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If it's excitement you want . . . ; Audi's R8 is the tangible proof that a car can be more than just the sum of its parts - a bit like its name.
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Bath Chronicle, The
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July 3, 2008
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Audi's R8 is the tangible proof that a car can be more than just
the sum of its parts - a bit like its name.
It's letter/number designation has been seen before on the race
tracks of Europe and the USA, where the original R8 racer swept all
before it at Le Mans and in the American Le Mans Series.
It was, and still is, the most successful sports racer of its
type and its phenomenal record is only likely to be beaten by its
younger sister - the diesel-powered R10, which has already tucked
two Le Mans victories under its belt at the La Sarthe circuit.
The R8 has now been retired and its name has been passed down to
Audi's new road-going R8, the Ingolstatd company's first venture
into the ...
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