Audi R20 Supercar

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Ooooh, can't wait to see how this will end up looking. IMO, Audi's cars are some of the most beautiful.

Makes me miss my A5, and A7. :(
 
DeathSmiles
Ooooh, can't wait to see how this will end up looking. IMO, Audi's cars are some of the most beautiful.

Makes me miss my A5, and A7. :(
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Me to, I gotta see what they have up their sleeves. By 2017 I hope I can afford one. But most likely not. I will estimate about 1- 2.5m USD* a piece.

* 782350.00- 1955875.00 Euro
 
DeathSmiles
Ooooh, can't wait to see how this will end up looking. IMO, Audi's cars are some of the most beautiful dull and bland cars.
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Fixed ;)

I don't know what everybody sees in Audi's latest models. They all have the same "Get the hell out of my way!" look at the front, and the current A6 is easily one of the most hideous cars around. :sick:
 
Bram Turismo
Fixed ;)

I don't know what everybody sees in Audi's latest models. They all have the same "Get the hell out of my way!" look at the front, and the current A6 is easily one of the most hideous cars around. :sick:
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Audi R8 is unique.
 
Toronado
As irrelevant as the various GT1 road cars from the 90s.
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This. Also, my first impression was "So, Audi want to make a Road-Car version of the R18, so they can turn it back into a GTE Car to win in that category too?"
 
Kingofweasles
This. Also, my first impression was "So, Audi want to make a Road-Car version of the R18, so they can turn it back into a GTE Car to win in that category too?"
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Well the road cars from the 90s were cool though. The porsche GT1 may be a detuned racer with road legal regulations but it still looks cool. Just like CLK road car is cool and all the others.

Toyota new LMP's look just like TS020.

Toronado
The R8 design is also ten years old now, and pretty far removed from the rest of their range.
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I know its based of the quatro concept. I wish the quatro took that concept into production instead of making the R8. Because when the R8 first came out I was thinking the older R8 LMP lol
 
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I'm just going to disagree that any current Audi model is unattractive. This is as subjective as it gets, and I want no part in it.

With that said, I still mourn the loss of the recent Quattro Coupe Concept. I would have had a good time in it.
 
Ranman20
Audi R8 is unique.
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What's the point of a supercar that hasn't got anything dramatic about it in its favour? Also undramatic to look at and it isn't helped by those stupid twinkly fairy lights underneath the headlights!
 
Toronado
As irrelevant as the various GT1 road cars from the 90s.
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Unless you are a collector with money, I agree it isn't relevant at all and I rather have an S8/A8 with a W12 or twin turbo V8 so...that's just me if I had the ability to pick an audi.
 
Ofcourse it's irrelevant but I like the prospect of a roadgoing R18, when I was watching Le Mans last year I was thinking how cool it would be to have a slightly restyled roadversion of that diesel-monster and it seems Audi had the same idea.

If this was just another roadgoing racecar like those nineties GT1 cars or those Porsche 956/962 roadversions I'd think meh (although the legendary Jaguar XKSS was also essentially just a roadversion of the D-Type) but the fact it's got a diesel-engine makes it interesting, even when it's just for oddball appeal.
 
analog
Ofcourse it's irrelevant but I like the prospect of a roadgoing R18, when I was watching Le Mans last year I was thinking how cool it would be to have a slightly restyled roadversion of that diesel-monster and it seems Audi had the same idea.

If this was just another roadgoing racecar like those nineties GT1 cars or those Porsche 956/962 roadversions I'd think meh (although the legendary Jaguar XKSS was also essentially just a roadversion of the D-Type) but the fact it's got a diesel-engine makes it interesting, even when it's just for oddball appeal.
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Some of the roadgoing versions are cool. The only part that sucks is limited amount produced. The R390 Road car looks and had potenial back then but they only made 1 and the dauer 962C looked cool but not in that ugly black. But this R20 seems like its going to be a good supercar.
 
Ranman20
Some of the roadgoing versions are cool. The only part that sucks is limited amount produced. The R390 Road car looks and had potenial back then but they only made 1 and the dauer 962C looked cool but not in that ugly black. But this R20 seems like its going to be a good supercar.
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Not sure, other than the way they look, what was so 'cool' about them. By all accounts they made for dreadful road cars.
 
TheCracker
Not sure, other than the way they look, what was so 'cool' about them. By all accounts they made for dreadful road cars.
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It can be alternative for buying the expensive race car( if someone sells one) or for your daily driver. Just saying they are not necessary but I believe FIA said you had to produce at least 1 road going version.
 
TheCracker
Not sure, other than the way they look, what was so 'cool' about them. By all accounts they made for dreadful road cars.
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exactly, hence them being irrelevant. I mean is the engineering cool, hell yeah, but at the end of the day does it really matter that they made a road going variant
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
exactly, hence them being irrelevant. I mean is the engineering cool, hell yeah, but at the end of the day does it really matter that they made a road going variant
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Then you can say the same about the Ford GT.
 
Exactly. Who wouldn't want a road going race car such as a 962C, Porsche GT1, Toyota GT-One, or Audi Sport Quattro S1? It's madness!!!
 
05XR8
Exactly. Who wouldn't want a road going race car such as a 962C, Porsche GT1, Toyota GT-One, or Audi Sport Quattro S1? It's madness!!!
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Right it would be so fun to drive a road legal version of a Porsche 962C.
 
Cool idea. Just disgusting to look at.

Or perhaps Audi is actually showing the ACO how ugly the cars became because of the rule book. Clever move Audi...
 
I disagree entirely. I feel the R18 is one of the most badass looking race cars since the 90s:

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My favorite part is probably the stabilizing fin in the center.

And I hate Audi in general!

I remember watching the 24hr last year and every time an R18 was shown on camera next to a GT car, it made the GT car look so prehistoric. I wish more supercars looked like LMP1 cars. I love them!
 
Ranman20
Then you can say the same about the Ford GT.
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Except you can't, at all. The 911 GT1 Strassenversion and the road-going CLK GTR were both commonly reviewed as pretty terrible road cars, as one would expect of vehicles barely changed from their race-ready counterparts. The variety of conditions a road car has to deal with, combined with the much lower operating temperatures a road car will spend the majority of its time running at, mean these are hardly the best choice for a daily driver.

The Ford GT (key difference here; not the original GT40) was conceived as an out-and-out road car first. Sure, it's obviously influenced by a previous race car (which also had a hasty road version), but that's the exterior. That it raced years later, with no involvement from the factory, makes it a different story.
 
Bram Turismo
The Ford GT is not a road-going version of the GT40. They have nothing in common.
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Yes they do it may not be a road car but it shares some characteristics. The front looks similar to the GT40.
 
You're talking about looks, but you forget the tech. The Ford GT is fairly comfortable to drive, a GT1 Roadversion is not.
 

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