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Oracle of DelphiAudi R8
February 17th 2008 04:09
Hands down, Audi makes the finest cars in the world for normal use. Sure I'd love one of those red rockets from Italy with the prancing horse. I've driven MB and BMW and they aren't half as good as an Audi on even their best days. Audi's quattro system is the envy of the auto world and Audi's engineering is fabulous. An Audi has amazing feel and response and seems to float over the road like a stealth fighter. On the R8, what other car in the world has electro-magnetic shocks? Audi's are the safest cars on the road and Audi now ranks near the top on satisfaction while MB is at the bottom and BMW a little above the bottom.
The Audi R8 is a mid-engined sports car introduced by the German automaker Audi in 2007.
The first appearance of the car was in 2006, appearing at auto shows and events all over the world. The R8 is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo platform, as Audi has full ownership of subsidiary Lamborghini S.p.A.. Audi announced in 2005 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, which was based on the earlier Audi RSQ concept vehicle, appearing at the 2003 Geneva Auto Show and 2003 International Motor Show. The R8 was officially launched at the Paris Auto Show on 30 September 2006. There is some confusion with the name which the car shares with the Le Mans winning R8 LMP. Originally, many thought the car would be called the R9 (as there is a gap in numbering left when Audi announced the R8's successor, the diesel-powered R10).
Pricing for the R8 model starts at around €88,000. The base price in the US is $109,000.
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