You weren’t supposed to see this until next week, but the Audi R8Spyder – the soft-top iteration of the lovely mid-engined supercar –has escaped onto the web. Which it's done before...
It looks – as you might have confidently guessed – like an R8 with theroof removed. Actually, there’s a bit more to it than that: Audi hasditched the R8’s signature ‘side blades’ in favour of a pair of moreconventional air scoops in front of the rear wheels.
The rear deck – which hides a fabric roof, though we’re yet to see adecent photo of the R8 Spyder with its roof up – features a neat newpair of air intakes. The windscreen is framed in brushed aluminium, too.
The Spyder will get the more powerful of the R8’s two engines: theLambo-derived 5.2-litre V10 putting out 525bhp and 390lb ft of torque.The hard-top R8 V10 will hit 60mph in 3.9 seconds, so we’d expect theSpyder to crack the sprint in just over four seconds. That’s mightyquick.
We’ll get a better look at the Audi R8 V10 Spyder in Frankfurt next week in all its chocolatey goodness. |
發表於 2009-10-4 03:53 AM
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