AndyBG
January 30th, 2007, 00:16
Autozeitung put those two, head to head ...
http://www.autozeitung.de/online/render.php?render=0041887
Babelfish translation...
Duel with Dramatik
With that 420 HP of strong supersports cars R8 wants to demonstrate AUDI to the competitors Mercedes and BMW true sportyness. But to the first comparison an American announced herself: 512 HP strong Corvette Z06 "Wow, ago with this sports car, which it is to cost?" Smarte memo thirties from the enormous Chevrolet Offroader, which we meet at the gas station at the Lake Mead boulevard, to the AUDI R8 demonstratively its wallet points and pulls. Our second car, 512 HP strong, bang-red Corvette, interests it less: "property I already in the garage." The eddy on the test travel in the region of the overturned player city did not read Vegas, where verruecktheit is a normal condition, takes an end. The secondary and backers brake, honk or signs, as soon as they see the German sports car. Even Sheriff William Browny, a grimmiger two-meter giant, that stops us on the Highway, is curious. "no, young, too fast drove you, but does not tell me which about this coole car!" And folds itself up to the seat sample. These reactions might please Martin winter grain. Because first of all the enormous US market is rather important for AUDI, and secondly the former Audi-boss, in the meantime to the Volkswagen company head, ascended the spectacular R8-Projekt personally pushed
If one wants to be a sporty mark, one must also demonstrate ", argues he. 420 HP strong central engine two-seater, which is related in some constructional details to the Lamborghini Gallardo (see number 1/06), is now demonstratively the genes of the fivefold Le of the same name Mans Siegrennwagens R8 on the road to bring. Thus winter grain gives a pointed message to direction Stuttgart and Munich: Attention, Mercedes and BMW, here the true exclusive supersports car comes. "the R8 is now our guidance wolf", is called it with AUDI self-confidently. Already the base data of the only 1.25 meters high flat man, who is built up in the AUDI work Neckarsulm in over 100 hours of manual work from 5196 parts, make which ago. From R-S of the 4, 4,2-Liter-V8-Benzin-Direkteinspritzer, lengthwise between passenger compartment and rear axle platziert, admitted gets along without turbochargers, has however the license for winding up - the electronic limiter intervenes only with 8250 /min
Also the maximum torque of 430 Newtonmeters, which meets with 4500/min the crankshaft, is a strong announcement. It works, typically sports car, more in the upper speed range: stand for 90 per cent with full load between 3500 and 7600/min ready. The R8 is natural quattro - with tail-stressed kraftverteilung, but with (traction)Bedarf the Visco clutch up to 35 per cent of the driving power transfers to the front wheels. And despite all-wheel drive the R8 with 1560 Kilos is owing to aluminum body still another lighter representative of the kind. So much to the papierform. Enter, please
http://www.autozeitung.de/online/render.php?render=0041887
Babelfish translation...
Duel with Dramatik
With that 420 HP of strong supersports cars R8 wants to demonstrate AUDI to the competitors Mercedes and BMW true sportyness. But to the first comparison an American announced herself: 512 HP strong Corvette Z06 "Wow, ago with this sports car, which it is to cost?" Smarte memo thirties from the enormous Chevrolet Offroader, which we meet at the gas station at the Lake Mead boulevard, to the AUDI R8 demonstratively its wallet points and pulls. Our second car, 512 HP strong, bang-red Corvette, interests it less: "property I already in the garage." The eddy on the test travel in the region of the overturned player city did not read Vegas, where verruecktheit is a normal condition, takes an end. The secondary and backers brake, honk or signs, as soon as they see the German sports car. Even Sheriff William Browny, a grimmiger two-meter giant, that stops us on the Highway, is curious. "no, young, too fast drove you, but does not tell me which about this coole car!" And folds itself up to the seat sample. These reactions might please Martin winter grain. Because first of all the enormous US market is rather important for AUDI, and secondly the former Audi-boss, in the meantime to the Volkswagen company head, ascended the spectacular R8-Projekt personally pushed
If one wants to be a sporty mark, one must also demonstrate ", argues he. 420 HP strong central engine two-seater, which is related in some constructional details to the Lamborghini Gallardo (see number 1/06), is now demonstratively the genes of the fivefold Le of the same name Mans Siegrennwagens R8 on the road to bring. Thus winter grain gives a pointed message to direction Stuttgart and Munich: Attention, Mercedes and BMW, here the true exclusive supersports car comes. "the R8 is now our guidance wolf", is called it with AUDI self-confidently. Already the base data of the only 1.25 meters high flat man, who is built up in the AUDI work Neckarsulm in over 100 hours of manual work from 5196 parts, make which ago. From R-S of the 4, 4,2-Liter-V8-Benzin-Direkteinspritzer, lengthwise between passenger compartment and rear axle platziert, admitted gets along without turbochargers, has however the license for winding up - the electronic limiter intervenes only with 8250 /min
Also the maximum torque of 430 Newtonmeters, which meets with 4500/min the crankshaft, is a strong announcement. It works, typically sports car, more in the upper speed range: stand for 90 per cent with full load between 3500 and 7600/min ready. The R8 is natural quattro - with tail-stressed kraftverteilung, but with (traction)Bedarf the Visco clutch up to 35 per cent of the driving power transfers to the front wheels. And despite all-wheel drive the R8 with 1560 Kilos is owing to aluminum body still another lighter representative of the kind. So much to the papierform. Enter, please