http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/ Autoblog Comments for RED MENACE: Audi R8 TDI Le Mans infiltrates Geneva http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 4th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 10:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 10:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 10:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 4th 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/
R8 with 4.2l V8 is claimed 4.6s 0-62mph and in the last test in the UK it was clocked 4.1s 0-62mph...

In a direct compare to the GT-R, 997 turbo, BME e92 M3 the R8 was quote as the best handling vehicle hands down, that from a profesionel race driver..

go figure.. ]]>Mar 4th 2008 1:48AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/
If the germans give it some ridiculously tall gearing.
10,20,30,40,50,60 mph per K rpm
Then 200mph@4000rpm in 5th is doable.]]>Mar 4th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/
It has an enormous, heavy Diesel V12 in it and "only" 500HP. It's going to be at a disadvantage to a car that is a lot lighter than even the base (gas) model and has 430HP.]]>Mar 3rd 2008 11:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 8th 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 4th 2008 12:05AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/
P.S. Yeah yeah yeah, I know you meant 0-60, don't trip out]]>Mar 4th 2008 2:14AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 3rd 2008 11:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/Mar 4th 2008 1:51AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/03/red-menace-audi-r8-tdi-le-mans-infiltrates-geneva/
Turbo V8 or V10 'petrol' engine, for me, but that bodywork is SOOOOO HAWT!

The car is capable of being faster than I or most people can drive it, so anything faster yet gets me nowhere any quicker, except trouble.

It is easier to to make any car faster, it is much different trying to reform an ugly design into anything as gorgeous as this.

The only thing that could be better would to convert the doors to dihedral compound angle vertical doors, like the McLaren F1 or SLR. Those doors are quite wide, and opening them vertically might save some door dings. The transparent panels on either side of the roof NACA duct could be perfectly cut out for that arrangement, too.
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