its calibre. The Audi Le Mans quattro, with its Jet Blue paint finish, has a wide stance and a bullish appearance on the road. Its powerful rear end seems to be bracing its muscles in order to jump, like a sprinter on the starting line. The body makes a compact impression. The ...
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The Audi Le Mans quattro is a concept car, developed by German automobile manufacturer Audi, for presentation at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, to celebrate Audi's three successive wins at the arduous 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in 2000, 2001, and 2002. It was the third and final concept car designed by Audi in 2003, following the Pikes ...
With the Le Mans quattro concept car at the IAA in Frankfurt in 2003, exactly 20 years ago, Audi gave a sensational foretaste of what was to become the R8. “That was the starting point for a mid-engine sports car from Audi,” says Frank Lamberty, exterior designer of the concept car and later the first R8. “There had never been a concept ...
