Audi has confirmed production of the R8 super-coupe, which will go on sale in spring 2007. Here's the real thing out on the world’s most challenging race-track: the Nurburgring in Germany.
The R8 is derived from the Le Mans Quattro concept car seen at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2003; it takes the name of Audi's Le Mans car to emphasis its performance potential. Though some of the technologies used in the car, such as the FSI direct fuel injection system, were developed in the R8 racer, the production R8 is more closely related to the road-going Lamborghini Gallardo.
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