Thursday, September 8, 2011

Audi is preparing a lightweight version of the R8 and TT

Audi is considering establishing a lightweight version of car R8 and TT, which will receive the title of the additional name "Sport". About this American edition of Inside Line reported head of new developments Quattro GmbH Stefan Riley (Stefan Reil). Detailed information about updates to Riley failed to disclose, but it is expected that cars will have more powerful engines and greatly reduced weight by replacing a number of body panels in carbon fiber. In addition, Audi R8 and TT Sport will be more powerful brakes with carbon-ceramic discs, recustomized suspension and steering, as well as improved aerodynamics. Journalists are supposed Inside Line, capacity 4.2-liter V8, which establishes in the supercar R8, Audi specialists will increase from 420 to 500 horsepower. In this case, if the weight of the machine will be reduced to one hundred kilograms, the acceleration time to "hundreds" of decline by about 1.2 seconds - three seconds. Recall that the first version appeared for the Sport Coupe TT last generation in 2005. The car came with a uprated engines, more rigid than the base car suspension, lightweight interior and sport seats Recaro. It is expected that the lightweight version of the new Audi R8 Sport and TT Sport will be available in the following year.

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